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1 | How does this verse apply to today? | James 1:13 | Jenn28 | 145525 | ||
What does it mean when they say God does not "tempt" anyone? What is the difference between tempting someone and testing someone? For doesn't God test us??? | ||||||
2 | How does this verse apply to today? | James 1:13 | Hank | 145554 | ||
Jenn28: It is not "they" who say God does not tempt anyone: the Bible says it, in James 1:13: "Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am tempted by God'; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.' The passage goes on to say, in vs. 14, "But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires, and enticed." And it continues (vs. 15), "Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death." ..... God does purpose trials to occur and in them He allows temptation to happen but not beyond the believer's capacity to endure nor without providing a means of escape: "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it." (1 Corinthians 10:13). ...... One chooses, therefore, whether to take the escape route God provides or to succumb to the temptation. Temptation always brings one to a crossroads: he chooses whether to doubt God and be "drawn away by his own desires and enticed" (James 1:14), or he chooses to trust and obey God. --Hank | ||||||
3 | How does this verse apply to today? | James 1:13 | Aixen7z4 | 145559 | ||
We may say that in some ways tempting and testing are opposites. Satan tempts people in order to entice them to sin’ to try to get them to sin. God tests us so that he and we can see what we are made of. The purpose of temptation is our downfall. The purpose of testing is to reassure us that we stand by faith, and to encourage us to continue. Satan tempted Eve (Genesis 3). God tested Abraham (Genesis 22). Satan tempted David (1 Chronicles 21) and God tested Job. We may see the hand of both God and Satan in these latter cases and note how God’s and Satan’s aims were different. Satan tempted Job to curse God to his face. God tested him so that he might come forth as gold. Satan tempts us to do evil (Matthew 4). God never tempts us to do evil (James 1). Satan promises us easy times if only we will serve him. God tests us by allowing us to go through tough times so we can know whether our faith is genuine (1 Peter 1). In some places, in some translations of the Bible, the words for tempting and testing may be used interchangeably, and we will need to examine the process and the results. We need to see from the context whether the initiator is God or Satan. Their intentions toward us are always quite different. Satan wants us to do evil and to fall. God wants us to stand and be strong. Therefore, in every circumstance, we must resist the devil and submit ourselves to God (James 4). |
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4 | How does this verse apply to today? | James 1:13 | Hank | 145561 | ||
Well put. | ||||||