WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.780 Good morning. 00:00:02.919 --> 00:00:08.220 Sorry, somebody was playing with this mic, so you guys do what you need to do to hear me less or more sound, guys. 00:00:11.900 --> 00:00:16.940 I'm not sure who sent out the message yesterday for Daylight Savings Time. Thanks a lot. 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:25.179 I got it last night, like 7, 8 o'clock, and that's the first time in a long time I remember being caught off guard by Daylight Savings Time. 00:00:25.179 --> 00:00:29.379 So, thank you, but thanks a lot. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.060 This morning, we're going to be hitting 1 Corinthians 10. 00:00:35.259 --> 00:00:39.899 What I'd like to do is just go back and do a quick summary just to bring us up to this point. 00:00:40.939 --> 00:00:45.759 Chapter 8, if you remember, Paul was exhorting the Corinthian believers. 00:00:46.539 --> 00:00:49.620 Am I fading in and out? Is that okay? Okay. 00:00:49.620 --> 00:00:53.920 If I am, somebody just throw your hand off and I'll just grab the other mic because I don't want to be a distraction. 00:00:53.920 --> 00:01:01.800 We have Paul exhorting the Corinthian believers not to eat meat sacrificed to idols, 00:01:01.980 --> 00:01:12.740 and the big reason being that they won't cause newer Christians, new believers, to stumble and cause them to fall back to some of their old practices, 00:01:12.739 --> 00:01:21.679 possibly pulling them back into sin and out of the salvation that they may not have been part of yet because of that. 00:01:21.679 --> 00:01:36.239 So, he says the main point being Christian love requires that we forego or give up our rights and not to insist on our rights at the expense of others. 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:41.879 Last week, Sean brought to us chapter 9, a difficult passage for a pastor, 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:47.939 and that was Paul telling us about how he had a right to get paid from the church, 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:54.919 or in his preaching of the gospel, he had that right, and yet he intentionally gave that up for the sake of the gospel. 00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:01.379 And then at the end of the chapter, if you remember, he's talking of self-control, practicing self-control. 00:02:01.379 --> 00:02:09.519 So, like an athlete, like someone who is going to the Olympics, there's a focus on the goal. 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:14.039 There's a specific goal that a runner is to be aiming for. 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:21.699 So, Paul calls us to run as if we're going for that prize and doing with purpose and not to settle or just to coast through life. 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:28.659 So, now that brings us to chapter 10 this morning, and it starts out with the word for. 00:02:28.659 --> 00:02:37.379 However, Paul is connecting this passage back to these last two chapters because he's going to be building on the idea of idolatry 00:02:37.379 --> 00:02:40.740 and not falling back into former sins. 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:48.340 And in thinking of that, there's three points that we're going to be looking at this morning, and we'll go through those. 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:54.300 But the main idea is that there's blessing and there's strength that we get from following the Lord. 00:02:54.300 --> 00:03:01.340 There's also defeat and death that comes from following idolatry or following after the world. 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:05.560 So, our first point this morning is past warnings. 00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:11.420 These are some warnings that Paul starts out talking to the church of Corinth about. 00:03:11.419 --> 00:03:15.019 So, if you take a look at verse 1, he says, 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:23.859 For, because of what I've been talking about, I don't want you to be unaware brothers, translated brethren or brothers and sisters. 00:03:24.419 --> 00:03:28.199 For our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, 00:03:28.839 --> 00:03:31.819 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 00:03:32.179 --> 00:03:36.759 and all ate the same spiritual food and all drank the same spiritual drink. 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:41.459 For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 00:03:43.899 --> 00:03:49.280 In these first couple verses, we see Paul laying out this interesting package for us, if you will, 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:54.219 where he's making a connection back to the Old Testament. 00:03:54.379 --> 00:03:58.159 He's making a connection for the church in Corinth back to the Old Testament, 00:03:58.459 --> 00:04:05.000 and he does that to encourage them and also to show them that they are part of the family of God. 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:08.919 He's also making that connection for us. 00:04:08.959 --> 00:04:12.179 As we're reading this, we're not just spectators, 00:04:12.620 --> 00:04:17.699 but we're part of the congregation as well that he's speaking to. 00:04:18.620 --> 00:04:20.599 First, he says in verse 1, 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:23.000 Notice Paul doesn't say, 00:04:23.259 --> 00:04:25.860 It's not his Jewish lineage, 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:30.060 but it's our Jewish lineage that he's connecting to, 00:04:30.139 --> 00:04:33.060 referring to the Israelites that followed Moses out of Egypt. 00:04:33.659 --> 00:04:35.139 Those were God's chosen people. 00:04:35.139 --> 00:04:38.099 Paul is calling them our fathers, 00:04:38.500 --> 00:04:41.599 highlighting the fact that salvation has come to all who believe in Christ. 00:04:41.699 --> 00:04:45.639 It's not just the special Jewish select group, 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:48.039 but it's now open to Jews and Gentiles. 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:53.599 So let's listen to what Paul else, 00:04:53.599 --> 00:04:55.579 what else Paul unpacks for us here. 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:56.000 He says, 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:58.860 Our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea. 00:04:58.980 --> 00:05:02.180 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:05.199 A reference to God protecting the Israelites, 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:07.180 leading them through the cloud. 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:07.819 If you remember, 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:12.560 the cloud stood in their way when the Egyptian army was coming. 00:05:12.660 --> 00:05:17.459 The cloud also provided a way for them to follow where they should go in the wilderness. 00:05:17.459 --> 00:05:22.459 And it was also used when they were miraculously brought through the Red Sea. 00:05:23.739 --> 00:05:25.779 And check out the next part in verse 3. 00:05:25.779 --> 00:05:28.339 And all ate the same spiritual fruit, 00:05:28.699 --> 00:05:30.979 and all drank the same spiritual drink, 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:34.099 for they drank from the same spiritual rock that followed them, 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:35.620 and the rock was Christ. 00:05:36.219 --> 00:05:38.659 Now that sounds a lot like the Lord's Supper, 00:05:38.799 --> 00:05:40.979 a communion that we take part of now. 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:43.120 So Paul is making a connection for us. 00:05:43.500 --> 00:05:44.480 Back to the Old Testament, 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:45.819 to a type of Lord's Supper, 00:05:46.020 --> 00:05:49.020 to a communion that the Israelites were part of. 00:05:49.960 --> 00:05:50.819 If you remember, 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.500 manna was the physical food that fed them. 00:05:55.259 --> 00:05:59.700 But we know it didn't come from Whole Foods or Stop and Shop. 00:05:59.840 --> 00:06:02.720 It was given to them supernaturally by God. 00:06:02.939 --> 00:06:04.060 The same with the water. 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:08.520 The water didn't come to them in bottles that they brought from Egypt, 00:06:08.520 --> 00:06:10.660 but it came from a rock. 00:06:11.980 --> 00:06:15.259 I don't know how many other people have seen water come from a rock, 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:17.819 but that's a pretty supernatural thing. 00:06:18.540 --> 00:06:22.660 So we're reminded here that that rock that was with them was Christ. 00:06:25.060 --> 00:06:26.180 So we have the Israelites. 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:27.180 They believed Moses. 00:06:27.300 --> 00:06:28.060 They followed him. 00:06:28.379 --> 00:06:30.180 They're baptized into Moses 00:06:30.180 --> 00:06:33.900 as he takes them through the cloud and through the Red Sea, 00:06:34.400 --> 00:06:36.300 and they're delivered from the Egyptians. 00:06:36.300 --> 00:06:41.980 Christ was that rock that sustained them. 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:45.079 And now we as believers of Christ, 00:06:45.180 --> 00:06:47.939 we get baptized into him, 00:06:48.220 --> 00:06:50.819 similar to how they were baptized in Moses 00:06:50.819 --> 00:06:53.080 as he led them through the wilderness. 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:55.680 So what's the point? 00:06:55.740 --> 00:06:56.560 What's Paul trying to say? 00:06:57.599 --> 00:07:00.079 The Israelites were rescued from Pharaoh in slavery, 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:01.579 and they were brought across the Red Sea. 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.219 They were delivered from the Egyptian army. 00:07:03.599 --> 00:07:05.839 They were provided for in the wilderness. 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:09.479 However, what's verse 5 say? 00:07:10.919 --> 00:07:12.199 Nevertheless, with most of them, 00:07:12.299 --> 00:07:13.459 God was not pleased, 00:07:13.659 --> 00:07:16.500 for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 00:07:17.039 --> 00:07:18.739 That brings us to our first point, 00:07:18.799 --> 00:07:20.019 which is past warnings. 00:07:20.019 --> 00:07:24.479 It's what Paul is giving us here, 00:07:25.039 --> 00:07:27.519 is warnings for things that have taken place. 00:07:28.719 --> 00:07:30.039 Now these things took place, 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.500 verse 6, as examples for us, 00:07:33.060 --> 00:07:36.039 that we might not desire evil as they did. 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:38.500 The NIV translates that 00:07:38.500 --> 00:07:43.019 to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things. 00:07:43.019 --> 00:07:46.379 You know, as a parent, 00:07:46.579 --> 00:07:48.339 you do these things. 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:50.519 That is, you warn them of things 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:53.279 that can cause danger to them. 00:07:53.459 --> 00:07:54.099 Don't do that. 00:07:54.459 --> 00:07:55.000 You might fall. 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:55.759 Don't touch that. 00:07:55.799 --> 00:07:56.240 It's hot. 00:07:57.959 --> 00:07:58.399 Right? 00:07:58.560 --> 00:07:59.680 Hopefully they don't touch it. 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:00.759 A lot of times they touch it. 00:08:00.819 --> 00:08:01.459 That's how they learn. 00:08:01.539 --> 00:08:02.079 They got burned. 00:08:03.719 --> 00:08:05.060 You're starting off college. 00:08:05.159 --> 00:08:06.099 You're starting a job. 00:08:06.500 --> 00:08:08.079 People warn you of things. 00:08:08.740 --> 00:08:10.099 But what tends to happen, 00:08:10.100 --> 00:08:15.000 we think that we're a little smarter. 00:08:15.140 --> 00:08:16.080 Maybe we're a little quicker. 00:08:16.740 --> 00:08:19.060 I won't fall into that like you fell into 00:08:19.060 --> 00:08:20.220 because I'm special 00:08:20.220 --> 00:08:22.580 or whatever the reason is. 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:25.520 I remember doing that in college. 00:08:25.840 --> 00:08:27.400 I needed to make up some courses 00:08:27.400 --> 00:08:30.480 and I took three courses over the summer. 00:08:30.780 --> 00:08:31.939 And everybody told me, 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:33.279 don't take that many. 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:33.980 Summer is short. 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:34.920 Everything is packed. 00:08:35.620 --> 00:08:36.399 You know, most of the time 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:37.340 you only want to do one, 00:08:37.460 --> 00:08:38.200 two at the most. 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:39.779 It's fine. 00:08:39.779 --> 00:08:40.759 I got plenty of time. 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:42.100 Most of the courses are easy. 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:44.079 One of them was a religion class. 00:08:44.199 --> 00:08:45.360 That should be cake. 