The Anatomy Of A Sin

But, not only is God completely whole, God is completely holy. He is the complete other of sin. He is the antithesis of sin. It is absolutely impossible that God could be tempted. Someone says, “Well, now wait a minute, wasn’t Jesus tempted, and wasn’t Jesus God?” Yes, Jesus was tempted, and Jesus was God, but Jesus was more than God. Jesus was also man. Jesus shared our humanity, and in his humanity Jesus was tempted, but in his deity, Jesus was without sin. Praise His holy name.

But, God in His essence, in His nature, in His divine nature as God, God cannot be tempted with evil. And, also God cannot tempt with evil. There’s something about sin that makes a person want to share it. Have you ever noticed how those who drink will try to get others to drink? Those who smoke try to get others to smoke. Those who commit immorality, they try to get others to do it. That is why Satan tried to induce Eve to sin, because he was a sinner. He has a product that he wants to export. Well, the product that God exports is godliness, and God does not tempt people to sin. And, so no one can say, “God tempted me.”

You see, if you could say God tempted you, then you would have a perfect alibi—a perfect alibi—because you can fight God. I mean, everything God does, He does well. And, so if God places you in a situation that is beyond your control—whatsoever—then you are able to blame God.

Now, we’re still doing this today. We don’t say, “The woman thou gavest me.” Here’s what we say today, “The ghetto I was raised in,” or, “The glands that I inherited,” you see? We somehow want to still blame God. You know, “The parents that raised me.”

“My mama warped my psyche because she wouldn’t let me push my mush off the high- chair.” And, “Something happened to me,” and that’s the psychology today. “That man is not evil, he’s just ill, man is not sinful, he’s just sick.” “It’s not really his fault. It’s something that just happened to him.”

And, man is still saying to God, “God the woman thou gavest me,” the background thou gavest me, the parents thou gavest me, the body thou gavest me, the environment thou gavest me, and God won’t buy it friend. God’s not buying it. There’s one thing that God will never accept for sin and that is an alibi. “…God tempteth no man with evil, neither can he be tempted with evil” (James 1:13). But, oh what good alibiers we are. You ask a man, “Say, why do you drink?” He says, “Why do I drink? Man, I drink because my wife nags me all the time. It’s the only escape. Nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, that’s why I drink.” Say to her, “Why do you nag him all the time?” “Nag him, why wouldn’t I? Drink, drink, drink, drink, drink. That’s all he ever does, drink.” Everybody can give you a reason for why they do everything, rather than say, “It’s me, it’s me, it’s me. O God, standing in the need of prayer.” There is a definite possibility that you’re going to be tempted. There is a divine impossibility that God can be tempted with evil or that God will tempt you with evil. You cannot be tempted. God cannot be tempted with evil.