1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,100 I'm so glad you're back this afternoon. 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:09,600 Thank you for staying. And this Bible study, I believe 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,500 will be helpful for you and not just because I'm the one 4 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:17,500 presenting it, the words are comforting to me, and I hope 5 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:19,000 that they'll be comforting to you. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:25,900 I would like to say this about the song that was just LED How 7 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:30,100 an intro, this study you may be tired of the anecdotes that I 8 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:34,300 tell about Cambodia but three years of our life were there. 9 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:37,100 And so it's kind of tied up in our identity. 10 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:42,300 That was the first song that we ever taught a Christian over 11 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:48,200 there and very hard to put it into words. 12 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,500 The way I've tried to describe it to folks is that when you 13 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:57,600 live abroad, and it's similar to not identical but it's similar 14 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,100 to serving in the military abroad. 15 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:04,000 You do a tour of Duty and when you come back a lot of people 16 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,700 don't understand what you went through. 17 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:09,300 But there's things that bring up. 18 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:16,200 Bring up memories of the way. You spend your time and that 19 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,300 song almost every time. It cuts me deep because it 20 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:24,500 reminds me of that afternoon that Bradley and I taught this 21 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:28,800 young lady a song and you know one of the first times we 22 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,300 thought this could actually work, you know? 23 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:37,300 So you know, I'm always grateful to hear this song because it 24 00:01:37,300 --> 00:01:41,200 does bring that memory back. But just two words, What it's 25 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:46,100 talking about how these ancient words are preserved for our walk 26 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:49,500 in this world and they ReSound with God's Own Heart. 27 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,900 So let these ancient words in part, I want to impart some of 28 00:01:54,900 --> 00:01:59,000 that ancient word to you. One last time this afternoon. 29 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,600 I hope it's helpful for you. Maybe you've heard this phrase 30 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:08,000 when you were going through a rough patch, somebody had the 31 00:02:08,008 --> 00:02:12,200 best of intentions and they put their hand on your shoulder. 32 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:18,200 And they said, you know, God doesn't ever give you anything. 33 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:24,500 You can't handle For God will never give you more than you can 34 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:29,300 handle. And I think that that phrase, 35 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:32,800 they have great intentions and maybe you've used that phrase, 36 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,300 maybe you had the best of intentions. 37 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:37,900 I know I've used a phrase similar to it. 38 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,300 But if you're taking notes and you wrote down this title, God 39 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:45,500 will never give you more than you can handle. 40 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:51,100 Make sure you have an eraser because it won't be the title by 41 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:53,700 the end of the study. Okay. 42 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,600 Now that phrase God will never give you more than you can 43 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:07,500 handle. I think comes from a, More or 44 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:11,300 less the spirit of what 1st Corinthians. 10:13 is saying. 45 00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:17,600 But again, if they get it wrong, And so what we try to mean by 46 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,100 that phrase is hey buck up, you can do it. 47 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,700 God's not going to give you more than you can handle. 48 00:03:21,700 --> 00:03:23,000 You can handle it. Don't worry. 49 00:03:24,700 --> 00:03:28,600 But let's look at what First Corinthians. 10:13 actually 50 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,200 says. And then we need to process it. 51 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,400 Make sense of it. So, what we'll do is, we'll 52 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:38,500 consider a better understanding of that scripture. 53 00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:44,900 And next we'll consider what a temptation is versus a trial or 54 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:49,000 as the new King James will call it a trip, a tribulation, right? 55 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:52,800 And then finally, we'll ask the question, why would we be given 56 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,600 more? Because that in itself kind of 57 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,100 seems a little bit unfair, doesn't it? 58 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:02,700 That God would give you more than you can handle suddenly? 