when he dies! The rich Christian can take occasion from his troubles to be reminded of all this. In other words, in his various trials, the wealthy believer should say to God: “Thanks, I needed that!” B. By Not Accusing God (1:12–18) 12 With this verse, James begins the second unit of his introduction (or prologue). The twofold (doubled) character of this introduction was observed in 1970 in an important article by Fred O. Francis. He noted, for example, that “the main argumentative interests of