"The Pivotal Difference Between Tests and Temptations""Day by Day in the Letter of James""“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet of various kinds…” (James 1:2)""“...for you know that the testing of your faith""produces steadfastness.” (James 1:3)""Romans 5:1-5""Suffering produces Endurance produces character Character produces Hope leads to joy in God""The AIM of tests:""To help us toward God (1 Pet 1:3-9; James 1:12)""Examples recorded for our learning (Rom 15:4):""◻ “Did God actually say…?” (Gen 3:1-5)""◻ “After these things God tested Abraham…” (Gen 22:1-2)""“Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being""tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.” (James 1:13)""James 1:14-15""Enticed by own desire Desire conceives and is born""Sin brings forth death""The AIM of temptations:""To draw us from God (Eph 4:26-27; James 1:16)""◻ “After a time [Joseph’s] master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, ‘Lie with me’” (Gen 39:7)""◻ “The LORD your God...testing you to know what was in your heart” (Deut 8:1-2)""◻ “Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression…” (Gal 6:1)""◻ “In all this Job did not sin with his lips” (Job 2:10)""◻ “But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead” (2 Cor 1:8-10)""Our hope in God: 1 Cor 10:13; James 1:5-6; Heb 4:15-16; James 1:17-18; 1 Pet 1:22-23; 3:21"