59 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:06,300 Now, you know, seems like well, I don't know if I like this. 60 00:04:07,100 --> 00:04:10,200 It's just going to get dumped on me and I'm not going to be able 61 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,200 to handle it. Do I want that in my life? 62 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,000 I think you do. Whether you realize it or not. 63 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,899 I think you do want more than you can handle, and we'll answer 64 00:04:17,899 --> 00:04:21,500 that question together. But first, let's read First 65 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:28,800 Corinthians 10 verse 13. and it says, No temptation has 66 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:33,700 overtaken you except such as is common to man, but God is 67 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:38,100 faithful who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you 68 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:41,400 are able. But with the Temptation will 69 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:46,200 also make the way of Escape, You may be able to Bear it. 70 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:50,800 So the premise of this verse is that God is not going to let any 71 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,800 of us be tempted beyond what we can bear meaning that after you 72 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:00,600 leave this place and you go back to your life, whatever that that 73 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,500 sin is that you might struggle with the most, and all of us 74 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:07,700 have different sins that maybe they, they ensnare us easier 75 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:09,800 than others. Right? 76 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,600 Lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes pride of life, maybe lust 77 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,600 of the flesh is really what? Gets you whereas pride of life. 78 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,700 Isn't your? Maybe it's reversed but God 79 00:05:19,700 --> 00:05:24,400 never lets us be tempted beyond what we are able and so you can 80 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,300 see that that is a bit different than this phrase. 81 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,100 God will never give you more than you can handle. 82 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:35,100 And so I'm going to go ahead and change the title of this sermon 83 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:41,000 to State. This God will give you more than 84 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,900 you can handle. We're talking about trials and 85 00:05:44,900 --> 00:05:49,200 tribulations, God will give you more than you can handle. 86 00:05:49,500 --> 00:05:54,100 And this scripture should not be the scripture that we use to 87 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:58,600 talk about that. The scripture that I think best 88 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,100 helps me understand it. And I hope it's helpful for you 89 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:05,500 as well as second Corinthians 1, verses 8 through 11. 90 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:09,400 Now, before we get to that, that's the conclusion that we're 91 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,000 talking about, I think it would be healthy for us to understand 92 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,200 the context of First Corinthians, 10 verse 13 that 93 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,000 God won't let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. 94 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,100 Now, that verse, if you back up one verse, I'd love for you to 95 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:28,300 have a Bible because we're going to be reading the first part of 96 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:33,500 this chapter together. First Corinthians 10:12, says 97 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:39,600 therefore, let him who thinks he He stands, take heed, lest he 98 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,600 fall. Now, what does that have to do 99 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,500 with verse 13? Well, I've Illustrated it on the 100 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:50,700 board a little bit and guess I could plug it here. 101 00:06:50,700 --> 00:06:53,600 I haven't the whole meeting, but I have a YouTube channel in a 102 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,000 podcast and a website and a bunch of things under the 103 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,900 umbrella of pure and simple Bible.com. 104 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:03,800 And one of the things that I like to do on pure and simple 105 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,400 Bible that YouTube is make Illustrated whiteboard videos. 106 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,000 And so, you're kind of getting a brief example of it, but I 107 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,900 encourage Go check it out after services. 108 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:17,200 So verse 13, God's not going to let us be tempted beyond what 109 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,300 were able to bear and he provides a way of escape. 110 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:26,300 And then if we were to back up that says be careful lest 111 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:28,800 whenever you stand you actually fall. 112 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:32,000 And so we have this illustration here of a guy standing on a 113 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,600 little stool and the legs of that school stool are his pride 114 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,500 and arrogance and be careful because you might fall even 115 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:42,400 though you think you're standing What's that have to do with 116 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,200 this? And what does that have to do 117 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,000 with? Yes. 118 00:07:46,100 --> 00:07:50,500 Well, let's back up and read it because this will help us 119 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:54,900 understand that your verse 1 through 11, are going to make 120 00:07:54,900 --> 00:07:58,800 sense. Two verse 12 and then verse 12 121 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,900 is going to make sense to verse 13. 122 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:08,000 So let's back up and let's read verses 1 through 11 moreover 123 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:13,500 brethren I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers 124 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:17,200 were under the cloud. All passed through the sea. 125 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,400 All were baptized into Moses in the cloud. 