GOD WILL NOT ALLOW MORE TO BE PUT ON US THAN WE CAN BEAR

PROCLAMATION

“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.”  1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These words were written by the apostle Paul, under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God, to the believers in the church at Corinth.  Paul began this chapter by recounting the history of their ancestors from the Red Sea to the wilderness. (1 Corinthians 10:1-5)  He said that those things were recorded and recounted to them as examples of what not to do. (1 Corinthians 10:6)  Then he told them not to be idolaters or fornicators.  He told them not to test Christ with their sins and not to murmur about things.  Paul said that they would be tempted, but they would not be tempted beyond that which they could bear. (1 Corinthians 10:7-13)  He also told them to flee from fornication.  He told them that collectively they were the body of Christ.  Then He spent the remainder of the chapter discussing their freedom to eat meat from animals which had been sacrificed to idols.  He ended by telling them that whatever they eat, drink, or do should be done to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:14-31)

 

APPLICATION

We have all gone through trials and temptations.  We may be going through some of them right now, but if we are not, then we will definitely go through some trials in the future.  However, The Holy Spirit of The Lord God was, and is, and always will be with us.  He said that He would never leave us or forsake us. (Hebrews 13:5)  Being tempted is not a sin.  Jesus was tempted. (Matthew 4:1-11)  We sin when we yield and give in to the temptation.  But we do not have to yield, He will not allow us to be temped beyond that which we can handle.  Sometimes we need to remove ourselves from the places or the people that provide us with the temptation to sin.  Reading and studying The Word of God can help us when we are tempted.  God always provides us with a way out. (1 Corinthians 10:13)  We just have to ask Him for His help.