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Struggles by Non-Christians
God would never give you more than you can handle
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<blockquote data-quote="Monna" data-source="post: 71889587" data-attributes="member: 395087"><p>Perhaps there are two sets off assumptions underlying the two sides of this argument. Sometimes it is useful to find out what assumptions are being made before condemning one or other side as "false."</p><p></p><p><strong>1 Corinthians 10:13</strong></p><p><em>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 <strong>way</strong> to <strong>escape</strong>, that ye may be able to bear it.</em></p><p></p><p>Or in a more modern version (Complete Jewish Bible):</p><p><em>No temptation has seized you beyond what people normally experience, and God can be trusted not to allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear. On the contrary, along with the temptation he will also provide the way out, so that you will be able to endure.</em></p><p></p><p>When I read the first statement and look over my life, I know it is true with one caviat: that God is with me. On the one hand I know the truth of Jesus' words "Without me you can do nothing." But the inverse is also true: with God all things are possible (Mark 10:27).</p><p></p><p>There is another assumption I am making: that hardships, difficulties, traumatic events, are things that almost always include some type of "temptation," whether that is to use the easy but morally wrong way out, to refuse to see God's hand in all things and claim his promise that he is working "in all things" for my benefit (Romans 8:28), or simply giving up on him, myself, and our relationship. All of these and other responses are covered by the word "temptation" in my mind, and so these situations are also covered in my mind by 1 Corinthians 10:13.</p><p></p><p>Remember too that Paul wrote this out of his experience which included witnessing the last half hour of Stephen's life, and his death by stoning. He saw that Stephen was able to "bear" the opposition, their rage against him and his dreadful death without denying his Lord or cursing his murderers. "Able to endure" does not mean "come out alive and thriving." He himself endured whippings, stonings, imprisonment, false accusation, shipwrech, and more, and remained faithful.</p><p></p><p>I would very much appreciate hearing the assumptions you are making, JoeP, when you say the statement is not Biblical and is a false teaching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monna, post: 71889587, member: 395087"] Perhaps there are two sets off assumptions underlying the two sides of this argument. Sometimes it is useful to find out what assumptions are being made before condemning one or other side as "false." [B]1 Corinthians 10:13[/B] [I]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 [B]way[/B] to [B]escape[/B], that ye may be able to bear it.[/I] Or in a more modern version (Complete Jewish Bible): [I]No temptation has seized you beyond what people normally experience, and God can be trusted not to allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear. On the contrary, along with the temptation he will also provide the way out, so that you will be able to endure.[/I] When I read the first statement and look over my life, I know it is true with one caviat: that God is with me. On the one hand I know the truth of Jesus' words "Without me you can do nothing." But the inverse is also true: with God all things are possible (Mark 10:27). There is another assumption I am making: that hardships, difficulties, traumatic events, are things that almost always include some type of "temptation," whether that is to use the easy but morally wrong way out, to refuse to see God's hand in all things and claim his promise that he is working "in all things" for my benefit (Romans 8:28), or simply giving up on him, myself, and our relationship. All of these and other responses are covered by the word "temptation" in my mind, and so these situations are also covered in my mind by 1 Corinthians 10:13. Remember too that Paul wrote this out of his experience which included witnessing the last half hour of Stephen's life, and his death by stoning. He saw that Stephen was able to "bear" the opposition, their rage against him and his dreadful death without denying his Lord or cursing his murderers. "Able to endure" does not mean "come out alive and thriving." He himself endured whippings, stonings, imprisonment, false accusation, shipwrech, and more, and remained faithful. I would very much appreciate hearing the assumptions you are making, JoeP, when you say the statement is not Biblical and is a false teaching. [/QUOTE]
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