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Part # 3: Believe you can endure it by God by
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2000-08-12
I often ask people if it is possible for them to not sin.† Too often they say that it is not possible to not sin.† Be certain that I am not saying that we will never sin again but to say that we have to sin is like giving up before we have even started. † Sure, chances are we will blow it a few times yet but I do hope that by the time I die I will not be struggling with the same temptations I am struggling with now in the same way.† Christ did not die for nothing, He died to set us free!†
God gives us an amazing promise, "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 Cor 10:13)
Here we have two promises we can claim and hold onto by faith.† The first is that no matter how difficult the temptation is and how much we feel that we cannot do it - it is not beyond our ability right now in our Christian life to bear it.† To say anything less is to call God a liar.†
The second promise is like it.† No matter how inescapable the temptation seems, God guarantees that He will provide a way out.† The question then is, "Are we willing to take it?" 
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