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:47.579 So what ended up happening 00:08:47.579 --> 00:08:48.419 is I took all three 00:08:48.419 --> 00:08:49.480 and I ended up dropping 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:50.399 one or two of them 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:51.699 or I at least dropped one. 00:08:51.779 --> 00:08:52.980 I don't remember if the second one 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:54.500 I just did really poorly at 00:08:54.500 --> 00:08:56.259 or if I finally gave up and dropped it. 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:57.899 But I thought I was different. 00:08:58.000 --> 00:08:59.079 I thought I could do it 00:08:59.079 --> 00:08:59.860 and I couldn't 00:08:59.860 --> 00:09:01.240 and I didn't heed the warning 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:03.079 and I failed at it. 00:09:04.579 --> 00:09:05.639 And that's what Paul 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:07.199 is doing for us here. 00:09:07.299 --> 00:09:08.120 He's giving us warnings 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:09.200 based on failures 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:10.039 that the Israelites 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:10.799 went through 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:11.659 in the Old Testament. 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:14.340 Verse 7. 00:09:15.139 --> 00:09:16.320 Do not be idolaters 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:17.539 as some of them were. 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:19.620 As it is written, 00:09:19.740 --> 00:09:20.539 the people sat down 00:09:20.539 --> 00:09:21.440 to eat and drink 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:22.460 and rose up to play. 00:09:22.779 --> 00:09:24.299 That doesn't sound so bad 00:09:24.299 --> 00:09:26.419 just looking at that quotation. 00:09:27.379 --> 00:09:28.860 But it's a reference 00:09:28.860 --> 00:09:29.860 back to the time 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:30.840 when Moses went up 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:31.419 on the mountain 00:09:31.419 --> 00:09:32.820 to get the Ten Commandments 00:09:32.820 --> 00:09:33.879 to meet with the Lord 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:34.680 and what happens? 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:35.719 The Israelites 00:09:35.719 --> 00:09:36.839 get impatient 00:09:36.839 --> 00:09:39.079 and they decide 00:09:39.079 --> 00:09:40.179 to make for themselves 00:09:40.179 --> 00:09:41.599 a golden calf. 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:45.839 Their God, 00:09:45.939 --> 00:09:46.579 their new God, 00:09:46.699 --> 00:09:47.259 little g, 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:49.779 they even said 00:09:49.779 --> 00:09:51.279 that this new God 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:51.899 delivered them 00:09:51.899 --> 00:09:52.500 out of Egypt 00:09:52.500 --> 00:09:56.120 and they worshipped it. 00:09:57.599 --> 00:09:58.459 They gave, 00:09:58.579 --> 00:09:59.759 they offered burnt offerings 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:00.159 to it 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:00.779 just like 00:10:00.779 --> 00:10:02.099 the burnt offerings 00:10:02.099 --> 00:10:03.199 they offered to God. 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:08.740 They stopped believing 00:10:08.740 --> 00:10:09.379 that fast. 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:10.100 They stopped believing 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:10.560 in God, 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:11.360 the one who had 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:12.480 rescued them 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:13.980 out of Egypt 00:10:13.980 --> 00:10:15.400 and they started 00:10:15.400 --> 00:10:16.300 following after 00:10:16.300 --> 00:10:18.259 something that they made 00:10:18.259 --> 00:10:19.220 with their hands. 00:10:20.520 --> 00:10:21.200 Paul says, 00:10:21.300 --> 00:10:21.740 watch out, 00:10:21.800 --> 00:10:22.879 don't be an idolater. 00:10:23.940 --> 00:10:24.480 Verse 8. 00:10:24.940 --> 00:10:26.379 We must not indulge 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:27.560 in sexual immorality 00:10:27.560 --> 00:10:28.660 as some of them did 00:10:28.660 --> 00:10:31.240 and 23,000 fell 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:32.220 in a single day. 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:34.300 This is a reference 00:10:34.300 --> 00:10:35.840 to Numbers 25. 00:10:37.040 --> 00:10:37.520 When the people 00:10:37.520 --> 00:10:38.259 of Israel 00:10:38.259 --> 00:10:39.200 began to mix 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:39.879 with the people 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:40.660 of Moab, 00:10:41.140 --> 00:10:41.820 the Bible actually 00:10:41.820 --> 00:10:42.900 says that they began 00:10:42.900 --> 00:10:43.520 to whore 00:10:43.520 --> 00:10:44.300 with the daughters 00:10:44.300 --> 00:10:45.060 of Moab. 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:47.280 That sounds pretty rough. 00:10:47.400 --> 00:10:47.879 Why would God 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:48.800 use that terminology? 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:49.820 Because the people 00:10:49.820 --> 00:10:51.660 worshipped Baal 00:10:51.660 --> 00:10:53.060 and Israelites 00:10:53.060 --> 00:10:53.580 were called 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:54.500 to worship God. 00:10:54.620 --> 00:10:55.220 What happens 00:10:55.220 --> 00:10:57.420 when they start 00:10:57.420 --> 00:10:58.240 to intermingle 00:10:58.240 --> 00:10:59.080 and their families 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:00.700 start to begin 00:11:00.700 --> 00:11:01.379 and grow? 00:11:01.560 --> 00:11:02.360 You worship God 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:03.060 and somebody else 00:11:03.060 --> 00:11:04.100 worships an idol 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:05.759 and you have more people 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:06.379 that are following 00:11:06.379 --> 00:11:07.080 after an idol 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:07.560 than they are 00:11:07.560 --> 00:11:08.640 following after God. 00:11:11.920 --> 00:11:13.280 So their focus 00:11:13.280 --> 00:11:14.759 was quickly changed 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:15.420 from being 00:11:15.420 --> 00:11:16.879 the people of God 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:17.720 to a people 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:19.200 that just worships 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:20.140 another idol 00:11:20.140 --> 00:11:21.120 in this world. 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:30.659 This sexual immorality 00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:31.019 is, 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:32.679 I don't have to tell you 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:33.279 that that's 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:35.539 a big area, 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:36.740 a big pitfall 00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:38.019 that we can fall into. 00:11:38.940 --> 00:11:40.159 If you're not married 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:40.940 this morning, 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:42.100 be careful. 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:45.560 You want to make sure 00:11:45.560 --> 00:11:46.740 that the person 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:47.899 that you look for 00:11:47.899 --> 00:11:48.600 or the person 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:49.879 that you're with now 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:52.500 their heart 00:11:52.500 --> 00:11:53.700 belongs to Christ. 00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:55.700 Because if not, 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:56.200 if their heart 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:57.240 belongs to the world 00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:58.279 and your heart 00:11:58.279 --> 00:11:59.000 starts to become 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:00.240 connected to them, 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:01.120 guess where your heart 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:01.600 is going? 00:12:01.700 --> 00:12:02.740 It's generally not 00:12:02.740 --> 00:12:03.639 to God 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:04.399 and bringing them 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:04.860 with you. 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:06.200 It usually will pull you 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:07.860 both towards the world. 00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:10.120 God warns about that. 00:12:10.220 --> 00:12:11.320 Moses warns about that. 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:12.320 Here Paul is warning 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:12.899 about that. 00:12:12.939 --> 00:12:13.980 So I'm telling you, 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:15.179 don't go there. 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:18.639 Verse 9, 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:20.039 another warning. 00:12:21.199 --> 00:12:22.220 We must not put Christ 00:12:22.220 --> 00:12:22.819 to the test 00:12:22.819 --> 00:12:23.919 as some of them did 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:24.860 and were destroyed 00:12:24.860 --> 00:12:26.220 by serpents. 00:12:27.659 --> 00:12:28.539 If you remember 00:12:28.539 --> 00:12:31.340 the story of the serpent, 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:32.519 this is referring to that 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:33.480 in Numbers 21. 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:35.419 It says this 00:12:35.419 --> 00:12:36.559 in verses 4 to 6, 00:12:36.620 --> 00:12:37.159 and the people 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:38.039 became impatient 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:38.679 on the way 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:40.720 another time 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:41.299 where they just 00:12:41.299 --> 00:12:42.019 couldn't wait 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:43.100 on the Lord. 00:12:44.179 --> 00:12:44.960 And the people 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:45.879 spoke against God 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:46.620 and against Moses. 00:12:46.620 --> 00:12:47.279 Why have you brought 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:48.179 us out of Egypt 00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:49.159 to die in the wilderness? 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:50.720 But there's no food 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:51.360 and no water 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:52.740 and we loathe 00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:53.820 this worthless food. 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.240 So the Lord 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.480 sent fiery serpents 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:57.220 among his people 00:12:57.220 --> 00:12:58.179 and they bit them 00:12:58.179 --> 00:12:59.560 so that many people 00:12:59.560 --> 00:13:00.500 of Israel died. 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:02.039 They tested God 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:03.179 because they became 00:13:03.179 --> 00:13:03.759 impatient 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:05.519 and as a result 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:06.679 many of them died. 00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:08.899 Verse 10, 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:09.659 another warning. 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:11.139 Nor grumble 00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:12.200 as some of them did 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:12.960 and were destroyed 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:14.139 by the destroyer. 00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:15.779 There were several 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:17.199 occasions that we 00:13:17.199 --> 00:13:17.980 can go back to 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:18.439 in the wilderness 00:13:18.439 --> 00:13:19.179 where the people 00:13:19.179 --> 00:13:19.639 of Israel 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:21.439 grumbled against God. 00:13:21.539 --> 00:13:21.879 They grumbled 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.819 against Moses 00:13:22.819 --> 00:13:24.740 which ultimately 00:13:24.740 --> 00:13:25.580 is against God 00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:26.439 and they also 00:13:26.439 --> 00:13:27.639 grumbled directly 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:28.439 against God 00:13:28.439 --> 00:13:29.980 and what his plan 00:13:29.980 --> 00:13:30.720 for them was. 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:32.620 And this was met 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:33.860 with serious consequences. 