Temptation – God Breathed Words

Posted on February 24, 2018June 14, 2020 by christianwordsblog

TRIALS (TEMPTATION)

Another form of trial is temptation, but if God instigates tests, would he also tempt any to do evil? James makes clear that would violate his nature. So how does the follower of Christ distinguish between trials, by origin or motive?

When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. (James 1:13-14)

πειρασμός peirasmos (G3986) translates trial but is also the word translated ‘temptation’.

Posted on August 31, 2017September 1, 2017 by christianwordsblog · 1 Comment

WRATH (of God)

The last post concerned why any Christian should be God-fearing…this then is why, because through revelation, s/he realises the danger of being an ‘object of wrath’.

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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. (John 3:36)

Posted on August 30, 2017January 1, 2021 by christianwordsblog

FEAR (of the Lord)

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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom… (Proverbs 9:10)

Often in the modern church, ‘fear’ is said to be ‘respect’, ‘awe’ or ‘reverence’. Indeed, fear is thought to be incompatible with love. How could any fear a god which, through grace, offers salvation and eternal life? How could anyone keep the first commandment to love God, and yet fear Him at the same time? The answer lies in the rest of the verse from Proverbs:

….and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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Posted on July 22, 2017August 18, 2017 by christianwordsblog

TEMPT

In this post on my blog ‘God-breathed Words’, I take a look at temptation and find that both the original Greek and Hebrew words in the Bible have a range of meaning that includes ‘test’, ‘assay’, ‘prove’ and ‘trail’.

When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. (James 1:13-15)