"Can God be tempted?" (Alleged Contradiction #E7206)
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 …
James 1:13
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Acts 15:10
See also: Exodus 17:2; Deuteronomy 6:16; Matthew 4:7; Luke 4:12
Response
God cannot be tempted with evil. Doing evil is something that God cannot do, and so if anyone ever tried to “tempt” God in this sense, it would be useless. However, many people can “tempt” God in the sense that they “test” Him, though this is not right. An older meaning of the word “tempt” can mean to “test.”
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