WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.480 to read to verse 22 and then pick it up again in verse 31. 00:00:08.220 --> 00:00:13.640 So let's hear God's word to us. This is God's voice. 00:00:14.859 --> 00:00:20.059 1 Corinthians chapter 10, which is on page 1151. 00:00:25.300 --> 00:00:26.740 Starting at verse 1. 00:00:26.739 --> 00:00:32.879 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, 00:00:33.619 --> 00:00:39.560 that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 00:00:41.060 --> 00:00:45.759 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:51.219 They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink, 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:55.340 for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them. 00:00:55.340 --> 00:00:57.800 And that rock was Christ. 00:00:59.620 --> 00:01:02.800 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them. 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.180 Their bodies were scattered over the desert. 00:01:06.180 --> 00:01:14.360 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. 00:01:15.520 --> 00:01:18.580 Do not be idolaters as some of them were. 00:01:19.460 --> 00:01:20.340 As it is written, 00:01:20.900 --> 00:01:25.380 the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry. 00:01:25.379 --> 00:01:30.459 We should not commit sexual immorality as some of them did. 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:33.060 And in one day, 23,000 of them died. 00:01:34.679 --> 00:01:39.699 We should not test the Lord as some of them did and were killed by snakes. 00:01:39.700 --> 00:01:47.159 And do not grumble as some of them did and were killed by the destroying angel. 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:55.079 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:58.560 on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:03.280 So, if you think you are standing firm, 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:08.219 be careful that you don't fall. 00:02:10.219 --> 00:02:13.599 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. 00:02:14.259 --> 00:02:15.480 And God is faithful. 00:02:16.659 --> 00:02:19.379 He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. 00:02:20.460 --> 00:02:21.699 But when you are tempted, 00:02:22.699 --> 00:02:26.860 He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 00:02:26.860 --> 00:02:31.840 Therefore, my dear friends, 00:02:32.620 --> 00:02:34.140 flee from idolatry. 00:02:34.540 --> 00:02:36.340 I speak to sensible people. 00:02:37.020 --> 00:02:38.660 Judge for yourselves what I say. 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:45.180 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? 00:02:46.320 --> 00:02:50.760 And is not the bread we break a participation in the blood of Christ? 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:53.580 Because there is one loaf, 00:02:53.700 --> 00:02:54.820 we, who are many, 00:02:54.819 --> 00:02:56.379 are one body, 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:59.879 for we all partake of the one loaf. 00:03:01.699 --> 00:03:03.239 Consider the people of Israel. 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:08.680 Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? 00:03:10.459 --> 00:03:13.439 Do I mean that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, 00:03:13.539 --> 00:03:14.759 or that an idol is anything? 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:15.899 No. 00:03:16.979 --> 00:03:20.099 But the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, 00:03:20.239 --> 00:03:20.919 not to God. 00:03:21.139 --> 00:03:25.239 And I do not want you to be participants with demons. 00:03:26.780 --> 00:03:29.139 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord 00:03:29.139 --> 00:03:31.519 and the cup of demons too. 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:37.240 You cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons. 00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:41.400 Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? 00:03:43.020 --> 00:03:44.800 Are we stronger than he? 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:48.120 Verse 31. 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:54.000 So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:57.780 do it all for the glory of God. 00:03:57.780 --> 00:04:00.780 do not cause anyone to stumble, 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:04.420 whether Jews, Greeks, or the Church of God, 00:04:05.580 --> 00:04:09.240 even as I try to please everybody in every way. 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:12.780 For I am not seeking my own good, 00:04:13.780 --> 00:04:15.240 but the good of many, 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:18.519 so that they may be saved. 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:21.759 Follow my example 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:24.800 as I follow the example of Christ. 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:28.939 Well, let's pray together. 00:04:41.460 --> 00:04:44.900 Our Father God, we thank you for your word, 00:04:46.100 --> 00:04:50.080 which is your voice to us, 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:53.599 speaking to us clearly 00:04:53.599 --> 00:04:55.639 about your Son 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:58.199 and about us. 00:04:59.979 --> 00:05:03.319 And so we pray that as we hear your word, 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:06.819 we would be people who 00:05:06.819 --> 00:05:08.860 take it in, 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.680 people who listen carefully, 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.639 people who 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:17.620 see Jesus 00:05:17.620 --> 00:05:20.120 and follow him 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:21.060 as we ought. 00:05:23.060 --> 00:05:25.160 Father, by your Spirit, 00:05:25.900 --> 00:05:26.920 take your word 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:29.740 and plant it deep within 00:05:29.740 --> 00:05:33.199 so that we may grow and mature 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:35.660 as your holy people. 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:38.620 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:05:39.460 --> 00:05:39.840 Amen. 00:05:39.840 --> 00:05:39.980 Amen. 00:05:39.980 --> 00:05:40.060 Amen. 00:05:44.259 --> 00:05:45.360 Well, this week, 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:46.939 we are all going to be sharing 00:05:46.939 --> 00:05:48.319 in the giving and receiving 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:49.840 of gifts. 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:52.400 And like everybody else, 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:54.379 I look forward to it 00:05:54.379 --> 00:05:56.900 and I'm going to enjoy it. 00:05:57.780 --> 00:05:59.560 Contrary to what everybody thinks 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:01.200 about me being a bah humbug, 00:06:01.640 --> 00:06:03.360 I love Christmas. 00:06:04.420 --> 00:06:06.480 But we need to keep our perspectives, 00:06:06.700 --> 00:06:07.160 don't we? 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:10.620 Each gift we give 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:11.640 or receive 00:06:11.640 --> 00:06:13.660 will be temporal, 00:06:14.740 --> 00:06:15.860 not eternal. 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:18.300 Each gift 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:20.440 will either wear out 00:06:20.440 --> 00:06:22.400 or it'll break 00:06:22.400 --> 00:06:24.760 or it'll get eaten 00:06:24.760 --> 00:06:26.760 or it'll die 00:06:26.760 --> 00:06:29.080 or it'll fall apart 00:06:29.080 --> 00:06:30.400 or become obsolete. 00:06:31.200 --> 00:06:32.820 None of our gifts 00:06:32.820 --> 00:06:34.840 are going to last. 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:37.339 they are all temporal. 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:39.459 They are not 00:06:39.459 --> 00:06:40.599 eternal. 00:06:42.599 --> 00:06:43.959 So, this morning, 00:06:44.159 --> 00:06:45.119 we're going to be looking 00:06:45.119 --> 00:06:46.659 at three gifts. 00:06:47.579 --> 00:06:49.379 The first two gifts 00:06:49.379 --> 00:06:52.120 are gifts that we receive. 00:06:52.719 --> 00:06:54.879 And if we take these gifts 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:56.399 and use these gifts, 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:58.299 they will lead us 00:06:58.299 --> 00:06:59.099 towards 00:06:59.099 --> 00:07:02.179 the eternal kingdom of God. 00:07:02.180 --> 00:07:04.600 So, the gifts we receive 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:06.819 have an eternal value. 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:09.100 The third gift 00:07:09.100 --> 00:07:10.079 we're going to look at 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:10.819 is a gift 00:07:10.819 --> 00:07:12.300 that we give 00:07:12.300 --> 00:07:14.460 so that others 00:07:14.460 --> 00:07:15.560 can share 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:17.600 in the eternal kingdom of God. 00:07:17.699 --> 00:07:19.199 So, three gifts this morning. 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:21.160 The first two we receive, 00:07:22.019 --> 00:07:23.399 the third gift 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:24.759 we give. 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:28.240 So, here's the first gift 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:29.000 and it might come 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:30.040 as a bit of surprise 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:31.819 or a bit of a shock to you. 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:34.860 This gift is a warning. 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:37.020 Be careful 00:07:37.020 --> 00:07:39.819 that you don't fall. 00:07:40.760 --> 00:07:41.939 Look at verse 12. 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:46.500 So, if you think 00:07:46.500 --> 00:07:47.820 you are standing firm, 00:07:49.020 --> 00:07:50.200 be careful 00:07:50.200 --> 00:07:52.600 that you don't fall. 00:07:54.820 --> 00:07:55.720 In London, 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:57.220 some of you will know this, 00:07:57.320 --> 00:07:58.400 that on the underground 00:07:58.399 --> 00:07:59.599 rail work, 00:07:59.699 --> 00:08:00.560 there's a station 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:01.359 that has this 00:08:01.359 --> 00:08:02.839 automatic warning. 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:05.000 As the train 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:06.259 approaches the station 00:08:06.259 --> 00:08:08.019 and the doors open, 00:08:08.859 --> 00:08:09.819 there's this great 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:10.259 big 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:12.120 warning. 00:08:13.139 --> 00:08:14.500 Mind the gap! 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:16.779 Because between 00:08:16.779 --> 00:08:17.299 the train 00:08:17.299 --> 00:08:18.000 and the platform, 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:19.199 there's a gap. 00:08:19.299 --> 00:08:20.299 And if you're not careful, 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:21.620 you could step 00:08:21.620 --> 00:08:22.279 into the gap 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:22.939 and you'll fall. 00:08:23.899 --> 00:08:24.739 So, if you want 00:08:24.739 --> 00:08:25.279 to make sure 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:25.859 that you get 00:08:25.859 --> 00:08:27.199 to your destination, 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:29.699 listen to the warning. 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:31.519 Mind the gap. 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:33.899 And that's what we have 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:35.059 in verse 12. 00:08:35.439 --> 00:08:36.480 It's a warning, 00:08:36.759 --> 00:08:37.559 but this warning 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:38.659 is a gift 00:08:38.659 --> 00:08:39.519 to us 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:41.179 so that we 00:08:41.179 --> 00:08:42.360 will not fall 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:43.039 and that we 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:44.059 will get to 00:08:44.059 --> 00:08:45.100 our eternal 00:08:45.100 --> 00:08:46.299 destination. 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:49.039 And to help us 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:50.000 understand this 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:50.419 warning, 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:52.279 we're to go back 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:53.059 and remember 00:08:53.059 --> 00:08:54.720 Israel's salvation 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:55.740 from Egypt 00:08:55.740 --> 00:08:57.620 and their journey 00:08:57.620 --> 00:08:58.779 towards their 00:08:58.779 --> 00:08:59.580 destination, 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:01.519 the promised land. 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:03.160 Go back to 00:09:03.160 --> 00:09:03.680 verse 1. 