I just saw a post somebody wrote trying to show “5 reasons why God uses problems” and It just irked me. They kept trying to suggest that God does bad stuf to you for some good reason. So I wrote this up. The Bible’s actualy really clear about this.

1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.


Ok, there is a tempter who tempts (tests) people, but who is it?

James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:


Looks like it’s not God after all, so who else could it be that’s tempting people?

Luke 4:2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.


Oh look, the devil.

So now we know that god does not temp people and that the devil does. Jump back to James again:

James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

let NO MAN SAY when he is tempted (tested) “I am tempted (tested) of God”. That’s really pretty straightforward. don’t say your problems came from God.

1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

No darkness at all - nothing bad, nothing evil, no PROBLEMS.

Just to be clear, I’m only countering the ‘problems’ part. God absolutely does DIRECT, CORRECT, PROTECT, and PERFECT you. I’m not so sure about that inspection part, because God can see the hearts of men (their true thoughts, 1 Samuel 16:7, 2 Chronicles 6:30)

The real point is that the bible interprets itself if you take the time to study it.