Main Idea: Temptations reveal our need for God’s transforming grace.

The Blameless Nature of God - James 1:13-15

• 1 Corinthians 10:13
• Romans 8:5-8
• Galatians 5:16-19
• Galatians 6:1, 2

The Unchanging Goodness of God - James 1:16, 17

• Romans 5:12-17
• Numbers 23:19

The Transforming Will of God - James 1:18

• Ephesians 1:3-6
• Leviticus 21:10, 11
• Romans 12:1

*Omnipotent: Omnipotence is derived from two Latin words, omni, “all,” and potents, “powerful,” and means “all- powerful.” Whereas God’s freedom referred to the fact that there are no external constraints on God’s decisions, God’s omnipotence has reference to his own power to do what he decides to do. (Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology, Second Edition: An introduction to Biblical Doctrine (pp. 258-259). Zondervan Academic. Kindle Edition.)

*Immutability: The doctrine of divine immutability affirms God’s freedom from all change. Existing outside of time, he is all that he is in one unchanging moment, free from the movement and development of history. But within time, his creatures experience him as unchanging in his relations to human beings and therefore perfectly worthy of trust. (Carini, Joel B. 2018. “God’s Immutability.” In Lexham Survey of Theology, edited by Mark Ward, Jessica Parks, Brannon Ellis, and Todd Hains. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.)