We use it. James includes himself, but he aims this in particular against certain Jewish "teachers." They would never speak the name of God without adding: "Blessed be He." But these same Jews (who did not believe in Christ) often cursed and damned the Christians in their synagogues. We are no better, if we act the same way! Created in the likeness of God. See Genesis 1:26-27. The lesson is that he who curses the man who was created in the likeness of God is effectively cursing the God he claims to praise. See 1 John 4:20-21.

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