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:06.080 He says, 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:07.080 I do not want 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:07.639 you to be 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:08.860 ignorant of the fact, 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:09.879 brothers and sisters, 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:11.860 that our forefathers 00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:12.940 were all under 00:09:12.940 --> 00:09:13.620 the cloud 00:09:13.620 --> 00:09:15.060 and that they all 00:09:15.060 --> 00:09:15.879 passed through 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:16.580 the sea. 00:09:17.420 --> 00:09:18.399 It's taking us 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:19.340 back in time 00:09:19.340 --> 00:09:20.500 to remember 00:09:20.500 --> 00:09:21.360 how God 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:22.460 saved Israel. 00:09:22.460 --> 00:09:24.240 Do you remember 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:25.000 the story 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:25.800 and what happened? 00:09:26.300 --> 00:09:27.220 They followed 00:09:27.220 --> 00:09:28.360 the cloud. 00:09:28.580 --> 00:09:29.139 The cloud 00:09:29.139 --> 00:09:29.980 was the very 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:31.420 presence of God 00:09:31.420 --> 00:09:32.280 or representing 00:09:32.280 --> 00:09:33.540 the presence of God. 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:34.320 And as they 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:35.600 followed the cloud, 00:09:35.900 --> 00:09:36.700 they were led 00:09:36.700 --> 00:09:37.639 out of captivity 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:38.780 and they were 00:09:38.780 --> 00:09:39.700 brought to 00:09:39.700 --> 00:09:40.519 the Red Sea. 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:42.160 And as they 00:09:42.160 --> 00:09:43.379 faced the Red Sea, 00:09:43.500 --> 00:09:43.920 they were like, 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:44.840 what are we going 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:45.160 to do? 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:46.120 How are we going 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:46.720 to get out? 00:09:47.040 --> 00:09:47.740 As Pharaoh 00:09:47.740 --> 00:09:48.460 and his armies 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:49.120 were chasing 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:49.920 behind them. 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:51.199 And then God 00:09:51.199 --> 00:09:52.039 in a miraculous 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:53.479 act parted 00:09:53.479 --> 00:09:53.939 the sea 00:09:53.939 --> 00:09:55.360 so that they 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:56.059 could escape 00:09:56.059 --> 00:09:56.559 Pharaoh 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.159 and his armies. 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:01.059 It was God's 00:10:01.059 --> 00:10:02.919 mighty intervening 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:04.159 act of saving 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:05.120 his people, 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:06.379 rescuing them 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:07.860 from one ruler 00:10:07.860 --> 00:10:09.519 and bringing 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:10.579 them to himself 00:10:10.579 --> 00:10:11.179 so they could 00:10:11.179 --> 00:10:11.679 live under 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:13.159 his saving 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:13.899 rule. 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:16.019 Now their 00:10:16.019 --> 00:10:17.079 experience of 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:17.700 salvation 00:10:17.700 --> 00:10:19.920 is actually 00:10:19.920 --> 00:10:20.580 a picture 00:10:20.580 --> 00:10:21.940 of our 00:10:21.940 --> 00:10:22.620 salvation 00:10:22.620 --> 00:10:23.220 today. 00:10:24.300 --> 00:10:24.820 You see, 00:10:24.920 --> 00:10:25.660 their salvation 00:10:25.660 --> 00:10:26.460 was not just 00:10:26.460 --> 00:10:27.340 a physical 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:29.820 leaving a land 00:10:29.820 --> 00:10:30.680 to go to 00:10:30.680 --> 00:10:31.320 another place, 00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:32.220 it was a 00:10:32.220 --> 00:10:33.740 spiritual salvation. 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:35.360 Have a look 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:36.000 at these verses, 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:36.700 verse 3. 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:37.320 You see, 00:10:37.400 --> 00:10:38.060 as they made 00:10:38.060 --> 00:10:38.600 their way 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:39.460 towards the 00:10:39.460 --> 00:10:40.240 promised land, 00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:41.240 look what God 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:42.100 did, verse 3. 00:10:42.100 --> 00:10:43.200 They all 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:44.340 ate the same 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:45.920 spiritual food. 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:47.399 that was the 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:48.459 manna that 00:10:48.459 --> 00:10:49.319 God sent. 00:10:50.179 --> 00:10:51.139 And they drank 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:51.699 the same 00:10:51.699 --> 00:10:53.419 spiritual drink, 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:55.519 for they drank 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:56.000 from the 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:57.199 spiritual rock 00:10:57.199 --> 00:10:57.939 that accompanied 00:10:57.939 --> 00:10:58.219 them. 00:10:58.479 --> 00:10:59.079 You remember 00:10:59.079 --> 00:10:59.659 that on one 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:00.279 occasion they 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:00.779 had nothing 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:01.299 to drink, 00:11:01.599 --> 00:11:02.139 and Moses 00:11:02.139 --> 00:11:02.599 with his 00:11:02.599 --> 00:11:03.659 staff struck 00:11:03.659 --> 00:11:04.259 the rock, 00:11:04.979 --> 00:11:05.779 and water 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:06.979 flowed from 00:11:06.979 --> 00:11:07.319 it. 00:11:10.259 --> 00:11:11.459 That rock, 00:11:12.899 --> 00:11:13.839 verse 4, 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:14.759 was Christ. 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:14.960 Christ. 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:16.340 So when 00:11:16.340 --> 00:11:16.919 they ate 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:17.679 this food, 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:18.480 when they 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:19.159 drank this 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:19.659 water, 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:20.559 they were 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:21.120 in effect 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:21.860 looking to 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:22.819 God in 00:11:22.819 --> 00:11:23.480 faith and 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:24.399 trusting God 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:25.179 to save 00:11:25.179 --> 00:11:25.439 them. 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:26.620 And that 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:27.340 salvation, 00:11:27.539 --> 00:11:27.939 we're told, 00:11:28.100 --> 00:11:29.100 ultimately came 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:29.439 through, 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:30.039 verse 4, 00:11:30.460 --> 00:11:31.439 through Christ. 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:33.120 It was a 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:34.340 picture of 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:34.700 Christ. 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:35.700 So just as 00:11:35.700 --> 00:11:37.019 Christ saved 00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:37.700 Israel and 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:38.639 brought salvation 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:39.279 to them, 00:11:39.980 --> 00:11:41.120 so Christ is 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:41.980 the one who 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:42.960 has saved us 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:43.560 and rescued 00:11:43.560 --> 00:11:44.400 us from 00:11:44.400 --> 00:11:45.560 slavery to 00:11:45.560 --> 00:11:46.480 sin and 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:47.120 brought us 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:47.580 out from 00:11:47.580 --> 00:11:48.480 under slavery 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:49.280 and brought 00:11:49.280 --> 00:11:49.740 us into 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:51.080 freedom towards 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:52.580 our ultimate 00:11:52.580 --> 00:11:53.820 promised land, 00:11:54.460 --> 00:11:55.259 the eternal 00:11:55.259 --> 00:11:56.680 kingdom of 00:11:56.680 --> 00:11:57.120 God. 00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:59.460 This is our 00:11:59.460 --> 00:12:00.759 salvation story. 00:12:01.500 --> 00:12:02.139 This is what 00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:02.940 God has done 00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:03.639 for us. 00:12:04.680 --> 00:12:05.420 But that 00:12:05.420 --> 00:12:06.040 salvation 00:12:06.040 --> 00:12:06.879 experience 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:09.379 is not 00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:09.899 enough. 00:12:12.460 --> 00:12:13.220 Have a look 00:12:13.220 --> 00:12:14.059 at verse 5. 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:16.379 Nevertheless, 00:12:18.059 --> 00:12:19.220 God was 00:12:19.220 --> 00:12:19.980 not pleased 00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:20.720 with most 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:21.159 of them. 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:23.059 Their bodies 00:12:23.059 --> 00:12:23.899 were scattered 00:12:23.899 --> 00:12:25.059 over the 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:25.399 desert. 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:27.200 You see, 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:27.720 the people 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:28.360 of Israel 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:30.220 thought that 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:30.960 because God 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:31.500 had saved 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:32.059 them in such 00:12:32.059 --> 00:12:32.740 a miraculous 00:12:32.740 --> 00:12:33.500 and mighty 00:12:33.500 --> 00:12:33.879 way, 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:34.820 bringing them 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:35.279 through the 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:35.720 waters, 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:36.620 bringing them 00:12:36.620 --> 00:12:37.039 into the 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:37.659 promised land 00:12:37.659 --> 00:12:38.299 and providing 00:12:38.299 --> 00:12:38.980 food and 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:40.039 drink and 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:40.940 heading towards 00:12:40.940 --> 00:12:42.019 their promised 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:42.360 land, 00:12:42.659 --> 00:12:43.139 they thought, 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:43.360 well, 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:43.820 God has 00:12:43.820 --> 00:12:44.240 saved us, 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:45.159 we can do 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:45.840 as we want 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:46.240 now. 00:12:47.299 --> 00:12:48.240 Not so. 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:50.659 All of the 00:12:50.659 --> 00:12:51.560 adults that 00:12:51.560 --> 00:12:52.580 left Egypt, 00:12:52.820 --> 00:12:53.279 with the 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:54.019 exception of 00:12:54.019 --> 00:12:54.779 two people, 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:55.500 Caleb and 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:55.960 Joshua, 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:57.659 all the 00:12:57.659 --> 00:12:58.899 adults died 00:12:58.899 --> 00:12:59.940 in the 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:01.320 desert before 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:02.180 they reached 00:13:02.180 --> 00:13:02.940 their final 00:13:02.940 --> 00:13:04.000 destination, 00:13:04.580 --> 00:13:05.100 the promised 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:05.600 land. 00:13:06.620 --> 00:13:07.720 God was 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:08.600 not pleased 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:09.019 with their 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:09.539 behaviour, 00:13:09.940 --> 00:13:10.399 so he 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:11.039 judged them. 