126 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:26,900 And in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food and all drink. 127 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:31,100 The same spiritual drink. For they drank of that, 128 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:32,900 spiritual rock, that followed them. 129 00:08:32,900 --> 00:08:37,900 And that rock was Christ. Wow, these people have a lot of 130 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:41,500 good stuff. In fact, I would say that, you 131 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:45,700 know, maybe like this little Trophy up here, you know, 132 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:51,500 they're the best people in the world, they had Moses and they 133 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:55,600 got baptized into sea, and they drank from the spiritual Rock. 134 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,900 They had so many good things going for them. 135 00:08:57,900 --> 00:09:01,500 So many blessings. That God had given and those 136 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:04,200 blessings ended up puffing them up. 137 00:09:05,500 --> 00:09:10,100 And even though they have these blessings, they actually fell 138 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,500 multiple times into some pretty awful things. 139 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,500 He says in verse 5. But with the most of them God 140 00:09:17,500 --> 00:09:21,400 was not well pleased for their bodies were scattered in the 141 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:26,700 wilderness. Wow they had the trophy for best 142 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,800 follower of God. And yet they abandoned it 143 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,800 because of their pride and they ended up dying verse 6 through 144 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:39,800 11, provide for examples of how they let go of that that says in 145 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,600 verse 6. Now, these things became are 146 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,900 examples to the intent that we should not lust after evil 147 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:49,800 things. As they also lusted example, 148 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:55,800 number one, Do not become idolaters as were some of them 149 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,500 as it is written. The people sat down to eat and 150 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:03,400 drink and Rose up to play. the second example verse 8 nor let 151 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:07,100 us commit sexual immorality as some of them did and in one day, 152 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:14,100 23000 fell A third example, verse 9 nor let us tempt Christ 153 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:18,400 as some of them also tempted and were destroyed by serpents. 154 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,600 A final example, verse 10 nor complain as some of them also 155 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,800 complained and were destroyed by the Destroyer. 156 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,000 Now all these things happened to them as examples and they were 157 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,500 written for our admonition upon whom the end of the ages have 158 00:10:33,500 --> 00:10:36,300 come. You know, they thought they were 159 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:41,400 really great. But a survey of the Old 160 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,900 Testament shows that they fell over and over and over again. 161 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,100 And so just because they thought they were great, didn't mean 162 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:54,400 that they were and so therefore, he who thinks he stands, take 163 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,000 heed, lest he fall, because it's easy for us at times and it was 164 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,000 easy for the Corinthians who the recipients of this letter. 165 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:04,100 It was easy for them to think we've got Christ. 166 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:10,200 We've got a church. We've got proper worship, we've 167 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:16,700 got all these blessings. So it's easy for us to Puff up a 168 00:11:16,708 --> 00:11:20,300 little bit. He says, he thinks, he stands 169 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:24,900 take heed, lest he fall now at the conclusion of that where 170 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,800 they look at what they could have should have would have been 171 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,700 but then they all fell and then there's this morning, you know 172 00:11:30,700 --> 00:11:32,800 what, you better be careful because you're going to fall to. 173 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,000 If you're not careful. The natural conclusion for us is 174 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 to think, man. What's going to happen when we 175 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,700 get tempted, nobody's going to be able to overcome it. 176 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:50,700 And so this Wonderful beautiful finale is given that God is not 177 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:53,000 going to let you be tempted beyond what you are able. 178 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:56,700 And when you are tempted, he will even make a way of Escape. 179 00:11:57,900 --> 00:12:00,800 He did that for them. He didn't let them be tempted 180 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,900 beyond what they were able. This is all on them. 181 00:12:04,700 --> 00:12:07,400 He gave them a way of Escape each time and they didn't take 182 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,400 it. What's going to happen with you. 183 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,400 When Temptation comes, God will give you a way out. 184 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:17,700 Will you take it? I will you not and friends? 185 00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:19,300 I just want to encourage you with this. 186 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:26,900 Don't test God, Don't Tempt God. You know we use this as a silly 187 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:29,700 example and I will too but it's not a silly thing. 