Does God Tempt Us?
In the Epistle of James we read “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.” (James 1:13). However, doesn’t that contradict the fact that God tempted Abraham, Job and Paul? Adam’s Sin Resulted in the Corruption of Nature, and in Pain Death came into existence as a consequence of not following God's commandments and guidance for a happy, eternal and painless life. Yet man disobeyed God and followed Satan's temptations. God warned man of eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, “for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." (Genesis 2: 16,17). The consequences of the fall were not only death but also a corrupted sinful nature which resulted in pain. God told Adam: "Cursed is the ground for your sake;…