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Not all things are tests
what Paul went through was not a test, it was on the job training.
God was teaching them how they had to rely on them, and how weak they were
You test people to see what they know or if they will follow what they already learned
before you get to the testing phase, we have to go through teaching
what Paul went through was not a test, it was on the job training.
God was teaching them how they had to rely on them, and how weak they were
You test people to see what they know or if they will follow what they already learned
before you get to the testing phase, we have to go through teaching
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Can I ask you a simple question?
In 2Corinthians 1:8 when Paul says, "pressed out of measure, above strength," is he here saying that God did not give us more than we can handle?
If so, then why did he say that such things happened, "that we should not trust in ourselves but in God..." 1:9
If the only things that come our way are what we can bear, will we trust God, or will we trust in ourselves?
Can I ask you a simple question?
In 2Corinthians 1:8 when Paul says, "pressed out of measure, above strength," is he here saying that God did not give us more than we can handle?
If so, then why did he say that such things happened, "that we should not trust in ourselves but in God..." 1:9
If the only things that come our way are what we can bear, will we trust God, or will we trust in ourselves?
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I think that 1 Corinthians 10:13 is saying to the believer that we should be perfect, and that we have no excuse for any wrong doing. Because not only is the temptation something we can bear, but God also provides a way of escape, as such we should be perfect in our ways.
But thank God for His grace, and mercy because despite the fact that God provides the escape, and we are not tempted beyond our abilities, we still manage to do wrong things anyhow.
But thank God for His grace, and mercy because despite the fact that God provides the escape, and we are not tempted beyond our abilities, we still manage to do wrong things anyhow.
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I can understand this one, and I believe it has some biblical support.
Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
I can understand this saying, reading Leviticus. From childbirth, to disease, to washing and even to house cleanliness, Leviticus has it covered.
Circumcision for males - Leviticus 12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Dealing with disease - Leviticus 13:46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
Mould/disease in the house - Leviticus 14:48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
Dealing with personal uncleanness - Leviticus 15:11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
I can understand this saying, reading Leviticus. From childbirth, to disease, to washing and even to house cleanliness, Leviticus has it covered.
Circumcision for males - Leviticus 12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Dealing with disease - Leviticus 13:46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
Mould/disease in the house - Leviticus 14:48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
Dealing with personal uncleanness - Leviticus 15:11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Thanks! That reassures me. Sometimes, it is hard to tell simply by reading text. And God bless you! 
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Oh.
I guess I didn't read it that way.
I read it as saying there might not be a way out of a terminal illness but there IS a way out of temptation.
And that is Trust in God.
This same Trust in God that results in the way out of temptation doesn't necessarily result in an escape from lifes trials and tribulations.
I probably don't have to tell you that. Your experience in your ministry has probably shown you this many times.
I guess I didn't read it that way.
I read it as saying there might not be a way out of a terminal illness but there IS a way out of temptation.
And that is Trust in God.
This same Trust in God that results in the way out of temptation doesn't necessarily result in an escape from lifes trials and tribulations.
I probably don't have to tell you that. Your experience in your ministry has probably shown you this many times.
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