If there ever was a person in the Bible who could have pulled rank it was a man named James.  When he wrote the epistle of James he could have impressed his readers with something like, “This book is from James, the beloved blood brother of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are scattered.”  Anyone who picked up the letter would have immediately been alerted to the fact that they were reading the words of someone who was very important.  They had better pay attention to what he said because James had the inside track, his big brother was Jesus himself!