Examples and Warnings — Part Two
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Examples and Warnings — Part Two

1 Corinthians 10:1-13  (ID: 1676)

Paul exhorted self-assured Christians to learn from the mistakes of the ancient Israelites, whose grumbling and testing of the Lord had disastrous results. Alistair Begg warns us that when our assurance has its roots in nonchalance rather than in the promises of God, we open ourselves up to Satan’s attacks. Christians will face temptation, but God will always provide a means of escape.

Series Containing This Sermon

Firm Foundation, Volume 4

1 Corinthians 10:1-33, 1 Corinthians 11:1-34 Series ID: 14604


Warning Against Idolatry

1For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,1 that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3and all ate the same spiritual food, 4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. 5Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown2 in the wilderness.

6Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. 7Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” 8We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9We must not put Christ3 to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, 10nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. 11Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. 12Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

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Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.