There are basic divine attributes that we must accept as sacrosanct if we are to have a solid relationship with God. Among them is justness. God is just and plays no partiality. You can be sure that He will always give people their due, whether now or in future. His sense of justice is intrinsically woven to His moral nature. He is a holy God. Morality compels Him to always do what is right. In addition to this, we must accept that God cannot lie. Two things make it impossible for God to lie, and we find them here: “Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.” (Hebrews 6:17-18 NKJV). The two things are God’s counsel or God’s word, and the oath He has taken.
“God does not tempt us; rather He makes a way of escape for us in all temptations.”
In our text, James supplies two other things that are a manifestation of divine characteristics. Number one, God cannot be tempted. No seduction or inducement can make God sin or do wrong. This is a sweet assurance as we walk with God. James goes on to show one more thing, the fact that God tempts no one either. In other words, God will never send you inducement to sin. He will never arrange obstacles on our path so we can trip. Someone may want to refer to Genesis 22:1 as an exception. For the avoidance of doubt, the King James Version of the Bible records it that God did tempt Abraham. The idea expressed there is testing. There is a world of difference between tempt and test. The objective of one is a fall, that of the other is an assessment of our grasp of divine lessons. God does not tempt us; rather He makes a way of escape for us in all temptations.