188 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:33,900 Alcohol is a serious thing. But if your temptation is 189 00:12:33,900 --> 00:12:38,600 alcohol, right then don't tempt God by saying you know what? 190 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,600 I'm not going to drink but I'ma go in the bar accessor. 191 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,300 My friends are those tasty peanuts on the bar. 192 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:47,900 I'm going to eat some of those. I'm going to talk to the 193 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:50,700 bartender. I'm going to sit next to my best 194 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:52,600 friend. Is he drinking? 195 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:57,100 What are you doing? You're not fleeing Temptation, 196 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:01,300 you're courting. It God gave you a way out. 197 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,700 He opened the door and that door was don't go in there. 198 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,700 Go somewhere else and we can apply this, to any Temptation, 199 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:12,600 we have flea it, instead of courting it. 200 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:19,900 Now, if this verse which we used to say, some people have used it 201 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:22,200 to justify that God's never going to give you more than you 202 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,800 can handle. We've now proven that that's 203 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:26,800 really not what that's talking about at all. 204 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,800 It's talking about Temptation and so before we talk about how 205 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,500 we're given more than we can handle, the next thing I want to 206 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:38,300 mention briefly is just asking what's the difference between a 207 00:13:38,308 --> 00:13:42,600 Temptation and the trial. Because you will be tempted and 208 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,100 you will be tried, and God is involved in one of those. 209 00:13:47,300 --> 00:13:53,300 Sometimes we assign both of them to God you know, a Temptation, 210 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,300 which is what I have right here. If I can illustrate it. 211 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:03,500 A temptation is when we have a desire for something, we're 212 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,300 thinking about it through, this is what I want. 213 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:08,800 I know it's contrary to God's will but this is what I want and 214 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:13,100 that desire leads to sin and sin is like missing the mark. 215 00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:17,200 Imagine aiming an arrow at a Target and shooting it and just 216 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:21,300 completely missing the target. That's what sin is and that sin 217 00:14:21,300 --> 00:14:26,000 leads to death. This is the process known as 218 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,900 temptation. Is got involved in that, this 219 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:35,700 God put desires into your mind so that you'll fall from grace. 220 00:14:36,300 --> 00:14:38,900 The scriptures will answer that for us in a moment. 221 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:43,000 What is a trial? Well a trial Works a bit 222 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,000 differently than this and I think a great scripture if 223 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:50,300 you'll read it with me is Romans chapter 5, it's in the Pew 224 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:56,800 Bible, page number 17, 34 1734 in the Pew Bible. 225 00:14:57,100 --> 00:15:01,600 And in Romans chapter 5 and will read verse 3 and 4. 226 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:06,000 And again, I might use the word trial and the scripture we read 227 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,700 is going to use the word tribulation. 228 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:09,900 I think it's talking about the same thing. 229 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:15,600 It says And not only that, but we also glory in our 230 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,300 tribulations knowing that tribulation produces 231 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,900 perseverance and perseverance character and character hope. 232 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:27,000 Now hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been 233 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:31,000 poured out in our hearts, by the Holy Spirit, who was given to 234 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,700 us. Now, I see a cycle here, right? 235 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:38,200 So a tribulation or a trial, comes our way. 236 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:45,200 And that trial is meant to teach a lesson for us to persevere or 237 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:50,000 to endure and that endurance causes us to grow in our 238 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,300 Christian conduct. Our character gets stronger, and 239 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:58,700 as a result of stronger character, we hope more fully in 240 00:15:58,700 --> 00:16:02,000 God's plan. And so here's even though the 241 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,300 scripture kind of leaves it at that. 242 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:07,800 I'm going to do one more arrow. And after we have grown, and in 243 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,200 our hope what happens, the next time we go. 244 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:14,100 Go through a trial. What happens after you have 245 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:19,800 successfully had a opportunity to persevere and then grow as a 246 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:21,900 person and then put your hope in God. 247 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:23,600 What happened to the trial comes back? 248 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,900 It's easier to endure. What happens when you don't have 249 00:16:27,900 --> 00:16:30,300 the opportunity to grow and the trial comes back. 250 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:35,800 It's just as hard if not harder is got involved in that. 251 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:40,100 Yes. We talked about that some this 252 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:43,300 morning about be careful what you pray for because it just 253 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:46,000 might come true. You ask for patience. 