This is why, at the time of the flood, God considered that "the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth" (Gen.8:21). James 1:14 tells us how we are tempted: "Every man (it is the same process for each human being) is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust ("of his own evil desire", N.I.V.) and enticed".
Hii ndiyo sababu wakati wa gharika, Mungu aliona kwamba "mawazo ya moyo wa mwanadamu ni mabaya tangu ujana wake"(Mwa. 8:21. Yak. 1:14) anatuambia namna tunavyojaribiwa:"Kila mmoja (yaani mwanadamu) hujaribiwa na tamaa yake mwenyewe huku akivutwa na kudanganywa" Tunajaribiwa kwa tamaa zetu wenyewe, mawazo yetu mabaya; sio kitu kingine chochote nje yetu. "Vita vyatoka wapi, na mapigano yaliyo kati yenu"?. Yakobo anauliza; "Si humu katika tamaa zenu?" (Yak. 4:1).