1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-33 (4 OF 6)
by Tim Melton
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-33
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1 Corinthians 10:1-33 (4 of 6)
Series: 1 Corinthians
Tim Melton
1 Corinthians 10:1-33
At the end of 1 Corinthians 9 Paul wrote about surrendering one's rights and disciplining the body, lest after sharing Christ they be disqualified by falling into sin. Paul was not referring to losing their salvation, but to losing their ability to be used by God in any meaningful way. The Corinthians had been blessed by God but they still were living in the midst of a spiritual battle field. This was not a time to relax and grow spiritually complacent. If they were not fully dependent on and devoted to Christ sin would surely overtake them and their ability to point others towards Christ would be lost.
In 1 Corinthians 10 Paul sought to explain their predicament by using the nation of Israel as an example. In the Old Testament God set His people free from slavery in Egypt. The Israelites had witnessed miraculous plagues that God brought against the Egyptians. The Israelites had been brought through the Red Sea on dry ground (Exodus 14:19-31). They had been guided in the wilderness by a column of smoke during the day and a column of fire by night (Exodus 13:21; Exodus 14:19). God had provided daily manna for bread and birds for meat (Exodus 16}. God even brought water out of a rock so they would not die of thirst (Numbers 20:1-11). All throughout this journey the divine presence of God was with them. Paul declares that it was the eternal, pre-incarnational Christ who was with them. Yet, they hardened their hearts and turned against their God, the Giver of all good gifts.
Instead of being driven towards Christ by these blessings, they became spiritually lazy and discontented, and entitled. They took for granted God's blessings, they drifted from His presence and in that found themselves face-to-face with temptation without God's strength to remain holy.
This was the condition of the Corinthian church as well. In Christ they had forgiveness, new life, hope, and ...
Series: 1 Corinthians
Tim Melton
1 Corinthians 10:1-33
At the end of 1 Corinthians 9 Paul wrote about surrendering one's rights and disciplining the body, lest after sharing Christ they be disqualified by falling into sin. Paul was not referring to losing their salvation, but to losing their ability to be used by God in any meaningful way. The Corinthians had been blessed by God but they still were living in the midst of a spiritual battle field. This was not a time to relax and grow spiritually complacent. If they were not fully dependent on and devoted to Christ sin would surely overtake them and their ability to point others towards Christ would be lost.
In 1 Corinthians 10 Paul sought to explain their predicament by using the nation of Israel as an example. In the Old Testament God set His people free from slavery in Egypt. The Israelites had witnessed miraculous plagues that God brought against the Egyptians. The Israelites had been brought through the Red Sea on dry ground (Exodus 14:19-31). They had been guided in the wilderness by a column of smoke during the day and a column of fire by night (Exodus 13:21; Exodus 14:19). God had provided daily manna for bread and birds for meat (Exodus 16}. God even brought water out of a rock so they would not die of thirst (Numbers 20:1-11). All throughout this journey the divine presence of God was with them. Paul declares that it was the eternal, pre-incarnational Christ who was with them. Yet, they hardened their hearts and turned against their God, the Giver of all good gifts.
Instead of being driven towards Christ by these blessings, they became spiritually lazy and discontented, and entitled. They took for granted God's blessings, they drifted from His presence and in that found themselves face-to-face with temptation without God's strength to remain holy.
This was the condition of the Corinthian church as well. In Christ they had forgiveness, new life, hope, and ...
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