James 1:16-18 - Knowing God and Leaning On Him Will Set Us Free And Give Us Victory

""Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.18 He chose to gave us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created""

Part 1 verse 16-17
The difference between God and the Devil is that God gives good gifts to us because of His great love for us in His grace and mercy.

The shadow from the sun may shifting according to the time of the day but our heavenly Father does not change. He is always the same God who is good and loving.

The words "Every good and perfect gift is from above" literally mean ""Every good act of giving (Greek:dosis) and every perfect gift(dorema) is from above".

The way to escape from temptation is to rest in the blessings and freedom of God. To have close fellowship with Him and feed on His word.

Part 2 verse 18
The words 'first fruits ' refer to us as the regenerated believers that we are God's treasured possession and to be holy unto Him as the first fruits were consecrated to Him. As Matthew Henry says 'Christ is the first-fruits of Christians, Christians are the first-fruits of creatures. '

Important Note :
I have chosen based on my study from 'The Bible Knowledge Commentary' by John F.Walvoord and Roy B.Zack and selectively re-typed some of the more important parts, together with some of my own additional explanation to make this study simpler to digest and understand. My re-phrasing does not show a different meaning to what was originally written.