254 00:16:46,300 --> 00:16:49,300 So what are you Givin? You're given a tribulation, 255 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:54,100 something or someone is brought into your life and suddenly this 256 00:16:54,100 --> 00:16:57,200 trial is it's causing you to have to endure something. 257 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,100 Maybe this is a person that's causing sorrow or pain and you 258 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:04,599 have to grow as a person. Your character gets stronger 259 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:07,400 because you have a stronger sense of Hope in God, and now 260 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,700 you're dealing with This person because you have sympathy for 261 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:15,400 them or empathy for them. And you're better able to handle 262 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,599 that trial. Let's read over in the book of 263 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:21,400 James. James chapter 1. 264 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:29,600 It's on Page 18-49 in your Pew Bible. right at the beginning of 265 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:37,900 the letter, please, James 1:2 Here, the Bible says my 266 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:42,700 brethren, count, it all joy. When you fall into various 267 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:47,100 trials, Let's pause there for a second here. 268 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:51,100 The Bible Rider is telling us to be joyful. 269 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:55,000 Would we fall into trial? Are we to be joyful? 270 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,400 And Temptation? I don't think so. 271 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,900 I don't think we're to be joyful, and we're tempted, but 272 00:17:59,900 --> 00:18:02,000 we are to be joyful whenever we're tried. 273 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:06,400 Why, why are we to have joy? Because we know in verse 3, 274 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:11,300 knowing that the testing of your faith, produces patience but let 275 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:14,300 patience have. It's perfect work that you may 276 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:17,900 be perfect and complete lacking nothing. 277 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:22,100 So it's another example of this process where God can be 278 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:25,700 involved in trials and I think also there are Trials of life 279 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:29,500 where maybe they're not from God, but he can be involved in 280 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:34,700 trials, and this is intended to show us a way to draw nearer to 281 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:36,900 him. But let's go back to temptation, 282 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:42,800 is God involved in those is God, inflicting us with thoughts to 283 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,300 Fall From Grace. Well, we can read about that. 284 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:47,600 In verse 12, we're in the same chapter. 285 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:53,900 James 1:12 blessed is the man who endures Temptation for When 286 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:57,200 he has been approved, he will receive a Crown of Life, which 287 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,100 the Lord has promised. To those who love him. 288 00:18:59,300 --> 00:19:06,200 Let no one say when he is. Tempted, I am tempted by God. 289 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:09,800 For God cannot be tempted by evil. 290 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,200 Nor does he himself, tempt anyone? 291 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:17,000 But each is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own desires 292 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:22,500 and enticed and when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin 293 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:25,800 and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death. 294 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:31,800 Just as this temptation cycle or line takes place, the natural 295 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:36,000 progression goes from desire to sin to death friend. 296 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,700 Oh, and one more thing about this, before we move on to that 297 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:42,500 last scripture to say, is it wrong? 298 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:50,200 To be tempted. Is it sinful to be tempted and 299 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,800 when I say tempted what I mean is a choice is put in front of 300 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,300 you, think about it like a scale and you've got on one side, the 301 00:19:57,300 --> 00:20:02,100 choice of obeying God. And the other side is the choice 302 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:05,600 of disobeying God. And what a Temptation does is it 303 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,800 unfairly? Makes that Disobedience. 304 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,100 Look better. It's put something special 305 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:14,200 razzle-dazzle on here that says hey it's actually better to 306 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:20,500 disobey go as one brother told me, the devil always takes more 307 00:20:20,500 --> 00:20:25,200 than he gives. And he made a promise but he 308 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:30,300 always takes more in the end. and I would just suggest to you 309 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:35,300 that even though all of us are tempted, May we not feel guilty 310 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:37,400 to think. Oh, man, being tempted. 