bcyouth fall retreat

"JESUS IS THE WAY OUT"

13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

-1 Co 10:13.

Vivid- Ekbasis. Is a way out of a mountain pass. The idea is of an army apparently surrounded and then suddenly seeing an escape route to safety. No one need fall to any temptation, for with temptation there is the way out, and the way out is not the way of surrender nor retreat, but the way of conquest in the power of the grace of God.

-SECURE YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND

-Only a passionate love of purity can save us form impurity.

-REMIND YOURSELF OFTEN

-HIS WORD IS DAILY BREAD NOT WEEKLY CAKE.

-The Israelites made tassels on the corners of their clothes to remind them to obey God. How can we remember to stay obedient to God?

We need to remember both the similarities and differences between we who live under the new covenant and the Israelites under the old covenant. The differences are huge. Jesus has come and atoned for our sins once for all. There is no more need for sacrifice or grain and wine offerings, because Jesus’ perfect sacrifice is sufficient for us for ever. However there are similarities. Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins doesn’t mean we can live a life of sin—far from it.

so Paul may have been alluding to Numbers 11:4–6 where the Israelites valued Egypt’s food above loyalty to God.

Richard L. Pratt Jr, I & II Corinthians, vol. 7, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000), 163.

-WE'VE VALUED EGYPT'S FOOD ABOVE LOYALTY TO GOD

Followers of Christ are always in danger of taking their Christian experiences of grace as a license for sin

Richard L. Pratt Jr, I & II Corinthians, vol. 7, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000), 165.

-GOD IS FAITHFUL

AND HE WILL BOT DESERT HIS PEOPLE

-SEARCH FOR A WAY OUT

Second, God is faithful, and he will not desert his people (see Deut. 7:9; 1 Thess. 5:24; Heb. 10:23; Rev. 1:5). God can be trusted not to allow temptations beyond what Christians can bear. God will always provide a way out of temptation so believers can stand up and not fall into apostasy. He himself tempts no one (Jas. 1:13), but he is in control of Satan, who tempts believers to sin (Matt. 4:1; 6:13). Because of his great love for his children, God does not allow temptations to be so great that they overcome us. Instead, Christians sin because they do not search for a way out.

Richard L. Pratt Jr, I & II Corinthians, vol. 7, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000), 166.