Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
15 Then when lust hath conceived. He first calls that lust which is not any kind of evil affection or desire, but that which is the fountain of all evil affections; by which, as he shews, are conceived vicious broods, which at length break forth into sins.
God cannot be the source of sin, whether in your afflictions or in the rod's stroke upon you. The fault is entirely yours, not His. There is nothing in God's nature, no lack of wisdom, power, or holiness, that could tempt Him to evil, and therefore He cannot tempt any man. The carnal mind loves to shift blame onto God, but that is hereditary dishonesty from Adam onward.
AI summary
Commenting on James 1:13-18
Then when lust hath conceived,.... A proposal of pleasure or profit being made, agreeable to lust, or the principle of corrupt nature, sinful man is pleased with it; and instead of resisting and rejecting the motion made, he admits of it, and receives it, and cherishes it in his mind; he dallies and plays with it; he dwells upon it in his thoughts, and hides...