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:13.139 And the 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:14.179 reason for 00:13:14.179 --> 00:13:14.860 writing this 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.399 is to say 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:15.799 to the 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:16.340 church in 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:16.639 Corinth, 00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:17.960 listen guys, 00:13:18.379 --> 00:13:19.000 you are 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:19.860 behaving just 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:20.539 like Israel 00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:21.100 did in the 00:13:21.100 --> 00:13:21.600 past. 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:23.679 So there's a 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:24.399 warning for 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:24.720 you. 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:25.720 Verse 8, 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:27.560 we should 00:13:27.560 --> 00:13:28.240 not commit 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:29.340 sexual immorality 00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:29.940 as some of 00:13:29.940 --> 00:13:31.639 them did 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:32.580 when they were 00:13:32.580 --> 00:13:33.139 in the desert. 00:13:33.139 --> 00:13:33.759 and in 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:34.340 one day 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:35.299 God judged 00:13:35.299 --> 00:13:35.639 them and 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:37.019 23,000 of 00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:37.539 them died. 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:39.600 We should 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:40.179 not test 00:13:40.179 --> 00:13:40.600 the Lord 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:41.019 as some 00:13:41.019 --> 00:13:41.379 of them 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:42.319 did and 00:13:42.319 --> 00:13:42.620 they were 00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:43.240 killed by 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:43.879 snakes. 00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:46.240 And do 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:46.960 not grumble 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:47.460 as some 00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:47.919 of them 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:49.220 did and 00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:49.539 they were 00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:50.100 killed by 00:13:50.100 --> 00:13:50.299 the 00:13:50.299 --> 00:13:50.799 destroying 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.480 angel. 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:55.480 But it's 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:55.899 not just 00:13:55.899 --> 00:13:56.379 the church 00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:56.899 in Corinth. 00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:59.019 Are we 00:13:59.019 --> 00:14:00.019 any different 00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:00.659 in our 00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:01.360 behaviours? 00:14:02.820 --> 00:14:03.259 You see 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:04.000 the story 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.740 of Israel 00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:06.279 is also 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:07.000 a warning 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:08.039 for us. 00:14:08.300 --> 00:14:08.879 Verse 11, 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:10.980 these things 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:11.620 happened to 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:12.220 them as 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:13.360 examples and 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:13.820 were written 00:14:13.820 --> 00:14:14.600 down as 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:15.240 warnings 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:16.740 for us 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:19.080 on whom 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:19.860 the fulfilment 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.500 of the ages 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:21.060 has come. 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.779 So if 00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.420 you think 00:14:23.420 --> 00:14:23.800 you are 00:14:23.800 --> 00:14:24.320 standing 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:24.899 firm, 00:14:26.300 --> 00:14:28.039 be careful 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:30.120 that you 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:31.039 do not 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:31.680 fall. 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:34.300 Don't rely 00:14:34.300 --> 00:14:34.879 on some 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.500 past 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.120 Christian 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:37.080 experience. 00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:38.200 Yes, 00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:38.659 you might 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:38.960 have a 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:39.460 story to 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:39.800 tell of 00:14:39.800 --> 00:14:40.379 how God 00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:41.320 saved you. 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:42.800 Yes, 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.300 you might 00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:43.720 have been 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:44.720 baptised. 00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:45.740 Yes, 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.159 you might 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:46.740 share in 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.159 communion. 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:47.940 Yes, 00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.320 you may 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:48.759 have your 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:49.560 testimony to 00:14:49.560 --> 00:14:49.840 tell. 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:50.540 But if 00:14:50.540 --> 00:14:50.840 we are 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.160 not 00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:51.620 walking 00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:51.980 with 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.440 Christ 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:52.920 today 00:14:52.920 --> 00:14:53.180 in 00:14:53.180 --> 00:14:53.700 repentance 00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:54.080 and 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:54.420 faith, 00:14:54.680 --> 00:14:54.960 it 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.519 counts 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.139 for 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.680 nothing. 00:14:58.220 --> 00:14:58.500 Be 00:14:58.500 --> 00:14:59.100 careful 00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:00.840 that we 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:01.680 do not 00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:02.379 fall. 00:15:03.780 --> 00:15:04.200 You see 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:04.940 this warning 00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:06.980 is actually 00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:07.740 a gracious 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:09.000 gift. 00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:10.139 It's 00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:10.740 reminding 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.540 all of us 00:15:11.540 --> 00:15:12.480 to stop 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.940 and think 00:15:14.940 --> 00:15:15.500 about our 00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:16.100 walk with 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:16.620 Christ. 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:16.820 Christ. 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.000 Don't 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.580 mess with 00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:18.840 sin, 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:19.480 he says. 00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:21.519 Don't 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:21.980 think that 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:22.480 it doesn't 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:22.799 matter. 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:23.860 It does 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.399 matter. 00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.779 How we 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:26.360 live our 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:27.320 lives today 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:28.000 is a 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.539 serious 00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:29.039 thing. 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.779 So make 00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:31.360 sure we 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:32.060 look to 00:15:32.060 --> 00:15:32.519 Christ, 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:33.240 our 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.960 rock, 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:35.320 our 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:36.220 saviour, 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:38.120 so that 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:38.620 we do 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.279 not fall 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:40.659 and that 00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:41.220 we will 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:42.519 reach our 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:43.019 eternal 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.860 destination. 00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:43.980 salvation. 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.419 So that 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:46.779 is our 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:47.639 first gift, 00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:49.620 a warning, 00:15:49.800 --> 00:15:50.300 be careful 00:15:50.300 --> 00:15:50.680 that we 00:15:50.680 --> 00:15:51.100 do not 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:51.440 fall. 00:15:52.680 --> 00:15:53.159 Here's the 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:53.779 second gift 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.120 that we 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.460 are to 00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:54.960 receive, 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:56.340 hope, 00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.460 participation 00:15:58.460 --> 00:16:00.120 in Christ. 00:16:01.180 --> 00:16:01.639 So look 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:01.919 at verse 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.460 14. 00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:04.800 Therefore 00:16:04.800 --> 00:16:05.460 my dear 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:05.840 friends, 00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:06.200 or my 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:06.919 dearly 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:07.500 beloved, 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:09.139 flee 00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:09.700 from 00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:10.639 idolatry. 00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:12.000 You see 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:13.060 Israel as 00:16:13.060 --> 00:16:13.600 a people 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:15.320 had turned 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:15.920 away from 00:16:15.920 --> 00:16:16.360 God, 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:17.040 who had 00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:17.659 saved them 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.040 and brought 00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:19.040 them miraculously 00:16:19.040 --> 00:16:19.840 out of slavery 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.440 into the 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:21.159 promised land. 