Man are tempted in every manner at all times.
As a breakthrough believer, what we need to do?
"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. but when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." 1 Corin 10:13 NIV
1. The temptation we face is common to man.
Believer or none believer face the same temptation but our ending is different!!!
Yes! we can tempted.
I know you may say, what about "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil..."
Mat 6:13.
I'm amazed at how Dr. TB is able to just expound the scriptures.
Let me quote what he said on Mat 6:13,
"lead us not into temptation but just in case we are tempted, deliver us from evil.."
Make sense *_*
2.God will not let us be tempted beyond what we can bear.
Meaning in us we already have the capacity to bear.
We need to know that we have the capacity to bear/endure, despite bearing heavy weight
that's on us we can still stand and move on forward.
Just like those who lift weights, they are bearing the weights but they are still standing despite
being under it.
Explanation:
When we face temptation, we pray as though we are so weak and helpless. It's as though we have nothing in us that we need to beg Him for help. When He does not answer, we begin to doubt if His there....
We need to realise who we are and that we created in His image.....
Look at the posting under Joseph(Identity-who we are) for details
When we know who we are in Him, the way we pray, talk and think is very different.
We won't have to beg/be helpless anymore but we know in us we have the capacity to rise and prevail against all things because God is with us.
3. God is not removing temptation when he say, "provide a way of escape"
Look at the verse carefully, it says,
"he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
Meaning he's not removing it. The temptation(weight) is still there but with we can still stand.
Explanation:
When we are tempted, we pray for God to remove it or save us. His way of escape is when we can pray in the spirit. He provide a way of escape by having us to tap into the spirit in us to see the spirit world how He has delivered us.
That's why even though in the natural we are still bearing the weight of temptation but yet we know we can stand under it.
It's in the spirit we see we have prevailed and that's why we know in the natural we can prevail against temptation!!!
Temptation? We are ABOVE it already!!!!!
Addition notes:
Paul asked God to remove the thorn in his flesh and God said "my grace is sufficient for you and in "u". God has done all He could and now is the time for us to stand and having done all to stand we must stand therefore.
