Response Ability!
"No temptation has overtaken you except such as is
common
to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted
beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also
make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."
1 Corinthians 10: 13
Responsibility is “response ability.” That is, we can avoid
sin if we choose the right response. Apostle Paul recounted
Israel’s history in the wilderness as a
warning to the church
at Corinth (1 Corinthians 10:1-11).
The Israelites failed to respond to God appropriately, and
God judged them. Paul says that their judgment must be
an example for us. The tests they encountered in the
wilderness became temptations to sin — and they did.
But tests and temptations are “common to man”—we will
always encounter them. So what is the remedy? With every
temptation, God provides a “way of
escape” so that we can
avoid sin.
It is our responsibility to find and take the way of escape
that allows us to bear the test successfully. It is important
that we cultivate our “response ability” through prayer and
meditating upon God’s
Word.
Our first step is obedience: “Depart from evil”
(Proverbs 3:7) and “flee” from temptation by
pursuing “righteousness” (2 Timothy
2:22).
"He who avoids the temptation
avoids the sin."
Unknown