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:21.879 They had 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:22.540 turned away 00:16:22.540 --> 00:16:23.159 from God 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:23.779 and they 00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.120 had now 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:24.600 turned to 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.200 their own 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:26.180 gods who 00:16:26.180 --> 00:16:26.759 could not 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.420 save them. 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:30.000 And the 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.680 warning or 00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:31.639 the message 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.320 for us is 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.800 that we 00:16:32.800 --> 00:16:33.200 can do 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.920 exactly the 00:16:33.920 --> 00:16:34.399 same thing 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:34.740 as they 00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:35.100 did. 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:36.920 Of course 00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:37.399 we might 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:37.940 not fashion 00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:39.040 a golden 00:16:39.040 --> 00:16:39.759 calf as 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.399 they did, 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:42.139 but we 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:42.800 must remember 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:43.240 that an 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.879 idol is 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:44.939 anyone or 00:16:44.939 --> 00:16:46.399 anything that 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.500 replaces God. 00:16:48.719 --> 00:16:49.919 Someone or 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:51.039 something that 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.579 is more 00:16:51.579 --> 00:16:52.459 important to 00:16:52.459 --> 00:16:53.699 you than 00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:56.159 Christ is 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:56.819 an idol. 00:16:58.439 --> 00:16:59.899 So if work 00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.339 is more 00:17:00.339 --> 00:17:01.139 important to 00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:01.599 you than 00:17:01.599 --> 00:17:02.139 Christ, 00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:03.859 then work 00:17:03.859 --> 00:17:04.240 is your 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:04.619 idol. 00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.579 If your 00:17:06.579 --> 00:17:07.299 children's 00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:08.139 career is 00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:08.980 more important 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.779 than our 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.440 trust in 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:10.860 Christ, 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.940 then the 00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.519 children have 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:13.080 become an 00:17:13.080 --> 00:17:13.420 idol. 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.200 If our 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.799 relationship 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.360 to our 00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:18.519 spouse is 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:19.400 more important 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:19.880 than our 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.759 relationship to 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.299 Christ, 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.620 then that 00:17:23.620 --> 00:17:24.519 relationship has 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.000 become an 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.259 idol. 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.740 If Christmas 00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:29.600 is more 00:17:29.600 --> 00:17:30.380 important to 00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:32.279 you than 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:32.960 Christ, 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.779 then it's 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.259 become an 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.519 idol. 00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:36.700 So, 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:37.660 verse 14, 00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:39.019 flee from 00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:40.059 idolatry. 00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:41.660 Don't fall 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:42.440 as Israel 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:42.799 did. 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.779 Turn from 00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.460 trusting in 00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:44.960 your own 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.700 idols that 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.619 cannot save 00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:47.379 you and 00:17:47.379 --> 00:17:47.920 turn to 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:48.500 Christ who 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:48.839 is our 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.839 true and 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.319 ultimate 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:51.099 gift and 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:51.879 provides us 00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.500 with all 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:52.859 that we 00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:53.819 ever need. 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:57.420 Verse 16, 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:01.200 is not the 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.660 cup of 00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:02.460 thanksgiving 00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.039 for which 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.619 we give 00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:04.660 thanks a 00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:05.839 participation in 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.160 the blood 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.759 of Christ? 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:08.200 and is 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.559 not the 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:08.980 bread we 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.519 break a 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.099 participation 00:18:10.099 --> 00:18:10.660 in the 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.140 body of 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:11.579 Christ? 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:13.759 He's 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.339 talking here 00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:14.740 about the 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.220 Lord's 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.599 Supper, 00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:16.640 communion, 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:17.799 which is a 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.279 gift to 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.879 us and 00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:19.299 we think 00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:19.799 of it as 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.539 a remembrance 00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:21.119 meal. 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.640 With the 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.160 bread and 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:23.619 the wine 00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:24.519 we remember 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.119 the death 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:25.960 of Jesus 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:27.019 Christ on 00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.940 our behalf. 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.640 But this 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.099 is much 00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:30.500 more than 00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:30.960 just a 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.400 meal that 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:31.640 we 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:32.680 remember. 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.339 It's much 00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:35.019 deeper than 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.200 that. 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.680 It's a 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.420 participation 00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:38.319 in Christ. 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.259 So as 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:41.220 we eat 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.860 the bread 00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.539 and as 00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.240 we drink 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:43.860 the wine, 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:44.700 we are 00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.640 by faith 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:47.259 joining or 00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:48.000 uniting 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:49.039 ourselves to 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.559 Christ. 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.120 Again, 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.500 look at 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.259 verse 16. 00:18:51.580 --> 00:18:52.080 He says 00:18:52.080 --> 00:18:52.440 it's a 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.100 participation 00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:55.519 in the 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:55.960 blood of 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.400 Christ. 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.299 It's a 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:57.920 participation 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:00.259 in the 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.819 body of 00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.259 Christ. 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.720 So through 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.360 our eating 00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:03.940 and through 00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.640 our drinking 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:05.180 together, 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:05.900 we are 00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.360 saying that 00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:07.240 what Christ 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:08.020 went through 00:19:08.020 --> 00:19:08.480 on the 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:08.840 cross, 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.640 he went 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:10.220 through for 00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.680 me. 00:19:11.840 --> 00:19:12.540 His death 00:19:12.540 --> 00:19:13.480 was my 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:13.980 death. 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.200 His 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.220 condemnation 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.000 for sin 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:18.080 was my 00:19:18.080 --> 00:19:19.020 condemnation. 00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:19.640 His 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.560 experience 00:19:20.560 --> 00:19:21.220 of wrath 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.600 and being 00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:22.200 shut out 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.840 from the 00:19:22.840 --> 00:19:23.200 Father 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:24.640 is my 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.340 deserved 00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:26.080 wrath. 