I have been working on my study through James and updating you on what the Lord has been teaching me. James 1:13-16 focuses on temptation and where temptation comes from. The word “tempted” means to be enticed---Christians are subject to sin. We are humans and humans have a sinful nature. Just because one is a Christian does not mean that they {I} will do everything right. Christians (and non-Christians) can have a bad habit of pointing fingers to God when they do wrong---but that should not be the case because GOD IS HOLY and God does not tolerate sin. Temptation comes from man himself. We {I} all have a sin nature. I can be tempted to turn away from God by little things---TV, facebook, internet, netflix, media, etc. But I should let these things tempt me and destroy my relationship with God. Satan does not want me to love God—Satan wants me to to wrong. Sin is like a small seed. A seed is small but something that seems small is big and if I let temptations get a hold of me it can I can grow deeper and deeper into sin and it can ruin my relationship with God. Sadly I will make errors in my life. After all I am human and I make mistakes {a lot of them}. But with God’s help and fleeing from temptation I can make the right choices. I can also be misled by other people in my life. I need to make sure I have godly leaders and choose godly people to follow.
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