Pressed out of Measure
Mike Stone
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
There are many popular sayings that are erroneously attributed to the Bible.
''The Lord helps those who help themselves'' and ''Cleanliness is next to godliness'' have to be two of the more prominent ones. But there is another statement that many people wrongly believe is in the Bible.
This statement is on bumper stickers.
I've seen it on coffee mugs.
It's frequently in various social media feeds.
Well-intentioned friends have sought to bring comfort to the hurting and strength to the weak by ''quoting'' this supposed truth from the Bible. The only problem is, this statement is not in the Bible. And worse yet, the statement is actually the exact opposite of the what the Bible actually teaches.
And that erroneous statement is simply this, ''God will never put any more on you than you can bear.'' I knew enough of the Bible, enough about God, and enough about life to know...THAT IS NOT TRUE.
If you want to argue that point, don't try to argue with the Apostle Paul because in this text he says EXACTLY the opposite when discussing the ways of God.
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life; But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us. (2 Corinthians 1:8-10)
Now often, when we are misquoted, it is so far-fetched that we cannot imagine how the rumor started. But at other times, the misquote is so close to something we actually did say, we can immediately recognize the distortion.
That leads to an important question: If God's Word never says the Lord won't put more on us than we can bear, why do so many people believe that He did? I mean, did God ever say anything even close ...
Mike Stone
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
There are many popular sayings that are erroneously attributed to the Bible.
''The Lord helps those who help themselves'' and ''Cleanliness is next to godliness'' have to be two of the more prominent ones. But there is another statement that many people wrongly believe is in the Bible.
This statement is on bumper stickers.
I've seen it on coffee mugs.
It's frequently in various social media feeds.
Well-intentioned friends have sought to bring comfort to the hurting and strength to the weak by ''quoting'' this supposed truth from the Bible. The only problem is, this statement is not in the Bible. And worse yet, the statement is actually the exact opposite of the what the Bible actually teaches.
And that erroneous statement is simply this, ''God will never put any more on you than you can bear.'' I knew enough of the Bible, enough about God, and enough about life to know...THAT IS NOT TRUE.
If you want to argue that point, don't try to argue with the Apostle Paul because in this text he says EXACTLY the opposite when discussing the ways of God.
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life; But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us. (2 Corinthians 1:8-10)
Now often, when we are misquoted, it is so far-fetched that we cannot imagine how the rumor started. But at other times, the misquote is so close to something we actually did say, we can immediately recognize the distortion.
That leads to an important question: If God's Word never says the Lord won't put more on us than we can bear, why do so many people believe that He did? I mean, did God ever say anything even close ...
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