00:19:27.520 --> 00:19:28.500 So he's 00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.540 reminding us 00:19:29.540 --> 00:19:29.920 and saying 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:31.180 look at 00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:31.460 the 00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.060 saviour 00:19:32.060 --> 00:19:33.000 who truly 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.680 saves. 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:36.400 what gift 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.180 could we 00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:38.100 have that 00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:38.820 is better 00:19:38.820 --> 00:19:39.860 and greater 00:19:39.860 --> 00:19:40.640 than the 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:41.180 gift of 00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:41.620 Christ? 00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.540 So why 00:19:42.540 --> 00:19:43.160 turn to 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.980 these idols 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.500 and these 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.940 God 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.800 substitutes 00:19:45.800 --> 00:19:46.420 who can 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.200 never save 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.420 you, 00:19:47.780 --> 00:19:48.580 never satisfy 00:19:48.580 --> 00:19:49.040 you, 00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:49.640 or never 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.320 fill you? 00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:54.100 In fact, 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:54.480 if we 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.280 participate 00:19:55.280 --> 00:19:56.400 with Christ, 00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:58.759 we can't 00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.480 be joined 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.220 to anyone 00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.380 else or 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:01.900 anything 00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.519 else. 00:20:03.300 --> 00:20:03.740 Have a 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:03.960 look at 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.759 verse 21. 00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:06.240 He 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.480 says, 00:20:06.540 --> 00:20:06.980 you cannot 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.680 drink the 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.040 cup of 00:20:08.040 --> 00:20:08.480 the Lord 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.680 and the 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.080 cup of 00:20:10.080 --> 00:20:10.460 demons 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:10.940 too. 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.460 You 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:11.780 cannot 00:20:11.780 --> 00:20:12.220 have a 00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:12.640 part in 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.360 both the 00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:13.840 Lord's 00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:14.880 table and 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.480 the table 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.080 of demons. 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.800 You see, 00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.300 Israel, 00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:19.100 going back to 00:20:19.100 --> 00:20:19.880 their example, 00:20:20.320 --> 00:20:20.640 they were 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.120 trying to 00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.580 live with a 00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:21.920 foot in 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.780 both camps. 00:20:23.320 --> 00:20:23.580 They were 00:20:23.580 --> 00:20:23.900 trying to 00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.160 have it 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:24.860 both ways. 00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.640 Oh yes, 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.400 God is our 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:26.920 salvation. 00:20:27.300 --> 00:20:28.000 He saved 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.440 us from 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:28.940 Egypt. 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.100 Egypt. 00:20:30.340 --> 00:20:30.860 But we 00:20:30.860 --> 00:20:31.320 like to 00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:31.759 turn to 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.160 our own 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.759 idols and 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.220 live as we 00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.759 please and 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.220 do what we 00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:34.700 like. 00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:36.180 The 00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.840 Christians in 00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:37.400 Corinth were 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:38.019 no different. 00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:38.580 Oh, 00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.299 Christ is 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.519 our 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:39.920 saviour. 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.500 He's 00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.200 rescued us 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.519 from the 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.080 empty way 00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:42.500 of life. 00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:43.440 But we 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.900 like to 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.360 join in 00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:44.620 in the 00:20:44.620 --> 00:20:44.920 pagan 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.740 festivals and 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.400 enjoy our 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:46.799 sexual 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.420 immorality. 00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.420 And they're 00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:48.960 the sorts of 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.340 things we 00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:49.820 like to 00:20:49.820 --> 00:20:50.000 do. 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.640 I think 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.059 the point 00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.620 is simple, 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.180 isn't it? 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.380 We cannot 00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.080 share in 00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:58.660 the Lord's 00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.180 supper on 00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.660 a Sunday 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:01.420 morning and 00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:01.980 then live as 00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.759 we please 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.100 Sunday night. 00:21:05.320 --> 00:21:06.160 We can't 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.860 eat the 00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.740 bread and 00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.160 in our 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:09.100 hearts be 00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.700 turning to 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.360 other gods 00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:10.820 for our 00:21:10.820 --> 00:21:11.220 pleasure. 00:21:12.560 --> 00:21:13.519 We can't 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.200 drink the 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:15.120 wine and 00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.440 in our 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.160 hearts turn 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.660 to other 00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.300 gods for 00:21:17.300 --> 00:21:17.880 satisfaction. 00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:20.240 We can't 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.880 live with a 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.279 foot in 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.400 both camps. 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.140 Verse 21, 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.360 you cannot 00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:25.980 drink the 00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.460 cup of the 00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.340 Lord and 00:21:27.340 --> 00:21:27.840 the cup of 00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.500 demons too. 00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:29.100 Because 00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:29.540 what he 00:21:29.540 --> 00:21:30.160 sounds 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:30.860 strong 00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.380 language 00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:31.740 to say 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.580 the cup 00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:33.140 of demons, 00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.540 he's saying 00:21:33.540 --> 00:21:34.100 but anything 00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:34.580 else that 00:21:34.580 --> 00:21:34.920 you give 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.400 your life 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:35.820 to, 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.440 idolatry, 00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:37.900 a God 00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.500 substitute, 00:21:39.300 --> 00:21:39.800 it's like 00:21:39.800 --> 00:21:40.340 a demon, 00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:41.400 it's other 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:42.120 than God. 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.300 And we 00:21:43.300 --> 00:21:43.600 cannot 00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:44.320 participate 00:21:44.320 --> 00:21:45.200 in it. 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.620 You see, 00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.019 if we 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:50.040 participate in 00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:50.540 Christ, 00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:52.180 we are 00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.180 joined to 00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.660 Christ. 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.100 In Christ 00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:55.480 we have 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.140 received the 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.860 greatest gift 00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.219 of all, 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.039 he is 00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.679 our hope. 00:21:59.719 --> 00:22:00.279 So when 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.139 we feed 00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.599 on the 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.000 bread of 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.399 Christ, 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.419 we are 00:22:03.419 --> 00:22:03.979 truly 00:22:03.979 --> 00:22:04.679 satisfied. 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.579 When we 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.699 drink of 00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.119 the blood 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.679 of Christ, 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.359 we will 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:09.259 never thirst 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.619 again. 00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.119 It's like 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.599 the rock 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:10.879 in the 00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.439 desert that 00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:12.259 continued to 00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.599 flow. 