Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
God claims His right to punish sin justly; James removes blame from Him for that correction. We must be so moved by God's daily blessings that we think of nothing but His glory, abhorring whatever comes to mind that cannot stand with His praise. Every perfect gift has no mixture of evil in it, for God is the Father of all light, truth, knowledge, holiness, and from Him alone descends every good thing.
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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.
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Commenting on James 1:13-18
Every good thing you possess, whether benevolent in character or entire and wanting nothing, comes from God above. Evil has another origin entirely. As the sun pours light on the farthest corners without shadow or cloud, so God diffuses moral light and purity across the universe, for there is no darkness in Him at all.
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