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Sunday, August 26, 2007

God won't put more on you than you can bear?

Did you know that this well rehearsed saying in the church is nowhere
to be found in the bible? The actual verse where we get this from is
1st Corinthians 10:13, "There hath no temptation taken you but such
as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to
be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. "

A lot of people really don't know what this mean and as is the
fashion of man, we interpret it based on our experience rather than
accurate bible doctrine.

The fact is, God doesn't put anything on you and he's never put
anything on anyone except blessings. Putting stuff on you is in
Satan's department. And before your head goes there, no they (God
and satan) don't work together for your good, that's in another section.

So what is Paul really saying? Here's a reading from the amplified
version of that verse...

For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter
how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on
you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has
come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted
and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can
bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate
nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried
and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power
to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the
way out (the means of escape to ca landing place), that you may be
capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently.

Note that nowhere in that verse did it say that God is putting
temptation on you. Temptation comes to us to separate us from God
and from what is right. That is the way it happened in the garden of
eden. Satan tempted Eve to separate man from God. God didn't allow
Eve to be tempted so he could see how she would handle pressure or to
test her faith! Remember, God had been working for six days straight
building this house for his children. On the seventh day he rested.
He gave man the keys to the house and went back home after giving man
some final instructions. He left earth in total trust of man to obey
what He had told man to do. Adam failed to subdue the earth and
everything in it like God had commanded him. He could have subdued
the snake in the garden and said no like God had told him too, but he
was deceived, and you know the rest of the story.

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