[Manna - November 25]
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man. James 1:13
THERE is a difference between temptations which
the Father considers proper and the temptations which
come from the adversary.
The former are tests of
loyalty to God and to the principles of righteousness,
and are intended to be a blessing and a help to all
those who withstand them, and who thus demonstrate
their loyalty to righteousness.
The temptations of
Satan, on the contrary, are in the nature of pitfalls
and snares in evil and wrongdoing, temptations to
make right appear wrong and wrong appear right,
putting light for darkness and darkness for light.
In
this sense of misrepresentation and ensnarements in
evil, God tempteth no man. Z. '04-7 R3297:5