Standing Is Assured With Faith In God!

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.

The enemy and sin is out of control in the world today. What do I mean?

We as humanity can not stop the evil of the devil or what sin is making people do to each other.

Ephesians 6:12 ESV

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

As Christians our obligation is to pray, share the Word of God, and do what we can to pick up the pieces and help those that need it.

Matthew 25:34–36 ESV

34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’

Doing these things in themselves are not going to keep us as Christians from falling. We must have Faith in Jesus to Keep us from falling.

John 16:1–4 ESV

1 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

God is the only one that can keep Christians from falling.

Jude 24 KJV 1900

24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

We cannot lean on our learning, our abilities, or our mentors, we can only have faith in God to stand.

1 Corinthians 10:12 ESV

12 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

Christ is our only hope to stand in these last day.

Galatians 2:20 ESV

20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume (1 Corinthians 10:6–14)

Distrust of himself, putting him at once upon vigilance and dependence on God, is the Christian’s best security against all sin.

Matthew Henry’s Commentary

We as saints cannot lean on what we know about God to keep us from falling away from God.

Matthew 26:41 ESV

41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Jesus is right there to help us

Hebrews 13:5 ESV

5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Temptation will always be chasing us to overtake us, but God comforts us with theses words.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV

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.