How We Are Deceived: And How We Are Enlightened (James 1:13-18) [Audio]

LifePoint Baptist Church Pastor Jarrod Stotmeister lpforme.com Wednesday Night Sermon Title: How We Are Deceived Date: April 29, 2026 Passage: James 1:13-18 In this Wednesday Night Sermon, Pastor Jarrod Stotmeister preaches from James 1:13-18, showing that temptation does not come from God but from the sinful desires of the heart. James exposes the path from lust to sin and death, then turns our eyes upward to the Father of lights, from whom every good and perfect gift comes, and to the word of truth by which He gives life to His people. James 1:13-18 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: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.