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.939 Christ is 00:22:13.939 --> 00:22:14.699 our ultimate 00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:15.479 source for 00:22:15.479 --> 00:22:16.159 all that we 00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:17.019 ever need 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.919 and all that 00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:18.219 we would 00:22:18.219 --> 00:22:18.740 ever long 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.059 for. 00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:19.939 He is 00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:20.699 our salvation. 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.380 He is 00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.019 the only 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.519 one who 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.340 truly fills 00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:23.660 us. 00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:25.519 We have 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.200 the greatest 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.840 gift of 00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.420 all in 00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.819 Christ. 00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.720 He is 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.500 our eternal 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.000 hope. 00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:33.440 So that 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.759 is the 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.400 second gift 00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.980 we are to 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.500 receive. 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.600 We 00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.340 participate 00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:37.940 in him 00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:39.880 today so 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.319 that we 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.019 will reach 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:42.660 our eternal 00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.920 destination. 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.500 The third 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.000 gift. 00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.240 is not 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.680 so much 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.140 a gift 00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.900 that we 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.600 receive, 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.400 but it's 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:55.860 a gift 00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.660 we give 00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.480 because of 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:57.880 what we 00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.279 have 00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.980 received. 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.819 Life 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:03.840 so that 00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.220 they may 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.880 be saved. 00:23:05.340 --> 00:23:05.779 Look at 00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.640 verse 33 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:08.039 of chapter 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.420 10. 00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.400 Comes at 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.779 the end 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.100 of verse 00:23:12.100 --> 00:23:12.640 33. 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.400 For I 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.840 am not 00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:16.340 seeking 00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:17.100 my own 00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.500 good, 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.840 but the 00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.200 good of 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.559 many, 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:22.500 that they 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.480 may be 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.940 saved. 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.340 You see, 00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.900 in Christ 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.440 we have 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.120 received the 00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.460 greatest 00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:27.900 gift 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.700 possible. 00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:30.120 Spiritual 00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.620 life, 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.340 life with 00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:31.680 God, 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.640 life to 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.400 come in 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.059 his eternal 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.519 kingdom. 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.720 And in 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.519 response to 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.259 this amazing 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.819 gift that 00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.160 we have 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.539 received, 00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.539 we are to 00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.299 give our 00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.400 lives to 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.559 others so 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.279 that they 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.799 may be 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.299 saved. 00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.660 So that 00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.140 they may 00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.120 share in 00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.740 the eternal 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.900 glory that 00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.259 is to 00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.600 come. 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:52.000 in fact, 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.480 we are to 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.000 use our 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.959 lives for 00:23:54.959 --> 00:23:55.419 God's 00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:55.779 glory. 00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.639 Two things 00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.119 we need to 00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.359 do. 00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.139 First, 00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:01.279 I need to 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.839 ask, 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.779 how does 00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.459 my life 00:24:04.459 --> 00:24:07.019 today affect 00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.139 a not-yet 00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.799 Christian? 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.039 How does 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.599 my life 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.619 today affect 00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.899 a not-yet 00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.480 Christian? 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.039 Well, 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.279 look at 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.000 verse 31. 00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.039 So he 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.240 says, 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.559 whatever 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.839 you do 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.879 in life, 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.559 whatever you 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.500 eat or 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.879 drink, 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.480 whatever you 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.859 do, 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.680 do it 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.339 all for 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.899 the glory 00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.920 of God. 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.859 Do not 00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.279 cause 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.500 anyone to 00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.099 stumble, 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.519 whether 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.500 Jews or 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.039 Greeks. 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.899 No matter 00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.180 their 00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.759 background, 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.839 whoever they 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.180 are, 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.579 do not 00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.099 cause them 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.639 to stumble 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.120 or fall. 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.620 You see, 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.060 as a 00:24:43.060 --> 00:24:43.500 Christian, 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.180 I am 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:47.020 free to 00:24:47.020 --> 00:24:47.560 do as I 00:24:47.560 --> 00:24:48.180 please, 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.340 so long as 00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:49.880 I do not 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.380 disobey 00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:50.820 God's 00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.160 word. 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.080 But, 00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:54.640 I am not 00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.400 free to do 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.720 what I 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.520 please if 00:24:56.520 --> 00:24:57.160 it causes 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.120 an unbeliever 00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.780 to stumble 00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.400 and fall. 00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.780 If my 00:25:01.780 --> 00:25:02.360 life and 00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:03.040 my actions 00:25:03.040 --> 00:25:03.480 and my 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.980 behaviour 00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:05.040 becomes a 00:25:05.040 --> 00:25:05.720 barrier to 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.460 someone coming 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.980 to faith, 00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:07.900 I must 00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.900 change how 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.460 I live. 00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:13.580 Second, 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.780 not only 00:25:14.780 --> 00:25:15.180 must I 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.660 ask how 00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.000 does it 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.560 affect a 00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:17.120 not yet 00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:17.520 Christian, 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:17.960 I need 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.320 to ask 00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:18.720 how does 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.160 my life 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.600 affect 00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.400 other 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.000 Christians. 