LUST
James 1: 13, 14
Lust is that which is of man (James 3: 14-16; 4: 5; I John 2: 16). The flesh in every sinner lusts to be as God, not in righteousness, but in power: to be our own joy apart from Christ, to deliver ourselves without having to wait on God, to be our own wisdom apart from Christ our Wisdom, to be our own provider, having all we want rather than being content with God and that which God provides. It is man’s own lust which draws him from God.