Yes — God faithfully limits every temptation and always provides a way of escape so the believer is able to bear it.
First Corinthians 10:13 promises that no temptation is unique to the believer and that God is faithful, never permitting testing above what we are able to bear. With every temptation He makes a way to escape. Les Feldick connects this to Christ, who experienced every category of temptation and can therefore be touched with our infirmities.
1 Corinthians 10:13 — The key verse that directly promises God's help: He limits the temptation and provides a way of escape.
Hebrews 4:14-16 — Shows the same line of truth — Christ as High Priest was tempted in all points and invites believers to find grace to help in time of need.
Matthew 4:1-2 — Shows Jesus Himself being led into the wilderness to be tempted, the basis for Les's teaching that He faced every category of temptation.
First Corinthians 10:13 makes a direct promise: “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 way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” The verse does not promise freedom from temptation; it promises that God will limit the test and provide a way to endure it. Hebrews 4:14-16 carries the same line of truth. Believers have a great high priest, Jesus the Son of God, who is passed into the heavens, and are told to hold fast their profession. This High Priest can be touched with the feeling of their infirmities because He “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Therefore believers may come boldly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Matthew 4:1-2 shows Jesus Himself being led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil after fasting forty days and forty nights.
Les Feldick calls 1 Corinthians 10:13 “what a promise” and builds the whole teaching on two points: temptation is common to every person, and God is faithful to provide a way of escape. He says no one can claim a unique trial — “there hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man” — because Christ Himself experienced every category of temptation that befalls believers. Les explains that every temptation falls into one of three categories: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, or the pride of life. Jesus faced these same three categories in Matthew 4, which is why Hebrews 4 tells us He can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities and why believers are urged to hold fast their profession. On the way of escape, Les cites a Greek author's picture of an army trapped in a canyon and the commander finding another little canyon by which the army escapes. He says God will reveal that way of escape at the appropriate time. Because God has made all the provisions, there is no need for us to fail even though we do — and it is never God's fault.
Les Feldick says no — “there hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man.” You cannot say you are in a unique position, because no one has ever faced something no one else has faced; Christ Himself has been there. Every temptation, Les explains, falls into one of three categories: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, or the pride of life.
Les describes the Greek picture behind the 'way of escape' as an army entrapped in a canyon; when it looks as though there is no escape, the commander finds another little canyon off to the side through which the army can escape. Even when believers feel there is no way out of a temptation, God will reveal the escape at the appropriate time. This is the promise of 1 Corinthians 10:13 — with the temptation God makes the way of escape so we are able to bear it.
Les shows from Matthew 4 that Jesus faced the same three categories of temptation that befall every person. Because Christ has gone through every category of temptation, He is a High Priest who can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and believers are told to hold fast their profession. Les says Jesus faced them all so we can look in another face that He knows because He has been there.
The Three Temptations Everyone Faces — Eve to Jesus Explained
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Temptation Is Common to Every Man
Les explains that no temptation is unique — believers cannot claim a position no one else has faced, because Christ Himself experienced every category of temptation and can be touched with our infirmities.
The Promise of a Way of Escape
Les reads the heart of 1 Corinthians 10:13 — God is faithful, will not permit testing above our ability, and with the temptation makes a way to escape — so there is no need for believers to fail, even though they do.
The Greek Picture of Escaping an Entrapment
Les gives a Greek author's picture of the 'way of escape' as an army trapped in a canyon, with the commander finding another little canyon so the army can escape.
Three Categories of Temptation and Our High Priest
Les links 1 Corinthians 10:13 to Hebrews 4:14-15, teaching that every temptation fits one of three categories — lust of the flesh, lust of the eye, or pride of life — and because Jesus faced them, believers should hold fast their profession.
A Promise to Hold Onto
Les calls 1 Corinthians 10:13 'what a promise' and reminds believers that temptation is common to all, so no one should think they are the only ones experiencing it.
God Reveals the Escape at the Right Time
Les teaches that when believers feel entrapped in temptation with no apparent escape, God will reveal the way of escape at the appropriate time.
Jesus Faced the Same Three Temptations
Les shows from Matthew 4 that Jesus faced the same three categories of temptation that befall every person — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life.
1 Corinthians 10:13: 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 way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
The central promise that God limits temptation and provides a way of escape so it can be borne.
Hebrews 4:14: Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
The basis for Les's connection between Christ's High Priesthood and the promise of 1 Corinthians 10:13.
Hebrews 4:15: For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Explains why Christ can be touched with our infirmities — He was tempted in all points like us.
Hebrews 4:16: Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Invites believers to receive grace to help in time of need, the practical help that corresponds to God's promise in temptation.
Matthew 4:1: Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Shows Jesus Himself facing temptation, the foundation for Les's point that He experienced every category of temptation.
Matthew 4:2: And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Sets the scene of Christ's physical vulnerability when He was tempted.
Galatians 6:1: Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Les quotes this to show that temptation can happen to anyone, so believers must be on guard.
Les says no — “there hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man.” You cannot claim a unique position, because Christ Himself faced every category of temptation that befalls believers.
Les says there is no need for us to fail or stumble, even though we do. When we do stumble it is not God's fault, because He has made all the provisions through the way of escape.
Les teaches that every temptation falls into one of three categories: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life — the same three that Jesus faced in Matthew 4.
Les says God will reveal the way of escape at the appropriate time, just as the commander in the Greek picture found another canyon for the entrapped army.
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