00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:36.439 In verse 11, 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:37.880 Now these things 00:13:37.880 --> 00:13:38.800 happened to them 00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:39.740 as an example 00:13:39.740 --> 00:13:41.000 but they were written 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:42.320 down for our instruction 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:43.800 on whom the end 00:13:43.800 --> 00:13:45.120 of the ages has come. 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:46.900 Sounds a little weird 00:13:46.900 --> 00:13:47.980 but it's really pretty simple. 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:48.800 Who is that? 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:50.240 The end of the ages 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:50.880 has come 00:13:50.880 --> 00:13:52.160 to all those 00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:52.980 that are right now. 00:13:53.040 --> 00:13:53.500 Anything on, 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:54.460 anybody on this side 00:13:54.460 --> 00:13:55.020 of the cross 00:13:55.020 --> 00:13:56.880 and until eternity 00:13:56.880 --> 00:13:58.020 until the Lord comes back 00:13:58.020 --> 00:13:58.920 is the end of the ages. 00:13:59.180 --> 00:14:00.020 So that's us. 00:14:00.380 --> 00:14:01.320 These are examples 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:01.920 written down 00:14:01.920 --> 00:14:02.960 for our instruction. 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:05.060 And why is Paul 00:14:05.060 --> 00:14:05.780 writing down 00:14:05.780 --> 00:14:06.680 these things 00:14:06.680 --> 00:14:07.440 for our instruction? 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:09.220 That brings us 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:10.300 to our second point. 00:14:11.580 --> 00:14:13.400 These were warnings 00:14:13.400 --> 00:14:15.480 that took place 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.540 many years ago 00:14:16.540 --> 00:14:18.440 but the dangers 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:19.480 are still here 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:20.160 for us now. 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:21.180 Our second point 00:14:21.180 --> 00:14:22.220 is present dangers. 00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:23.900 These are dangers 00:14:23.900 --> 00:14:25.460 that the Corinthian believers 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:26.940 had. 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:28.180 They were also dangers 00:14:28.180 --> 00:14:29.720 that we currently have. 00:14:29.800 --> 00:14:30.280 They may look 00:14:30.280 --> 00:14:30.960 a little different. 00:14:31.540 --> 00:14:32.360 Our lives may look 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:32.820 a little different. 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:33.540 Things around us 00:14:33.540 --> 00:14:34.320 may look a little different 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.060 but the dangers 00:14:35.060 --> 00:14:36.300 are still there 00:14:36.300 --> 00:14:37.140 nonetheless. 00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:42.340 Verse 12 says this, 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:43.840 Therefore let anyone 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:45.620 who thinks he stands 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.900 take heed lest he fall. 00:14:49.260 --> 00:14:50.700 Don't be overconfident. 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.160 This is what we see 00:14:52.160 --> 00:14:52.940 taking place 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:54.440 in the previous chapter 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:55.440 with people thinking 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:56.240 that they can, 00:14:56.860 --> 00:14:57.980 they're strong enough 00:14:57.980 --> 00:14:58.640 to go back 00:14:58.640 --> 00:14:59.720 to the pagan temple 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:01.240 and worship 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:02.000 the same way 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:03.159 they used to worship 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:04.340 before they knew God. 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:08.560 Don't think that you 00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:09.919 can stand strong 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:11.700 and face sin 00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:13.659 and it not affect you. 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:14.799 It's going to affect you. 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:23.599 The idea, 00:15:23.859 --> 00:15:25.120 the point isn't to see 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:26.579 how close to sin 00:15:26.579 --> 00:15:27.399 you can play with. 00:15:27.439 --> 00:15:28.240 The point is just 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:29.419 flee sin. 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:31.519 It's like with a fire. 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:32.479 Don't see how close 00:15:32.479 --> 00:15:33.120 you can get. 00:15:33.439 --> 00:15:34.359 At some point 00:15:34.359 --> 00:15:35.339 you're going to get burned 00:15:35.339 --> 00:15:35.859 and realize 00:15:35.859 --> 00:15:36.859 you got too close. 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:39.559 Verse 13, 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:40.939 No temptation 00:15:40.939 --> 00:15:42.000 has ever taken you 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:43.099 that is not common 00:15:43.099 --> 00:15:43.639 to man. 00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:45.839 When you're tempted, 00:15:46.479 --> 00:15:48.179 what you're tempted with 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:49.659 is not anything new. 00:15:49.719 --> 00:15:50.099 Basically, 00:15:50.239 --> 00:15:51.079 it was what Paul 00:15:51.079 --> 00:15:51.579 is saying. 00:15:51.719 --> 00:15:53.339 There isn't a new 00:15:53.339 --> 00:15:54.179 big temptation 00:15:54.179 --> 00:15:54.759 that you're going 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.559 to meet tomorrow 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.579 that isn't something new 00:15:57.579 --> 00:15:59.039 that thousands of other 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:00.459 people haven't struggled with. 00:16:01.439 --> 00:16:03.019 It isn't anything new. 00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:04.139 It wasn't anything new 00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:04.819 for the Israelites, 00:16:05.199 --> 00:16:06.259 the people in Corinth, 00:16:06.359 --> 00:16:07.399 and it's not for us 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:07.979 as well. 00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:10.220 But, 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:13.139 and we got verse 13, 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:14.659 God is faithful. 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:16.879 Amen to that. 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:17.800 God is faithful. 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:19.300 And he will not let you 00:16:19.300 --> 00:16:20.200 be tempted beyond 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:20.899 your ability. 00:16:21.560 --> 00:16:22.759 But with the temptation 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.899 he will also provide 00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.840 the way of escape 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.039 that you may be able 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.940 to endure it. 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:28.920 God is faithful. 00:16:29.060 --> 00:16:29.759 Start with that. 00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:31.060 Before you deal 00:16:31.060 --> 00:16:31.960 with the temptation 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:32.700 and how you're going 00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:33.500 to get out of it, 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.659 remember that God 00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:36.480 is faithful. 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:38.320 God is faithful. 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:39.100 He was faithful 00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:39.920 to the Israelites. 00:16:40.300 --> 00:16:41.039 He was faithful 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:42.240 to the people 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.740 in Corinth 00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:43.639 and he's faithful 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.820 to his people 00:16:44.820 --> 00:16:45.940 here in 2018. 00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:50.240 Now, 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:50.840 if we focus in 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.440 on the last part 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:52.000 of that verse, 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:54.139 but with the temptation 00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:55.340 he will also provide 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:56.340 a way of escape 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:57.539 that you may be able 00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.659 to endure it. 00:16:59.300 --> 00:17:00.399 Notice Paul doesn't say 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:02.019 that you may be able 00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:03.620 to skip over it. 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:05.380 as you walk 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:06.319 through your temptation 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:07.440 or as you walk 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.180 through your day, 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:09.680 whatever that looks like, 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:12.099 and temptations 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:13.740 slowly approach you 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:16.339 as some do, 00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:17.420 there may be also 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.839 those temptations 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.680 that just stand 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.660 right in your way. 00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.579 And God's not saying 00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:23.579 I'm going to pick you up 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:24.599 and I'm going to lift you 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:25.660 over top of your temptation 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.759 so you don't have 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.500 to deal with it. 00:17:28.619 --> 00:17:29.619 There's not a secret 00:17:29.619 --> 00:17:30.779 secret tunnel 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.819 that might be opened up 00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.180 for us 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:33.100 where we slide underneath 00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:33.680 and we can pop out 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.200 the other side 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.420 and, 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:34.860 whoo, 00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:35.259 I didn't even have 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.740 to worry about that. 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.340 That was pretty cool. 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:38.259 No. 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:40.140 He says he will provide 00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:41.100 a way of escape 00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:42.840 that you can endure it. 00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:46.740 When we face temptation, 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.880 he does provide 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:48.799 that way of escape, 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:50.000 but it requires 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.680 something of us 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.539 as Christians 00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:55.100 to endure that. 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:57.960 And then we fall back 00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:58.740 on the beginning part 00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.140 of that 00:17:59.140 --> 00:18:00.360 that we're reminded of 00:18:00.360 --> 00:18:01.299 where God is faithful. 