Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
1. God remains _good during temptation_
Leviticus 11:45 ESV
For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”
Revelation 4:8 ESV
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
2. The source of temptation is _found in us_
3. Giving way to our desires leads us on a _journey to death_
Psalm 34:8 NIV
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