00:25:22.040 --> 00:25:22.560 Verse 00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:23.120 32, 00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:26.259 do not 00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.620 cause 00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.300 anyone to 00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:27.680 stumble, 00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:27.980 whether 00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.580 Jews or 00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:29.700 Greeks or 00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.400 the Church 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.860 of God 00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.440 or fellow 00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.980 believers, 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.040 even as 00:25:33.040 --> 00:25:33.660 I try to 00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:33.960 please 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.740 everybody 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.640 in every 00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.020 way. 00:25:37.040 --> 00:25:37.460 So, 00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:37.840 in the 00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.580 choices and 00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.280 decisions I 00:25:39.280 --> 00:25:39.800 make in 00:25:39.800 --> 00:25:40.300 life about 00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.759 where I 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.119 go and 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.480 what I 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:41.819 do, 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.899 if that 00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.859 causes another 00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.599 Christian to 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.460 fall away 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.339 from Christ, 00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:49.339 that means I 00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.200 must change 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.659 how I 00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:50.980 live. 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.000 You see, 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.639 how I 00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.379 live today, 00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.440 my life 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.000 today is 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.399 not a 00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:56.779 private 00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.379 individual 00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:58.119 experience 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.680 that I'm 00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.259 huddled away 00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.720 and I do 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.180 things on 00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.619 my own. 00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.500 It has a 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.159 profound 00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.899 effect on 00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.339 the lives 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.899 of others. 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.799 A church 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.359 means a 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.980 gathering of 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.339 God's 00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:08.680 people, 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.400 so what 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:09.799 I do 00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.200 has an 00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.440 effect on 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.799 the rest 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.100 of the 00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.360 church 00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:12.779 family. 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.420 So, 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:15.840 I will 00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.340 seek to 00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.100 do all 00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:19.180 things for 00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.799 the glory 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.600 of God. 00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.740 And here's 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.140 the main 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.580 reason, 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.080 and it 00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.500 comes at 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.799 the end 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.120 of verse 00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.720 33. 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.299 For I 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.680 am not 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.420 seeking my 00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.100 own good, 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.440 but the 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.740 good of 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.060 many, 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.680 that they 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.320 may be 00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:34.759 saved. 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:36.299 You see, 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.019 how we 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.500 live 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.700 matters. 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.759 How 00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.359 Israel 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.900 lived 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:43.059 mattered. 00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.740 How the 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.319 people in 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.079 Corinth live 00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.859 mattered, 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.879 and how I 00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.500 live today 00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.920 matters, 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.619 because it 00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.019 has an 00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.440 eternal 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.240 impact on 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.700 the lives 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.079 of other 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.500 people. 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.960 What I 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.440 do with 00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.119 my life 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.180 has eternal 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:57.059 consequences. 00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.339 But because 00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.079 I have been 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.619 saved, 00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.640 because I 00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.140 now have 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.579 Christ, 00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.400 because of 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.900 the hope 00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.180 and the 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.820 participation 00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:05.640 in Christ, 00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.440 I will 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.940 want to 00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.280 live in 00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:07.740 such a 00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.140 way that 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.960 it leads 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.480 other 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.900 people 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.440 towards 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.980 Christ. 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.259 And isn't 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.640 that our 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.220 longing and 00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.660 our hope 00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.300 over the 00:27:14.300 --> 00:27:14.620 Christmas 00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.120 season, 00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:15.840 that our 00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.460 friends and 00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.060 our family 00:27:17.060 --> 00:27:18.080 will not 00:27:18.080 --> 00:27:18.980 fall because 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.940 of us, 00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.740 but because 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.320 of the way 00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:23.980 we live, 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.820 we lead 00:27:24.820 --> 00:27:25.600 them towards 00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:27.040 being saved. 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.720 Not to 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.500 be saved 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.980 is to 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.460 face the 00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.280 emptiness and 00:27:33.280 --> 00:27:33.840 the loneliness 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.299 of an 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.859 eternity 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.259 without 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.899 God, 00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.879 which is 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.819 hell itself. 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.319 You see, 00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:41.939 the greatest 00:27:41.939 --> 00:27:42.699 gift that we 00:27:42.699 --> 00:27:43.319 could possibly 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.439 give anyone 00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:45.339 over this 00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.299 Christmas season 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.980 is the 00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.579 giving of 00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.220 our own 00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:49.099 lives in 00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.759 service to 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.379 other people. 00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.079 Look at 00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.759 chapter 11 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.480 verse 1. 00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.379 Follow 00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:55.539 my example 00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:57.159 as I 00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:57.839 follow the 00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:59.139 example of 00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.619 Christ. 00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.419 That's what 00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:02.039 the Apostle 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.559 Paul did. 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.179 he followed 00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:03.899 the example 00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.639 of Christ. 00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.339 And that 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.579 example is 00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.099 really the 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.940 story of 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.379 Christmas, 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.000 isn't it? 