Child molesters, rapists, and others can and often do believe that God made them the way they are, with the desires and compulsions that they have. Bible believing Christians would consider such desires and compulsions to be old fashioned “temptations,” which do not come from God. All human beings are tempted to do wrong, though not in all the same ways, certainly. We are all battling something. Calling one’s temptations natural or God given does not make them so. Temptations to engage in behaviors that God condemns are to be resisted, not accepted as normal.
From James 1 NASB
ReplyDelete13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
As verse 16 days, do not be deceived!
-Carolyn
Correction, verse 16 says not days.
ReplyDelete-Carolyn
Exactly!
ReplyDeleteAnd I knew what you meant -- typos are the bane of posting comments!
ReplyDeleteThe worst - the typos that result from auto-correct selecting a word you did not intend to type.
ReplyDelete-Carolyn