11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. 12 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
God promises the strength to endure every temptation. Paul has just looked back on the poor example set by the people of Israel when God delivered them from bondage in Egypt only to have them rebel in the wilderness. From the get-to at the foot of Mt Sinai, the kept falling back in to idolatry, immorality, and even more insulting to God, a lack of faith in Him. Their complaining and compromise with sin kept them from fully experiencing what a deliverance God had provided for them, so that most never even entered the promised land. God wants more for us - so much more, and if we do not find it, it is not for lack of strength to say no to sin and yes to God. It's our own sinful, selfish, self-sufficient tendency to try to do it on our own, without His strength.
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