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.379 It's all 00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.139 about Jesus 00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:14.259 Christ who 00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:15.019 came down 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.460 to us, 00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.059 the God 00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.399 man, 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.200 the one who 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.119 gave up his 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.419 rights, 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.139 the King of 00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.460 Kings, 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.460 the creator 00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.980 of the 00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.379 universe, 00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.139 who was 00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.659 born as 00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.380 a child, 00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:27.100 in the 00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.800 back ends 00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.420 of beyond 00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.259 nowhere, 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.220 in a 00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.620 manger, 00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.860 fleeing for 00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.600 his life as 00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.220 a refugee 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.360 with no 00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:36.000 one and 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.400 nothing, 00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.660 becoming like 00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.380 one of us 00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.960 to serve 00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:41.500 the world 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.060 in which he 00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:42.620 came to. 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.360 But not only 00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.860 did he live 00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.720 his life in 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.600 service of 00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:46.900 others, 00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:48.120 he gave his 00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:49.040 life in 00:28:49.040 --> 00:28:49.860 sacrifice 00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:51.879 so that 00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.539 we could 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.199 be rescued 00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:53.740 from our 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.539 slavery to 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:54.799 sin, 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.979 brought into 00:28:55.979 --> 00:28:56.839 the freedom 00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.939 of the 00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.379 ultimate 00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:58.919 promised 00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.479 land, 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.439 the eternal 00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:02.779 kingdom of 00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.199 God. 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.619 That is what 00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.079 he's done 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.699 for us. 00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:07.839 That is the 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.659 example we 00:29:08.659 --> 00:29:09.419 follow as we 00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:09.939 give our 00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.479 lives. 00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:12.119 So just as 00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.679 the apostle 00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.519 Paul followed 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.319 that example, 00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.699 so should 00:29:15.699 --> 00:29:18.000 we give 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.859 our life. 00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:21.399 give your 00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.559 life so 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.079 that, 00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.240 and you 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.799 fill in the 00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.099 name, 00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.899 so that 00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:28.759 may be 00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.259 saved. 00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.059 So can 00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.500 we begin 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.159 to see the 00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:36.000 importance of 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.719 these gifts? 00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:39.199 The gifts 00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:40.000 that we give 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.659 and receive 00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.339 on Christmas 00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.939 morning are 00:29:42.939 --> 00:29:43.740 all temporal. 00:29:45.219 --> 00:29:45.899 They'll all 00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.559 disappear, 00:29:46.699 --> 00:29:47.119 they'll either 00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.819 break or 00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.199 they'll be 00:29:48.199 --> 00:29:48.819 eaten or 00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.159 they'll be 00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:49.779 destroyed. 00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.679 or they 00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:51.240 will become 00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.839 obsolete. 00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.579 They will 00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.639 not last. 00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.879 These three 00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.419 gifts 00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:59.459 have an 00:29:59.459 --> 00:30:00.000 eternal 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.539 value. 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.139 Receive 00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.719 the gift, 00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.519 hear the 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.919 warning, 00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:06.519 so that you 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.979 do not 00:30:06.979 --> 00:30:07.339 fall. 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.439 Participate 00:30:09.439 --> 00:30:10.059 in the hope 00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.719 of Christ 00:30:10.719 --> 00:30:12.419 and the 00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:13.179 blessings that 00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:13.819 we have in 00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.119 him. 00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.179 And having 00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.139 received those 00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:17.659 gifts, 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:19.320 give the 00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:20.259 wonderful gift 00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.700 of your 00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.600 own life 00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:21.980 that will 00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.560 lead and 00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:23.300 point others 00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:24.519 to Christ. 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.460 What 00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.380 greater gift 00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.560 could we 00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:29.540 possibly give? 00:30:30.540 --> 00:30:31.400 Let's pray 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.880 together. 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:52.100 our Father God, 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.740 we pray that 00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.080 you would 00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.940 enable us, 00:30:56.040 --> 00:30:56.720 give us the 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.400 humility 00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.600 opportunity, 00:30:58.220 --> 00:31:00.620 that we would 00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.640 accept and 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.519 receive the 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.259 gifts that you 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.259 have offered to 00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.100 us today, 00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:09.280 that we would 00:31:09.280 --> 00:31:09.960 hear the 00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:12.259 warning so 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.080 that we do 00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.660 not fall, 00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:16.400 that we may 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.380 reach out 00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:19.920 and participate 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.800 in the hope 00:31:20.800 --> 00:31:21.400 of Christ, 00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:23.940 who fills 00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.380 us and 00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.600 satisfies us 00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:27.560 like no 00:31:27.560 --> 00:31:28.080 one else 00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:28.600 or nothing 00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.100 else. 00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.759 And 00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.060 Father, 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.460 would you 00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.200 please give 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.019 us opportunity 00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.759 that we may 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.540 give the 00:31:36.540 --> 00:31:37.220 gift of our 00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.900 own life 00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:39.000 to others 00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:41.420 so that 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:43.259 they may 00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.220 know Christ 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.700 and be 00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.160 saved. 00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.559 Father, 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:48.920 would you 00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.720 please give 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.759 us opportunity 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:52.539 to serve 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.220 you well 00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.880 and to do 00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.799 all things 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.940 for your 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.420 glory this 00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.119 coming week. 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.240 We pray it 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.759 in Jesus' 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.220 name. 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.839 Amen. 00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.420 We're going 00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:09.900 to sing 00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.539 together our 00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.339 final song. 00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.380 It's chosen 00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.640 particularly with 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.940 the theme 00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.359 that we've 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.980 looked at in 00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.200 mind.