by Caleb Osborne

Today we're going to talk about "Christian Religion Lie  "God won't put more on you than you can bare" 

This is a VERY commonly held belief.

You hear it preached from pulpits... repeated by fellow Christians trying to encourage you... but it's simply not true.

There is nothing in the Bible that says this... So where did it come from?

A misreading of scripture...

It's found nowhere in scripture because it's actually a twisting of the following verse from 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NASB, emphasis mine):

"No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it."

You see, the verse in question is actually referring to temptations, NOT the weight of circumstances, religious duty, afflictions, trials and tribulations. God won't allow you to be TEMPTED beyond what you're able to resist... but He sure as heck will allow more things to happen to you than you can bare.

In fact, many times you see people in the Bible being put in serious conditions beyond what they can bare. Jesus wept... sweated blood because He was so distressed over his inevitable sacrifice... and then was tortured until He died.

God WILL put more on you than you can bare!

You may think this isn't true. But it is, God will put more on you than you can handle. Why? Because He doesn't want you to...

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