311 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:42,200 I have this desire and those are wrong because, you know what, 312 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:46,100 Jesus was tempted. It's a book of Hebrews says he 313 00:20:46,100 --> 00:20:50,800 was tempted in all ways that we are except without sin and so 314 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:56,300 when this starts, just remember that when desire comes into the 315 00:20:56,300 --> 00:21:01,600 Mind, Jesus has been in that. Frame of mind as well or desire 316 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,500 came in. He was able to overcome and you 317 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:08,700 can overcome to it. Is possible through Christ 318 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:11,800 overcome, we don't have to go down this road once. 319 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,600 Temptation starts, we can choose to walk away. 320 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,800 Why? Because God promised we can. 321 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:22,600 Because he promised there is a way of Escape. 322 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,400 There's a way out of it. It may be hard, it may be 323 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,400 costly. It may sacrifice something, but 324 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,100 God's promise to you that, even though you're Desiring or being 325 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:35,000 enticed, you can let that go and walk away. 326 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,700 This is part of the freedom that comes in Christ. 327 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:42,500 So rejoice when you go through a trial. 328 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,500 And when you're tempted, give it over to God and flee run from 329 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:51,000 it. And here's my last question for 330 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,200 today. Why would we be given more than 331 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,000 we could handle? Why should I want that? 332 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,100 Do you want it? Do you want to be given more 333 00:21:59,100 --> 00:22:01,200 than you can handle? I know I'm not going to ask you 334 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,900 to answer but some of you may say. 335 00:22:03,900 --> 00:22:05,600 Nope. I do not want to be given more. 336 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,200 I'd like to just cruise control my way, all the way to the 337 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,400 promised land. You want to be given more than 338 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,100 you can handle. At least I think you should. 339 00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:19,100 And here's why go with me over to Second Corinthians chapter 1. 340 00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:24,600 And we'll read a few verses there and offer an invitation 341 00:22:25,300 --> 00:22:29,500 second Corinthians chapter 1. It's page 1771 and your Pew 342 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:31,200 Bible if you want to follow along. 343 00:22:32,700 --> 00:22:38,900 And first I want us to look at a scripture that really describes 344 00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:43,900 God in a specific way. If you look at chapter 1 verses 345 00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:49,900 3 through 7, I believe the word Comfort is used 10 times. 346 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,100 That should be a big red flag, as so as we read, there's a big 347 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:56,400 red flag that goes off. That this is important. 348 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,300 So we're going to read part of it. 349 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,100 Second Corinthians chapter 1, verse 3 and 4. 350 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:04,700 It says blessed, be the God and father of our Lord. 351 00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:10,700 Jesus Christ, the father of mercies and the God of All 352 00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:18,200 Comfort, who comforts Us in all our tribulation, that we may be 353 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,900 able to comfort those who are in trouble. 354 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:27,100 With the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 355 00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:31,800 In that great. But there's this cycle that 356 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,700 Comfort comes from God. It's given to those who are in 357 00:23:35,700 --> 00:23:40,000 the middle of a trial. So that whenever you endure and 358 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:45,200 overcome your task to comfort, the next person going through 359 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,800 the trial. And so it just goes and goes and 360 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,600 goes there's times when you comfort there's times when you 361 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:55,900 need to be comforted, so why should we be given more than we 362 00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:59,700 can handle? Why do we have to endure loss of 363 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:04,200 loved ones? Why do we have to be to go 364 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,300 through excruciating pain? Even though we have Christ, 365 00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:12,700 Well, we're going to read it in just a minute and it's verses 8 366 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:17,900 through 11. But I would just say this and 367 00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:19,300 maybe I should have said it earlier. 368 00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:23,600 The phrase. God will never give you more 369 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,500 than you can handle. I think, is a dubious phrase, 370 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:31,100 It's subtle. But I think what it does is it 371 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:33,800 makes people feel guilty unnecessarily. 372 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,000 As though, if you're going through a trial, you better just 373 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:41,500 suck it up because God will never give you more than you can 374 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:43,900 handle him and you've been giving this for a reason whereas 375 00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:45,700 this person who's never gone through it. 376 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,900 Well, God knew they couldn't go through it. 377 00:24:47,908 --> 00:24:49,400 So he just gave it to you instead. 