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:04.519 verse 14, 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:05.720 therefore, 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:06.560 my beloved, 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.880 therefore, 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:08.519 we get kind of 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.460 a connecting back 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.080 to what he was 00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:10.779 talking about. 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.400 Therefore, 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.580 because our fathers 00:18:13.580 --> 00:18:14.820 who desired evil 00:18:14.820 --> 00:18:15.840 were idolaters, 00:18:16.100 --> 00:18:16.920 who indulged 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:18.640 in sexual immorality, 00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:19.420 who put Christ 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:19.980 to the test, 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.600 who grumbled, 00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:23.779 don't be overconfident. 00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.740 These are all the things 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.460 he's been saying 00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:28.200 so that you aren't 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.900 overtaken. 00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:29.860 he says, 00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:31.259 flee from idolatry. 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:34.060 Flee from the desires 00:18:34.060 --> 00:18:35.080 of the flesh 00:18:35.080 --> 00:18:38.900 and run to God's desires 00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.519 for you. 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.920 We're going to get back 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.220 to that. 00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:43.140 That's a big one. 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:43.900 We're going to come back 00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:44.820 to that in just a minute, 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.600 but we're going to go on 00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:46.220 with these verses 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:48.280 just to break them up 00:18:48.280 --> 00:18:48.759 a little bit. 00:18:50.060 --> 00:18:51.440 Let's look at verse 16. 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.400 The cup of blessing 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:54.420 that we bless, 00:18:55.080 --> 00:18:56.860 referring to communion, 00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:58.259 referring to the Lord's Supper 00:18:58.259 --> 00:19:00.000 here when the Lord's Supper 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.539 started, 00:19:00.679 --> 00:19:01.299 if you remember, 00:19:01.459 --> 00:19:03.059 Jesus broke the bread 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.939 and he blessed it. 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.779 When we have communion, 00:19:06.939 --> 00:19:08.000 we also give thanks 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:09.979 and bless it as well, 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:11.579 just like Jesus did 00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:13.139 as he started the Lord's Supper 00:19:13.139 --> 00:19:14.859 back before his crucifixion. 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.399 But Paul says, 00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:18.059 is it not a participation, 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.319 this is verse 16, 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:21.199 is it not a participation 00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:22.399 that is a fellowship 00:19:22.399 --> 00:19:23.479 or a sharing 00:19:23.479 --> 00:19:24.879 in the blood of Christ? 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:26.820 The bread that we break, 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.940 is it not a participation 00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:29.440 in the body of Christ? 00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.580 So here we pick up 00:19:31.580 --> 00:19:32.720 that Paul uses this word 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:34.680 participation twice here, 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:36.560 and that's the sharing 00:19:36.560 --> 00:19:37.420 of one another 00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.380 as we participate 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:39.340 in communion. 00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:41.240 We are sharing that 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:42.020 with one another. 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:44.100 It's founded in Christ. 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:45.360 It's founded on his death 00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:46.000 and resurrection. 00:19:46.800 --> 00:19:48.140 And we as believers 00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:49.060 get to share that 00:19:49.060 --> 00:19:49.780 with one another 00:19:49.780 --> 00:19:50.360 and we get to be 00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:51.080 a part of that. 00:19:51.840 --> 00:19:52.520 Verse 17, 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:54.200 because there is one bread, 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:55.039 we who are many 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:56.039 are one body, 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:57.299 for we all partake 00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:58.079 of the one bread. 00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:00.119 The one bread 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.980 that he's talking about here 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:02.059 is the body of Christ 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:03.859 that was broken for us. 00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.859 The many that he is talking about 00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.879 is us as believers. 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.799 We are the church, 00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:10.000 but we're one body in Christ. 00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:12.059 There are many believers 00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.799 in Christ, 00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:14.139 but there's just one body. 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:15.180 One body in Christ 00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:16.180 is what he's talking about. 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.359 And we partake 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:18.559 of the one bread, 00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:20.400 the one bread being Christ. 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:23.519 Let's look at another 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.420 couple verses 00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:26.220 that might be helpful for this 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.320 if it's not quite clear. 00:20:28.300 --> 00:20:29.280 If you flip over 00:20:29.280 --> 00:20:30.580 to 1 Corinthians 12, 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.940 just ahead two chapters, 00:20:32.560 --> 00:20:33.220 I know somebody else 00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:34.080 is going to preach this. 00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.680 I'm just going to, 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.700 I won't stay long, 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.019 take what you're going 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.660 to be speaking on, 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.860 but I find it's really helpful 00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:41.360 for this as well. 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:45.080 Chapter 12, verse 12, 00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:47.940 For just as the body is one 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:49.100 and has many members, 00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:50.299 and all the members 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.099 of the body, 00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:52.599 though many, 00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.819 they're one body. 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:55.179 So it is with Christ. 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:58.379 Christ is one body 00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.439 of which we, 00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.240 who are many, 00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.980 are part of. 00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.759 You are part of the body 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.419 of Christ. 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.500 This is very important, 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.359 so I just want to hang out 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.980 here for a minute. 00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:11.819 If you're standing 00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.819 this morning, 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:15.659 you're sitting, 00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.339 I know I'm not talking 00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.639 about that, 00:21:16.679 --> 00:21:17.079 I'm talking about 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.819 where you are, 00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.980 where you find yourself, 00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:21.559 this morning. 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:24.139 If you believe 00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:25.399 in Jesus Christ, 00:21:25.939 --> 00:21:28.719 they died on the cross 00:21:28.719 --> 00:21:30.159 for sins that you 00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.799 couldn't pay, 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.799 and you've asked him 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.859 to forgive your sins 00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:35.659 and to be your savior, 00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:37.299 you're part of that 00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:38.379 body of Christ. 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.099 That's something 00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:41.339 to rejoice in 00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:41.879 this morning. 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.240 because you have a life 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.820 in Christ, 00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.800 you have a future 00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:47.240 in Christ, 00:21:47.300 --> 00:21:47.860 you have a hope 00:21:47.860 --> 00:21:48.500 in Christ, 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.740 you have a strength 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.160 in Christ, 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.860 you have a savior 00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.500 in Christ, 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.500 you have freedom 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:54.140 from sin in Christ, 00:21:54.260 --> 00:21:55.260 you have a relationship 00:21:55.260 --> 00:21:57.140 with God in Christ, 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.220 you have an eternity 00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.760 in Christ. 00:22:00.300 --> 00:22:01.300 Praise God 00:22:01.300 --> 00:22:02.520 if you are in Christ 00:22:02.520 --> 00:22:03.080 this morning. 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:05.339 now if that's not 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.059 where you stand 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.539 this morning 00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.139 and you don't believe 00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.939 in Jesus Christ, 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.039 maybe he's just a good 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.819 person to you, 00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:13.119 then those statements 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:14.199 that I just make 00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:15.619 become questions 00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.159 for you. 00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.579 Where's your life? 00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.759 Where's your future? 