July
30th 1
Corinthians 10 Warnings from Christ
1:
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that
all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2: And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3:
And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4: And did all drink the
same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that
followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5: But with many of them God
was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6:
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust
after evil things, as they also lusted. 7: Neither be ye idolaters,
as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat
and drink, and rose up to play. 8: Neither let us commit fornication,
as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty
thousand. 9: Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also
tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10: Neither murmur ye, as
some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. 11:
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are
written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12: Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he
fall. 13: There 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.
Paul
gives a warning of judgment to the believers who live in unconfessed
sin. He reminds them that while all Israel escaped from Egypt yet
they perished in the wilderness. They all were under the cloud and
they were all baptised in the sea and they all drank from the rock
which is Christ yet they were over thrown in the wilderness. Why?
Because God was not pleased with them. The story of the children of
Israel is written so that we might learn from their example. Not to
copy them but to fear the Lord and refrain from sin. Paul says flee
lust, idolatry, revelling and fornication. When the children of
Israel sinned against the Lord 23,000 died in a single day. We must
not tempt Christ as the children of Israel did when God sent serpents
into the camp. Nor must we murmur against the Lord as Israel did. We
must learn from these things. Those who think that they are standing
in relation to God must be careful to watch out in case they fall.
Paul says that there is no temptation that comes to a man that is
unique to him. We all face exactly the same pitfalls. But God is
faithful to us and he will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we
are able to bear. And he will with the temptation give us a way of
escape so that we will not fall in sin. Temptations are allowed by
the Lord as a test of our moral character but God deliberately
restricts temptation in such a way that it does not overwhelm but is
just sufficient to test us. If temptation was too easy to resist then
the temptation would be pointless and if it were too great then we
would effectively have not option but to sin So God moderates
temptation so that the believer is faced with a temptation that he
can face in the enabling power of the Holy Spirit.
- Why does Paul warn the believers about how they are living?
- Is he saying that they can loose their salvation?
- How does Paul describe the way in which the Lord manages temptation in our lives so that we are not crushed by it?
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