TEMPTATION: - God cannot be the subject of Jas 1:13 - Does not come from God Jas 1:13 - COMES FROM . Lusts Jas 1:14 . Covetousness Pr 28:20; 1Ti 6:9,10 - The devil is the author of 1Ch 21:1; Mt 4:1; Joh 13:2; 1Th 3:5 - Evil associates, the instruments of Pr 1:10; 7:6; 16:29 - OFTEN ARISES THROUGH . Poverty Pr 30:9; Mt 4:2,3 . Prosperity Pr 30:9; Mt 4:8 . Worldly glory Nu 22:17; Da 4:30; 5:2; Mt 4:8 - To distrust of God's providence Mt 4:3 - To presumption Mt 4:6 - To worshipping the god of this world Mt 4:9 - Often strengthened by the perversion of God's word Mt 4:6 - PERMITTED AS A TRIAL OF . Faith 1Pe 1:7; Jas 1:2,3 . Disinterestedness Job 1:9-12 - Always conformable to the nature of man 1Co 10:13 - Often ends in sin and perdition 1Ti 6:9; Jas 1:15 - CHRIST . Endured, from the devil Mr 1:13 . Endured, from the wicked Mt 16:1; 22:18; Lu 10:25 . Resisted by the word of God Mt 4:4,7,10 . Overcame Mt 4:11 . Sympathises with those under Heb 4:15 . Is able to help those under Heb 2:18 . Intercedes for his people under Lu 22:31,32; Joh 17:15 - God will not suffer saints to be exposed to, beyond their powers to bear 1Co 10:13 - God will make a way for saints to escape out of 1Co 10:13 - God enables the saints to bear 1Co 10:13 - God knows how to deliver saints out of 2Pe 2:9 - Christ keeps faithful saints from the hour of Re 3:10 - Saints may be in heaviness through 1Pe 1:6 - SAINTS SHOULD . Resist, in faith Eph 6:16; 1Pe 5:9 . Watch against Mt 26:41; 1Pe 5:8 . Pray to be kept from Mt 6:13; 26:41 . Not to occasion, to others Ro 14:13 . Restore those overcome by Ga 6:1 . Avoid the way of Pr 4:14,15 - The devil will renew Lu 4:13 - Has strength through the weakness of the flesh Mt 26:41 - Mere professors fall away in time of Lu 8:13 - Blessedness of those who meet and overcome
Jas 1:2-4,12 - Exemplified . Eve Ge 3:1,4,5 . Joseph Ge 39:7 . Balaam Nu 22:17 . Achan Jos 7:21 . David 2Sa 11:2 . Jeroboam 1Ki 15:30 . Peter Mr 14:67-71 . Paul 2Co 12:7; Ga 4:14