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:22.759 Where's your hope? 00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.680 Where's your strength? 00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.579 What is your savior? 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.640 What is your relationship 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.259 with God? 00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:30.480 And what is your eternity? 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.799 You can answer those 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.799 with a lot of things, 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:37.440 but if it isn't Christ, 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.079 they're going to end. 00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.259 They're not going to, 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:41.700 they're not going to keep you 00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.819 through to eternity. 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.740 They're going to leave you 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.519 at death. 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:53.740 We're still in the same passage. 00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.559 Chapter 12, 00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.960 look at verse 13 with me. 00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.799 For in one spirit 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.879 we were all baptized 00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:02.079 into one body, 00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.420 Jews and Greeks, 00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.420 slaves, 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.039 free, 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.839 covering everybody here, 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.379 and all were made 00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.879 to drink of one spirit. 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:13.420 That's why we have 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.440 believers baptism. 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.980 We believe in Christ 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.660 and we're baptized 00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.799 into one body. 00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:19.319 One body believers, 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.740 one body in Christ. 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.000 Christ. 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.900 That last part of that verse says, 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.099 and all were made 00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:26.599 to drink of one spirit. 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.460 All right, 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.259 now let's jump back 00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.339 to chapter 10 00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.819 where we were 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.839 and take a look 00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:33.059 at verse 4. 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.980 We're going to see 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.940 some connections here 00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.680 that I think are helpful 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.259 for us. 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.920 And all drank 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.619 of the same spiritual drink. 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.079 For they drank 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.059 from the spiritual rock 00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.819 that followed them. 00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.920 The rock was Christ. 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:47.119 Christ was the spiritual drink. 00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.440 Christ was the rock 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.180 that followed them 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:50.339 and sustained the Israelites 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:52.359 through the wilderness. 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:55.579 He's also the spiritual drink 00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.759 and the spiritual rock 00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:58.119 that sustains us 00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.639 as believers. 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.740 So Paul's reaching back 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:03.000 to a time 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.439 way back. 00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.980 This is like 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.619 2,400 years 00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.559 before Christ. 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.519 He's reaching back 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.099 to the Israelites 00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:11.079 and he's letting us know 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.399 that Christ 00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.259 was there 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:14.519 and Christ was their rock. 00:24:15.439 --> 00:24:16.279 Now Paul is speaking 00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:18.259 and he's a little bit 00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:20.420 past the crucifixion 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:22.019 so we'll roughly say 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:24.160 about 2018 years ago. 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.539 He's talking to the church 00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.639 and he's reminding them 00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.059 of that 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:29.139 and Christ is still 00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.799 their rock. 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.920 And we find ourselves here 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.960 over 2,000 years later 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:35.660 and Christ is still 00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.259 our rock. 00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.740 That will continue on 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:39.220 until the end of time 00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.299 when we get to go 00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.779 to heaven 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.799 and be with Christ 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.440 our rock. 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:46.580 because Christ 00:24:46.580 --> 00:24:47.279 is faithful. 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.580 Alright, so 00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:53.880 we're done with that passage. 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.980 Let's jump back. 00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:57.019 We are back to chapter 10. 00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.840 Let's move down 00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:59.019 to verse 18 00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.940 where we left off. 00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.460 Consider the people 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.019 of Israel 00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.960 are not those 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.240 who ate the sacrifices 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.559 participants 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.460 in the altar. 00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:09.820 See, the altar 00:25:09.820 --> 00:25:10.519 in the Old Testament 00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.200 if you remember 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.180 was where the priest 00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:13.600 would make sacrifices. 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.080 Different sacrifices. 00:25:15.580 --> 00:25:16.360 A lot of times 00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:17.320 they involved animals 00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:19.900 but the priests 00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:21.019 were able to take part 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.759 in the sacrifices. 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.799 They were able to 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:24.320 eat of the food 00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:25.240 that was offered. 00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.759 That was part of 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.400 their 00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:32.120 benefits 00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:33.279 of the job 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.200 I guess you could say. 00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.519 That was part of 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.100 their livelihood 00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:37.120 that they could do that 00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:38.259 but all of it 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.480 was a worship 00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.180 to God. 00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.940 The sacrifice, 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.640 the altar, 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:42.700 the altar, 00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.920 what they had to do 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:45.000 to clean everything 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.900 and get it ready. 00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.580 Making that blood 00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:48.279 sacrifice 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.320 to cover the sins 00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:49.940 of the people 00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:51.100 and then them 00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:52.180 being able to eat 00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:53.320 that meat later 00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:54.340 as part of their 00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:55.340 livelihood. 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.680 All that was done 00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.620 in worship to God. 00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:01.259 So Paul here 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.880 is building up 00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:03.080 his previous arguments 00:26:03.080 --> 00:26:03.620 about 00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:05.799 attending events 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.720 in pagan temples, 00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.960 worshiping idols, 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:10.019 thinking that you 00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.860 can eat food 00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.860 offered to 00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.920 sacrifice to idols 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.740 and that be okay. 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.860 Verse 19, 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.380 Paul says, 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.319 what do I imply? 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:19.019 That food offered 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:20.100 to idols is anything 00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:21.079 or that an idol 00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.740 is anything? 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.500 If you remember, 00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.640 Paul earlier said 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.900 idols aren't real, 00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.620 they aren't anything. 