Winston Salem church of Christ

Here is a thought I wrote down in the margin of my Bible: “Our own temptations lead us to tempt others” – based on Jms.1:13-15. 

If God cannot be tempted by evil and that is why He does not tempt us, that leads me to conclude – thinking backwards – that I can tempt others because I am tempted by evil.  What is scary about that is not so much the acknowledgement that I can be tempted.  That is easily and daily recognized.  No, what is scary and sobering is that I can tempt others.  Let us all remember the effect – whether for good or bad – that we can have on others.  That effect can be either a blessing or a curse.  Which will we make it today?