Does James 1:13-15 mean that God of not to blame for our trials?

That's exactly what it implies.

We can all talk the christian game ,yet it is another matter living it . I love the idea that God is testing me ,I love challenges.

Yes, god does not try us. He brings us back to him no matter how many times we fall away. It is us who try ourselves with our selfish desires.

God provides an umbrella.

He tells us to stay under it.

He tells us what happens if we don't.

He tells us what happens if we do.

Again, He tells us to stay under it.

Yet, we get wet, and blame Him.....

When experiencing any kind of affliction or adversity, a person would be wrong in concluding that Jehovah God is trying to induce him to commit sin

. If the individual lets something in connection with the trial become a temptation to him—for example, if he turns from resistance to yielding because of some selfish advantage, or because he is seeking a way to avoid facing and enduring the trial—God is not to blame

. For God will give strength to endure if the Christian remains steadfast in his own heart. (Phil. 4:13)

The divine arrangement, God’s way of dealing with his servants, never leads to sin.

Whatever God permits to befall us is in no way designed to cause us to transgress or to make wrongdoing look attractive

For with evil things God cannot be tried

Jehovah God is holy, pure, clean. He cannot be induced by any kind of evil or any undesirable situation or circumstance to commit wrong. There is no way in which to make wrong things attractive to the Most High, trying him with them.

nor does he himself try anyone

Just as Jehovah cannot be led into sin, so he does not put things before us to encourage us to violate his commands, or to weaken our resistance to wrongdoing.

He does not place us in a situation where something that we definitely need can be obtained only by breaking his law.

Though God permits trials to come, he does not try his servants with evil intent.

He seeks our good, our betterment, never our harm. Satan, however, may use the trial as a temptation to the individual to do wrong. But, for the faithful Christian, God prevails over Satan’s efforts and uses the trial as a disciplining and perfecting agency, so that the Christian is blessed by it. (Heb. 12:7, 11)

But each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire

Satan and the world under his influence try people with evil things or with evil intent. (2 Cor. 4:4; John 14:30)

The world uses (1) the desire of the flesh, which is fallen, imperfect;

(2) the desire of the eyes, with greediness;

(3) the showy display of one’s means of life, a parading of glory, position, power, prominence, and so forth. (1 John 2:16)

15 Then the desire, when it has become fertile, gives birth to sin

When we entertain a wrong desire instead of dismissing it, we allow it to become fertile. Like a planted seed, it has the potential for growth. Then, when we ourselves, by entertaining the idea, supply cultivation, it is sure to sprout. By the desire’s being nurtured in the heart, the individual eventually commits sin.

I hope this helps

Absolutely! Our Creator is cannot be blamed for perfect are His ways and thus, on reading unsavory parts and the first thought is: how can God have allowed that etc etc, we MUST retract and realize that it is because we are imperfect and therefore cannot see what our Creator can see! Now many find that even not a satisfactory answer, but the truth is: too bad, because otherwise, we are questioning His perfect ways!!!

It is actually really comforting that scripture because it shows us that God is not punishing us at all, but we are doing that ourselves. He is not to blame for our imperfection that charge goes to Adam and Eve and satan and why it hurts and blows my mind, when people want to worship satan!!!!

James 1:13-15: The temptation of verses 13-15 differs from that in verses 2-12, as the context shows. Here the source is identified as internal, from one's own "lust" and the outcome is "death". In verses 2-12 the "temptations" or trials have an external origin in that they fall on man. The trials of verses 2-12 cannot be avoided, so believers are encouraged to endure them, and mature as a result. The temptations of verses 13-15 must be avoided, according to God's express commandments (Rom. 13:14; 1 Tim. 6:11; 2 Tim. 2:22). The progression sin, from temptation to death, has an analogy in the physical life cycle: conception, birth, maturity, and death.

James uses words with the same Greek rot in verses 2-12 and 13-15 to express different concepts. Outwardly, trials and temptations may appear the same, and what may start as a trial may develop into temptation, if not properly answered by the Word of God.

1:17:" Three great principles are presented: (1) God is the Father, or Creator, of the heavenly bodies. (2) As their Creator, He is certainly more stable than they. With God there is not even the slightest change; He is immutable. (3) God is only good----and Always good. This third principle relates verse 17 to the preceding context. It answers the implication of verse 13 that God may sometimes tempt man to evil. Though God "tries" the saints (John 6:6; Heb. 11:17), He never tries with evil intent so as to "tempt" them.

Hebrews 11:17:"By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son.

V18:"Of whom it was said, That In Isaac Shall Thy Seed Be Called"

In Deuteronomy 32:4: A faithful God and a faithless people are pictured. "The Rock:" The word is placed first in the Hebrew for emphasis. It emphasizes the stability and permanence of the God of Israel, His unchanging nature is contrasted with the fickleness of the covenant people. "Most High" is a title that emphasizes God's sovereignty and authority over all nations, whereas in relation to His own people He is called "the Lord" (Yahweh) as in Exodus 3 and 6. In Genesis 10, he allotted to the nations their "inheritance" (portion) of the earth as their home, and fixed the boundaries of peoples in relation to Israel's numbers.

The Goodness of God is depicted. He is pictured as a Father-figure, caring for his people in every dimension of their lives, bringing them out of the land, and guiding and providing for them during their travels. The possibility of compassion is implied as the writer turns his attention to the "impending doom" which would come upon those enemies of Israel whom God would employ as His instruments of judgment 34, 35. God could use foreign nations to execute judgment on His own people (Is.10:5;) yet they would remain responsible for their acts. Romans 12:19 and Hebrews 10:20 coincide with 32:35.

Yes it does mean that. The fact that humans often make stupid decisions for stupid reasons proves that we need God and his guidance in our lives.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

This alone I have found: The true God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes

As 14 states: "but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.". This means If/when a person says 'Can I ____ and get away with it.", the devil is now tempting them and they need to decide to follow the Devil. Or stay with God! But such evil thoughts only the devil gives!

When one feels these evil thoughts, they should pray to God and ask for God to help get rid of the Devil!

I am reminded of Toni Braxton. She believes that because she had an abortion god has punished her by giving her son autism.

It is the christian point of view that god providing the kid a mountain to climb over is fair punishment for the crimes of the mother. God would never test her by giving her the autism.