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.720 Food is food, 00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.420 enjoy it. 00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:30.079 That's how he started out 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:31.200 but as he progresses, 00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.740 he wants us to know 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.440 the warnings, 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.120 the dangers 00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:35.640 of thinking this way. 00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:37.820 verse 20, 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.259 he says, 00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.480 no, 00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.240 I imply that 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.940 what pagans sacrifice, 00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.680 they offered to demons 00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.560 and not to God 00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:45.140 and I do not want you 00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:46.280 to be participants 00:26:46.280 --> 00:26:47.600 with demons. 00:26:50.280 --> 00:26:51.020 The priest 00:26:51.020 --> 00:26:51.980 in the Old Testament 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:54.580 participated 00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.520 in the sacrifice. 00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:56.480 They ate the food 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.160 and that was done 00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.660 as worship, 00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.360 like I said. 00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.960 The same applies 00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.540 to those who go 00:27:00.540 --> 00:27:01.040 to the temple 00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:02.500 where idols were worshipped 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.640 and participate 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.600 in those meals. 00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.980 All that was done 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:08.019 is worship to an idol, 00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.740 to a god, 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.279 little g. 00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.859 And Paul points out 00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.939 not only are they idols 00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:13.819 but there's demons. 00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:15.199 There's demons 00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:16.179 that you're worshipping 00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:17.719 because if you're not 00:27:17.719 --> 00:27:18.559 worshipping God, 00:27:18.719 --> 00:27:20.039 you're worshipping Satan 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.619 and whoever is 00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.919 on Satan's side, 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:25.559 there isn't more 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.519 than two sides. 00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.119 It's God 00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:28.379 or everything else. 00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.699 Verse 21, 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.779 you cannot drink 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.819 the cup of the Lord 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:36.140 and the cup of demons. 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.160 You cannot partake 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.120 of the table of the Lord 00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.200 and then turn around 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.480 and take the table 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.059 of demons. 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.100 Shall we provoke 00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:44.259 the Lord to jealousy? 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.140 Are we stronger 00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.740 than he? 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:48.080 That reminds me 00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.460 of, 00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:50.160 I don't know, 00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.220 I don't know 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.940 if you guys did that, 00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.299 this when you were a kid 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.640 but, 00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.180 did you ever have 00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:56.440 a large dog 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.360 chained up 00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.600 behind a fence 00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:59.640 and you kind of 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.279 had that temptation 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.759 that you wanted 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.299 to kind of 00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:03.099 taunt him a little bit? 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.799 Maybe see, 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.299 just get him angry 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.740 a little bit, 00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.759 kind of growl at him? 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:09.519 I didn't do that. 00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.619 My brother did. 00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.619 But, 00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.039 also, 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.359 thinking of 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.019 if you ever went 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.559 to a zoo 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.319 and you saw 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.759 a strong, 00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:19.259 kind of ferocious animal 00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.399 and you knew 00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:21.319 he was behind 00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:22.079 a fence, 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:23.519 behind a glass wall 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.359 and he couldn't get you, 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.660 you might toy with him, 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.200 make faces at it. 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:30.460 God's not like that. 00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.960 This is something 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.600 that God takes seriously. 00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.779 Let me just read 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.360 a couple verses 00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:44.220 from Exodus 20 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.860 as he's given 00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.720 the Ten Commandments 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.420 and God spoke 00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.420 all these words saying, 00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.420 I am the Lord your God 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.880 who brought you 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.759 out of the land of Egypt, 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:51.480 out of the house of slavery. 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.600 You shall have 00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.400 no other gods 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.259 before me. 00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.620 Deuteronomy 5, 9, 00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.579 speaking of idols. 00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.559 You should not 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.439 bow down to them 00:28:59.439 --> 00:29:00.099 or serve them 00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.619 for I, the Lord your God, 00:29:01.739 --> 00:29:03.099 am a jealous God. 00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.819 This is not jealousy 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.779 like our sinful 00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.699 human jealousy. 00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.199 This is, 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.359 this is a holy, 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.359 righteous jealousy 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.339 based on God 00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.399 protecting his name 00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.439 and his image 00:29:12.439 --> 00:29:13.319 of being the only 00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:14.259 true God, 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.939 the creator 00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:16.199 of heaven and earth 00:29:16.199 --> 00:29:16.899 and there are 00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.899 no other gods, 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.599 little g, 00:29:18.699 --> 00:29:19.339 that are worthy 00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.399 of his worship. 00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:22.419 So, 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.639 Paul says, 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.339 don't provoke 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.419 the Lord to jealousy. 00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:28.559 are we stronger 00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.119 than he? 00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.639 The question, 00:29:29.739 --> 00:29:30.699 the answer to that question 00:29:30.699 --> 00:29:31.299 being you're not 00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.339 stronger than God. 00:29:32.699 --> 00:29:33.500 Don't go there. 00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:37.219 Some of the Israelites 00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:37.959 did it 00:29:37.959 --> 00:29:40.219 and it ended 00:29:40.219 --> 00:29:40.919 in death. 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.199 Now, 00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.519 by now, 00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:46.919 some of you 00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.519 might be thinking, 00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:47.799 okay, 00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.359 all this stuff 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.839 makes sense, 00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.659 this sounds really good, 00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.659 but I don't worship idols. 00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:52.559 On top of that, 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:52.979 I don't remember 00:29:52.979 --> 00:29:53.439 the last time 00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.059 I ate any food 00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.599 that was offered 00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.039 to idols. 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.139 idols. 00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:58.039 It's a good point, 00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:01.399 but we need to be serious 00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:02.279 here because we're not 00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.839 talking about just idols. 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.240 Idolatry 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.139 is anything 00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:12.119 that we worship 00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:13.039 that's not God. 00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.180 So, 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.220 while Paul is talking 00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.299 here to the Corinthians 00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.359 about idols 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.759 and pagan temples, 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:21.680 the same applies 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.079 to us, 00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.619 it just looks 00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.379 a little different. 