378 00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:53,000 I don't think that's the way the Bible operates. 379 00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:56,500 Why are we given more than we can handle? 380 00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:00,700 Verse 8. We do not want you to be 381 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:05,600 ignorant brethren. Of our trouble, which came to us 382 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:10,900 in Asia that we were burdened beyond measure above strength. 383 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:13,900 So that we despaired even of Life. 384 00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:19,300 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we 385 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:24,700 should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the Dead 386 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,400 who delivered us from. So great a death and does 387 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,900 Deliver Us in whom we trust that he will still deliver us. 388 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:36,600 You also helping together in prayer for us that thanks may be 389 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,600 given by many persons on our behalf for the gift, granted to 390 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,400 us through many. Paul was given more than he 391 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,000 could handle. Whatever happened that caused 392 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,300 him to write this episode to the Corinthian people. 393 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:53,100 He said we despaired even of life. 394 00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:58,600 And it was at that moment when when our knees buckled, so to 395 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,500 speak, when we were given more than we can handle that. 396 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:05,400 We were able to say I can't do this on my own. 397 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:10,000 I need help. I need God. 398 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,500 And when he recognized that God delivered and he uses it in the 399 00:26:15,508 --> 00:26:18,400 past and the present, the future, he delivered us and he 400 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,000 is delivering us and he will continue to deliver us. 401 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,500 Notice that there are people who are involved in this 402 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:26,100 Deliverance, it says in verse 11 and I bring this out because we 403 00:26:26,108 --> 00:26:27,600 just talked about it this morning. 404 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,000 You were helping together in prayer for us. 405 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,800 So here's this man who was given more than he could handle. 406 00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:39,900 Who's recognizing, I can't do it on my own. 407 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:44,400 And part of him recognizing that is giving it over to God, so 408 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,700 that God can deliver him. But also as a group of people 409 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:51,800 who are praying for him to overcome and to hang in there 410 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:57,400 and so I leave you with this. Simple thought God does give us 411 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,500 more than we can handle so that each one of us can recognize as 412 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:06,100 we rightly should I can't do this on my own. 413 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,100 I can't get through life on my own. 414 00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:12,200 I can't get through these trials on my own. 415 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,200 Why? He thinks he stands needs to 416 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:21,300 take heed, lest he fall? And we have to realize that we 417 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:26,300 weren't intended to Bear every single Boulder of Life on our 418 00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:28,200 own. We were meant to give it to God 419 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:32,800 and he delivered by him and have Brethren who can pray for us as 420 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,100 we go through those things and I bet I could go through and give 421 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:40,400 everybody an opportunity who's been through a major loss that I 422 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,600 could and everything will. Every single one of you would 423 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,400 likely say, I didn't know how I was going to get through it. 424 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:56,400 In fact, I didn't think I would But through the power of God and 425 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,600 Brethren, I was able to overcome and that's the recipe for this. 426 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,900 God does give us more than we can handle so that we can lean 427 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:06,900 on him and one another. Thank you very much. 428 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:10,700 Thank you for the privilege to come and preach for you for 429 00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:13,800 several occasions. I hope that these studies are 430 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:20,200 helpful and, you know, the lasting gift of preaching. 431 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,600 besides getting to share the gospel with people and helping 432 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,700 bring hope to a lost and Dying World when it comes to edifying, 433 00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:33,100 Brethren the gift of preaching, is the next time you read the 434 00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:38,700 Bible, so the next time you read in 2nd Corinthians 1 or First 435 00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:43,100 Corinthians 10, if you just have one of those Yeah. 436 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,400 Now that makes sense. That's the gift of preaching is 437 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,600 to help Brethren better, appreciate you mentioning the 438 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,200 Bible. 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