"Jehovah will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear"

by highdose 18 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  EverAStudent

  I know it will be but little comfort to those who have already been burned by a misappropriation of the passage, but it was not about "bearing up" under adversity, it was about not giving in to sin/idolatry when others would tempt you to sin with them. Jesus was the "way of escape" so that a person did not have to fall back into idol worship.

  No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. (1 Corinthians 10:13-14)
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  AllTimeJeff

  EverAStudent

  Your take on that scripture (contextually) is rock solid, and demonstrates that when you have an ideology that is to be put above all others, it is a very dangerous thing..... Then, any scripture fits.

  I for one, will not be tempted to worship at Corinthian temples ever again...
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  life is to short

  That is what I have been thinking too what about the JW's that have committed suicide.

  I have been close myself to wanting to take my life because according to JW reasoning everything is my fault. It was my fault for being molested, for not taking care of my parents who molested me when they got old. Oh I could fill pages of things according to the JW's that are my fault.

  When I bring it up to an elder or the CO, DO, or Bethel it is always sister LITS remember Jehovah will not let you be tested beyond what you can bear. So Jehovah felt it was OK for me to be raped as a kid? They just look blank.

  No wonder there are so many suicides in this religion. There is no love, no caring. Blame the victim seems to be the way to go because Jehovah will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear and if you can't bear it than there is some problem in you because Jehovah will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear.

  You can spend hours trying to reason this way and all you do is feel dizzy.
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  EverAStudent

  AllTimeJeff wrote: "I for one, will not be tempted to worship at Corinthian temples ever again... "

  Of course, we both know that the meaning of idolatry is broader than Corinthian temples...say, greedy publishing houses that idolize money???? but then, I think that is what you may have been saying...
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  AllTimeJeff

  Of course, we both know that the meaning of idolatry is broader than Corinthian temples...say, greedy publishing houses that idolize money???? but then, I think that is what you may have been saying...

  You are very perceptive.....
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  EverAStudent

  lol
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  wantstoleave

  I really feel for those that took their own life, as well as the people they left behind. I know that 'back when', I would cry myself to sleep most nights because I felt inadequate, like I was never doing enough for Jehovah, and also because I was at an age where the organisation said I should be married and because I wasn't 'what is wrong with you?'. I was extremely lonely 'in the truth' as was my brother. He eventually faded away, moved away in fact - which gave him freedom he couldn't experience within the confines of living at home. He met his now soon to be wife, and is blissfully happy with her, even though he continues to carry guilt about not being a witness. I on the other hand married the first person that came along, when I was 24 (big mistake).

  If my brother hadn't got out when he did, he may have followed through, which was always our fear. I only wish now I could somehow stop his feelings of guilt for not being a witness.
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  creativhoney

  yes thats why he invented prozac and thats why half practicing witnesses are on it.
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  creativhoney

  half 'of' practicing witnesses.