00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:26.140 Back in verse 6, 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.640 Paul says, 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.319 now these things 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.960 took place 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.579 as examples 00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.240 for us 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.259 that we might 00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.539 not desire evil. 00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.619 And again, 00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.000 the NIV 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.599 translates that, 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.940 which I think 00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.579 is a little better 00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.539 helpful translation. 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.220 Now these things 00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.220 occurred as examples 00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.539 to keep us 00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.879 from setting our hearts 00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:44.259 on evil things. 00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:46.240 As they did. 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:48.660 What things 00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.120 were they? 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.400 They followed 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.359 after other gods. 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.200 What else? 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.859 Sexual immorality, 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.519 testing God, 00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:54.880 grumbling, 00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.440 complaining. 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.640 They stopped 00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.500 believing in God. 00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.519 Even though God 00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.759 was in their midst, 00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:02.299 they saw God work. 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.359 They saw God 00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.480 perform miracles 00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.240 that they were 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:07.079 a part of, 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.420 and yet they set 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.200 their hearts 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:10.819 on evil things. 00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:12.779 So the question 00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.240 this morning 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.740 is not whether 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.339 or not 00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:16.139 you worship idols. 00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.200 The question 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.779 about is 00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:20.159 where your heart is. 00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.319 Because that's 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.939 where our worship 00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:22.779 comes from, 00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.439 right? 00:31:23.679 --> 00:31:24.639 It comes from 00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:25.779 what's inside our heart. 00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.799 It's not just 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.599 the activity 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:30.379 of bowing 00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:31.259 to something. 00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.119 It's just, 00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.399 it's not the 00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:34.720 actual physical 00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:36.139 idol. 00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:36.879 It's not the 00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:38.319 actual TV 00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:40.139 that you spend 00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:41.139 time in front of. 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.079 It's not the 00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:44.139 actual magazine 00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:45.539 that you might 00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.159 look at 00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:48.919 or the conversations 00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.759 you have 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.220 that are not 00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.279 Christ glorifying. 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.379 Those physical 00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:54.159 things aren't it. 00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.359 It comes from 00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.200 a heart 00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.159 that's not 00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:58.119 focused on God. 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.679 So what do you 00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.119 desire? 00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.980 What do you worship? 00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.759 Some people say, 00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.039 well, 00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:06.019 it's where you 00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.839 spend all your time 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.319 that's what you 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.639 worship. 00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.119 Maybe. 00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:10.879 Well, 00:32:10.899 --> 00:32:11.399 maybe not. 00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:14.000 If you have a job 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.759 outside the house 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.019 and you spend 00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:17.240 on an average 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.519 of 45 to 55 00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.379 hours a week 00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:20.240 commuting 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.279 and working 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.759 at a job, 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.740 that's a large 00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.579 chunk of your time. 00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:25.779 It's not 00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.919 an idol, 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:29.119 but it could be. 00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.839 Your job, 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.720 your status, 00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.819 your money, 00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:35.539 that could be 00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.899 an idol. 00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:38.820 if God's here 00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.580 and your job 00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:40.160 is up here. 00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.160 Staying home 00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.720 with kids, 00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:45.460 that's a full-time 00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.860 job. 00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:48.480 Right? 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.140 That's not an idol. 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.120 Could be. 00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.900 I've seen it happen. 00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.340 You can make your 00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.980 kids an idol. 00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:56.019 You can put God 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.400 down here 00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:57.640 and make your kids 00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.420 the most important 00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.180 thing in your life. 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:01.120 The problem is 00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.720 is when we get 00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:03.220 them flipped, 00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:05.160 everything else 00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.680 is going to let 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.200 us down. 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:09.019 The God who is 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.380 faithful, 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.779 who is always 00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.200 there, 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.400 will not let us 00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.860 down and he 00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.680 calls us 00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:14.180 to be on him 00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.680 and not on 00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.360 other things. 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.140 So how about 00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.960 other things? 00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:19.420 We have sleeping, 00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.920 video games, 00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.500 food, 00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.400 TV, 00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:22.940 hobbies, 00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.539 shopping, 00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.320 sports, 00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.460 drugs, 00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:26.200 alcohol, 00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.600 pornography, 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.400 gambling? 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.559 Now obviously 00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.039 some of those 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.779 are pretty obvious. 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.140 That's a pretty 00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.740 bad idol. 00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:38.000 But it's possible 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.900 for us to set 00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.640 our hearts 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:41.640 on the idol 00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.640 of things 00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.279 that are not 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.640 God. 00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.600 It can be good 00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.279 things that we've 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.200 made God things. 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:54.059 So we want 00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.720 to make sure 00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.400 from what Paul 00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:55.940 is telling us 00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.180 here, 00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:57.820 from the warnings 00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:58.460 that he's given 00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.059 to us, 00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.980 that our hearts 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.960 should be placed 00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.580 on the altar 00:34:02.580 --> 00:34:04.080 of Jesus Christ, 00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.820 our Savior and 00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.039 King. 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.200 That's where we 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.860 put our hearts. 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.360 And that brings 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.079 us to our third 00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.400 point. 