Charles Spurgeon Commentary James 1:13-15

"Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man: but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death." — James 1:13-15 (ASV)

For God cannot be tempted with evil, neither does He tempt any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn by his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.

There is the parentage, and the progeny of sin. Sin comes from unbridled desire. A man feels that he must have a certain thing; right or wrong, he is determined to have it. Then from that determination comes the overt act of sin; and what comes from that? Why, death, for every sin in its own measure helps to kill us, to destroy that which is the real life of our human nature. Every sin is a drop of poison.

There are sweets that are poisonous, and the pleasures of sin are of this kind; and let the poison of sin alone, let it work in its natural way, and it will bring forth death. That man, therefore, who lives in sin and loves it, has nothing before him but everlasting death; he may well tremble.