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NASB | James 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God" [for temptation does not originate from God, but from our own flaws]; for God cannot be tempted by [what is] evil, and He Himself tempts no one. |
Subject: How does this verse apply to today? |
Bible Note: Dear Doctor Aixen, Thank you for a very solidly scriptural and practical explanation. In my profession I have worked in industries dealing with precious metals. In such industries they have specific laboratory methods to determine either the amounts of precious metal in a sample of material, or the purity of a quantity of precious metals. They use the term "assay" both as a noun and a verb. An assay declares unequivocally the nature of the sample. When the appropriate procedures are followed, no one questions the accuracy of the assay. I frequently get the impression from Scripture that God performs an assay (trial) in the same fashion. Although this does, indeed, demonstrate to the object of the trial what he is made of... however, it seems predominantly to be used to demonstrate to the world what God is doing or has done (i.e., His grace and mercy). For example, in the cases of Abraham and Job that you mentioned, God is glorified for what He has done. We miss the point if we think that there was some inate goodness in Job or Abraham. After all, God is always the main protagonist of the story of His redemptive history of man. In Him, Doc |