God Provides Escape from Temptation
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He 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.

The church of Corinth found itself in an area much like Los Angeles. They were surrounded by sin and temptation was everywhere.

Paul had already written a letter to the Corinthians before what is known as 1 Corinthians (this book is actually the second letter he wrote to them according to 1 Cor. 5:9).

This letter was again addressing the areas of sin that the Corinthians found themselves in.

All temptation is common to mankind. There is no new kind that is unique to an individual.

Through God’s strength, He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can handle. God holds some back.

God provides a way of escape from temptation. This is not relief from it, rather, you will be made able to bear the temptation.

We must learn from the example of others, whether good or bad (1 Cor. 10:6, 11).
We must be ready for temptation; it can come at any time (1 Cor. 10:12).
We must flee from temptation (1 Cor. 10:14).
Temptation is never a power struggle, it is a struggle to trust God’s truth as accurate for our lives.