Verse 14
... but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
The seat of all wrong-doing lies in human selfishness. As long as men seek only what pleases them, what they desire, what they crave, what gratifies them, that lust, which seeks the fulfillment of such desires, motivates all the sin on earth. Herein lies the basic conflict involved in spiritual living. Man's ego must be suppressed, denied, and brought under subjection to the will of God. In instances where this is never done, sin reigns in men's lives. From this it is clear that within men themselves are all of the propensities leading to sin.
Drawn away ... and enticed ... "These are primarily hunting and fishing words, used metaphorically here."[35] It was the beauty of the forbidden fruit that acted as a lure for Eve, the bait, which effected her being caught upon the hook of sin. Christians should learn to exercise skill in rejecting the alluring "bait" with which Satan baits his trap of enslavement to sin.
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