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Candace Cameron Bure\u00a0<\/span>sat down<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<\/span>Tara-Leigh Cobble<\/span><\/a>, the host and creator of \u201cThe Bible Recap\u201d podcast, earlier this month, and the two discussed the dangers of misinterpreting Scripture. They particularly focused on the importance of believers knowing Scripture personally in order to avoid common ways Bible verses are taken out of context or used in nice sounding \u201cplatitudes.\u201d Cobble stressed that believers must first recognize that all wisdom comes from God. \u201cI don\u2019t have any wisdom of my own. Any wisdom that I speak to you or anybody else is given to me by God,\u201d she said. \u201cAny comfort that I might offer anybody is meaningless if it all just terminates on some platitude I dreamed up,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s gotta come from Him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bure agreed, stressing that believers need to know the Scriptures in order to discern what certain verses of the Bible often mean. Cobble offered up the popular phrase, \u201cGod\u2019s never going to give you more than you can handle.\u201d \u201cThat is not in the Bible,\u201d Cobble said with a laugh. She stated it was \u201cnot accurate\u201d or \u201cbiblically true.\u201d The saying is commonly looked at as a paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 10:13, which says, \u201cThere hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.\u201d Cobble pointed out how the phrase makes Christians feel like a failure when they become overburdened by hardship and will not seek help believing they are not being faithful enough. \u201cAnd that leads to a lot of despair when you feel like, \u2018Oh, man, I didn\u2019t have enough faith to pull that off for you,\u2019\u201d Cobble said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Joel Osteen faced criticism when he <\/span>tweeted<\/span><\/a>\u00a0out the phrase in 2021. \u201cGod will not give you more than you can handle. If you have a big challenge today, that means you have a big destiny,\u201d he wrote. Tim Barnett of Stand to Reason and\u00a0<\/span>Red Pen Logic<\/span><\/a>\u00a0highlighted the error of the statement. \u201cGod never promises we will escape the difficulties of life. Jesus promises just the opposite\u2014tribulation,\u201d Barnett wrote. In addressing 1 Corinthians 10:13, Barnett noted, \u201c[1 Corinthans 10:13] is about temptations, not trials\u2026 Paul\u2019s point in 1 Corinthians 10 is clear. We experience temptation just like the Israelites did. But with every temptation, God faithfully provides a way of escape from the temptation so we\u2019ll able to endure it. In other words, God has given us the ability to beat the temptation with the help of the Spirit.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He warned how misrepresenting the Scripture can discourage believers. \u201cIf it\u2019s true that God hasn\u2019t given you more than you can handle, and you\u2019re not handling it very well, then it\u2019s on you for not handling it better. Do you see the problem? This well-meaning mantra turns into a cruel catchphrase.\u201d Barnett added that even Paul noted experiencing more than he could handle when he traveled to Asia, as mentioned in 2 Corinthians 1:8. \u201cWhat Paul experienced was more than he could handle, but it wasn\u2019t more than what God can handle. Even a sentence of death wouldn\u2019t stop God because God can raise the dead. Get it? Like Paul, you and I are going to experience more than we can handle by ourselves. That\u2019s why we must rely on God because God can handle anything we face in this life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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