👍📹(I😨😭James 1:13-15 Let no one say when he is tempted am by God Jehovah cannot be evil nor does himself tempt anyone but each drawn away his own desires and enticed then desire has conceived it gives birth to sin full-grown brings forth death);
I have a question. I really enjoy V14 being shown as an equation. And I agree that if you don't desire something, you may not be tempted given the opportunity. However, if I desire something and don't have the opportunity, I believe you still can be tempted. It would be like being tempted to eat chocolate, even though you don't have the opportunity to eat it. Could you help explain if I misunderstood?
Hey Kyle, great question! In the equation, what James is saying is that if you have a desire, but no current opportunity, then it is not temptation at the moment. It would be when you run into an opportunity, that the desire would become temptation. In the chocolate example, think about the difference between not having any chocolate in the house, versus having it in a candy dish on your table. When there's none in the house, you may have a desire for it (and you might have a `temptation' to go get some), but it's not the intense attention it receives when you want some and it's sitting in a dish next to you. Hope that helps!
@@beginintheword Yes, that helps. After spending some time thinking about it, I understand that there is an intensity of temptation when desire meets opportunity. Thanks for the help. I also used this for a Bible study I led, and it helped many understand the progression of temptation. Thanks!
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👍📹(I😨😭James 1:13-15 Let no one say when he is tempted am by God Jehovah cannot be evil nor does himself tempt anyone but each drawn away his own desires and enticed then desire has conceived it gives birth to sin full-grown brings forth death);
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I have a question. I really enjoy V14 being shown as an equation. And I agree that if you don't desire something, you may not be tempted given the opportunity. However, if I desire something and don't have the opportunity, I believe you still can be tempted. It would be like being tempted to eat chocolate, even though you don't have the opportunity to eat it. Could you help explain if I misunderstood?
Hey Kyle, great question! In the equation, what James is saying is that if you have a desire, but no current opportunity, then it is not temptation at the moment. It would be when you run into an opportunity, that the desire would become temptation.
In the chocolate example, think about the difference between not having any chocolate in the house, versus having it in a candy dish on your table. When there's none in the house, you may have a desire for it (and you might have a `temptation' to go get some), but it's not the intense attention it receives when you want some and it's sitting in a dish next to you.
Hope that helps!
@@beginintheword Yes, that helps. After spending some time thinking about it, I understand that there is an intensity of temptation when desire meets opportunity. Thanks for the help. I also used this for a Bible study I led, and it helped many understand the progression of temptation. Thanks!