00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.059 You're probably 00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.800 thinking third. 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.579 It's okay, 00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.280 this one's short. 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.139 It's also the most 00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.700 important one. 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.420 The last point 00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.860 is our future 00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.559 success. 00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:21.500 And by now 00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.960 you should be able 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.460 to guess that our 00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.240 future success 00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:23.860 is Christ. 00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:23.940 Christ, 00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:26.340 the same Christ 00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.860 that loved his 00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.460 people enough 00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.039 to save them 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.740 from slavery 00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.260 and bring them 00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.840 through the wilderness, 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.599 the same Christ 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.260 who loved us 00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:32.079 enough to die 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:34.340 in order to save 00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.120 us from death. 00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.240 Paul is telling 00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:38.180 us that our success 00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:38.880 is Christ, 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.720 it's not idols. 00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.940 But you still 00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.500 got to watch out 00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.840 for them. 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.920 Christ was available 00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.740 to the Israelites, 00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:49.500 Christ was their 00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:51.279 rock and yet 00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.819 they turned to 00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:53.159 the world instead. 00:34:54.379 --> 00:34:54.759 And God 00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:55.500 left them, 00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:56.679 God cursed 00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.799 most of them, 00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.579 the older ones, 00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.339 20 and older, 00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.619 to remain in the 00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.259 desert until they 00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:02.199 died off and their 00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:03.159 kids got to go to 00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.899 the promised land. 00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.659 So we're warned 00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.699 not to follow 00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.979 after anything 00:35:09.979 --> 00:35:10.879 besides God. 00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.359 We're told to 00:35:13.359 --> 00:35:14.259 flee idolatry. 00:35:14.379 --> 00:35:14.679 It's helpful, 00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.519 it's a very 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.280 helpful tool. 00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:16.880 It's short, 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.800 it's easy to 00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.300 remember, 00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.719 you don't need 00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.960 a five-step program 00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:22.659 when you run 00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.539 into a problem 00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.960 if you don't 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.679 know what to do, 00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.360 if you're stuck 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.079 in sin and 00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.400 you're being 00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.880 tempted, 00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.559 flee from 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.420 idolatry. 00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:30.860 Flee from 00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.559 fill in the 00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.880 blank. 00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.619 Here it says 00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.300 idolatry, 00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.199 you can put any 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.780 sin you're 00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.400 struggling with 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:36.039 in that spot. 00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.759 The problem is 00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.639 when we're 00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.119 struggling with 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.639 a sin, 00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.539 we say we 00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.059 can't overcome 00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.619 of it a lot 00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.000 of times, 00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.440 we kind of 00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.099 want to bask 00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.659 in that sin 00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.159 a little bit 00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.420 because we 00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.659 don't want 00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.179 to give it up. 00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:45.679 We struggle 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.440 with sin 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.440 because we 00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.319 like the sin. 00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.879 Paul says 00:35:49.879 --> 00:35:50.339 watch out 00:35:50.339 --> 00:35:50.639 because it's 00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:50.819 going to 00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.460 overtake you. 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.599 So let's 00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.039 keep our 00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.819 hearts focused 00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.639 on Christ 00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.879 because Christ 00:35:59.879 --> 00:36:00.480 is faithful, 00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.379 because Christ 00:36:01.379 --> 00:36:02.599 is our rock, 00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:03.299 because Christ 00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:04.179 is our savior. 00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.919 Christ is the 00:36:06.919 --> 00:36:07.619 one we follow, 00:36:07.779 --> 00:36:08.259 Christ is the 00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:09.319 one we serve. 00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:14.039 and he's 00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.720 faithful to 00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:16.160 protect and 00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:16.940 to keep us. 00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.920 Lord, we ask 00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.460 your help 00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:23.280 with life 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:24.019 because life 00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.580 is rough. 00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.760 There's 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.380 temptations, 00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.000 there's sin 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.340 that's all 00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.860 around us 00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.140 and we're 00:36:28.140 --> 00:36:28.680 in a world 00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:29.220 that looks 00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:30.320 so good 00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.960 from so many 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.760 different angles. 00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.500 There are 00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.160 idols all 00:36:35.160 --> 00:36:35.760 around us 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.360 to pull us 00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.640 in. 00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.420 Lord, help 00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.940 us to keep 00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.659 our mind, 00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.619 our hearts 00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:42.220 focused on 00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:42.639 you. 00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.260 Lord, protect 00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.700 us from 00:36:44.700 --> 00:36:45.300 falling into 00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.920 temptation 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.760 for your 00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.200 glory. 00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.400 What I'm 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.599 going to do 00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:49.860 is just 00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.220 take a 00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:50.460 minute 00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.980 just to 00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.400 think about 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.019 the passage. 00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.400 There's an 00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.059 area that 00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.519 the Lord 00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.920 has laid 00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.220 on your 00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:56.659 heart. 00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.720 Don't 00:36:58.720 --> 00:36:59.720 cover it 00:36:59.720 --> 00:36:59.880 up. 00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.380 Don't let 00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:00.780 the next 00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.139 part of 00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.599 the service 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.159 just push 00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.519 it around. 00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.039 Just let 00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.900 that work 00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.119 in your 00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.320 mind. 00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.539 Think 00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.180 about how 00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:06.500 you can 00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.460 lean on 00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.039 Christ, 00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.940 your rock 00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:10.779 to get 00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.019 you through 00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.219 that 00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.699 temptation.