tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post95910071171062905..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: God tempts no oneRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-28642667631493796492017-08-12T04:24:29.536-04:002017-08-12T04:24:29.536-04:00Jesus told his disciples to pray that their Father...<br />Jesus told his disciples to pray that their Father in heaven not lead them into temptation. That would seem to presuppose that God on occasion does lead people into temptation, or at least that He could yet without tempting anyone himself. Then there's Matthew 4:1 which couldn't be more explicit: "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil." There we have the Third Person of the Trinity leading, yet not tempting Jesus. <br /><br />I think the James' passage actually corroborates Calvinism. Given that God meticulously and sovereignly leads people, the natural objection would be something like we find in Romans 9, how can he yet find fault? For who can resist his will? An appropriate reminder from James on the backdrop of Jesus' teaching would be that we are still culpable even though God may be pleased to lead us into temptation. James puts it back on our being drawn away freely, according to our own inclinations. <br />Reformed Apologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398596496540697639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-6568093249711470802017-08-09T21:26:41.843-04:002017-08-09T21:26:41.843-04:00Interesting. Of course, that interpretation falsel...Interesting. Of course, that interpretation falsely dichotomizes the subjective and objective aspects of temptation, as if objective circumstances are irrelevant. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-78194385059024130192017-08-09T20:31:21.815-04:002017-08-09T20:31:21.815-04:00Forgive the fact that this is partly OT, but I cou...Forgive the fact that this is partly OT, but I couldn't resist. I recently learned that some in the Christian anti-modesty camp use these verses to argue that men are never tempted by underdressed women but only by the lust in their own minds. Hence, even a woman in a bikini, or naked, cannot be said to be tempting to any man, because "every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lusts and enticed." Therefore, women should never be told to watch their dress lest they create a temptation to lust in a man.<br /><br />I think this exegesis of the passage is so silly as to deserve to be laughed at, which is why I'm bringing it up.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.com