Warnings
From Israel's History
For
I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers,
That
our forefathers were all under the Cloud
And
that they all passed through the sea.
2
THE WERE ALL BAPTIZED INTO MOSES
IN
THE CLOUD AND IN THE SEA.
3
THEY ALL ATE THE SAME SPIRITUAL FOOD
4
AND DRANK THE SAME SPIRUTAL DRINK;
FOR
THEY DRANK FROM THE SPRITUAL ROCK
THAT
ACCOMPAIED THEM,
AND
THAT ROCK WAS CHRIST.
5
NEVERTHELESS, GOD WAS NOT PLEASED WITH MOST OF THEM;
THEIR
BODIES WERE SCATTERED OVER THE DESERT.
6
NOW THESE THINGS OCCURRED AS EXAMPLES,
TO
KEEP US FROM SETTING OUR HEARTS ON EVIL THINGS
AS
THEY DID.
7
DO NOT BE IDOLATERS, AS SOME OF THEM WERE;
As
it is written:
'THE
PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK
AND
GOT UP TO INDULGE IN PAGAN REVELRY.'
WE
SHOULD NOT COMMIT SEXUAL IMMORALITY,
AS
SOME OF THEM DID--
AND
IN ONE DAY TWENTY THREE THOUSAND OF THEM DIED.
9
WE SHOULD NOT TEST THE LORD,
AS
SOME OF THEM DID--AND WERE KILLED BY SNAKES
10
AND DO NOT GRUMBLE, AS SOME OF THEM DID--
AND
WERE KILLED BY THE DESTROYING ANGEL.
11
THESE THINGS HAPPENED TO THEM AS EXAMPLES
AND
WERE WRITTEN DOWN AS WARNINGS FOR US,
ON
WHOM THE FULLFIMENT OF THE AGES HAS COME.
12
SO IF YOU THINK YOU ARE STANDING FIRM,
BECAREFUL
THAT YOU DON' FALL.
13
NO TEMPTATION HAS SEIZED YOU
EXCEPT
WHAT IS COMMON TO MAN.
AND
GOD IS FAITHFUL;
HE
WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED
BEYOND
WHAT YOU CAN BEAR.
BUT
WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED,
HE
WILL ALSO PROVIDE A WAY OUT
SO
THAT YOU CAN STAND UP UNDER IT.
Idol
Feasts And The Lord's Supper
14
Therefore, my dear friends,
FLEE
FROM IDOLATRY.
15
I speak to sensible people;
Judge
for yourselves what I say.
16
Is not the Cup of Thanksgiving
For
which we give thanks
A
Participation in the Body of Christ?
And
is not the Bread that we break
A
Participation in the One Loaf,
WE
WHO ARE MANY, ARE ONE BODY,
FOR
WE ALL PARTAKE OF THE ONE LOAF.
18
Consider the people of Israel:
Do
not those who eat the Sacrifices
Participate
in the Altar?
19
Do I mean then that a Sacrifice offered to and Idol is anything?
20
NO, BUT THE SACRIFICES OF PAGANS
ARE
OFFERED TO DEMONS, NOT TO GOD,
AND
I DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE PARTICIPANTS WITH DEMONS.
21
YOU CANNOT DRINK THE CUP OF THE LORD
AND
THE CUP OF DEMONS TOO;
YOU
CANNOT HAVE A PART IN BOTH
THE
LORD'S TABLE AND THE TABLE OF DEMONS.
22
ARE WE TRYING TO AROUSE THE LORD'S JEALOUSY?
ARE
WE STRONGER THAN HE?
The
Believer's Freedom
23
'Everything is Permissible--
But
not everything is Beneficial.
'Everything
is Permissible'--
But
not everything is Constructive.
24
NO BODY SHOULD SEEK HIS OWN GOOD,
BUT
THE GOOD OF OTHERS.
25
EAT ANYTHING SOLD IN THE MEAT MARKET
WITHOUT RAISING QUESTIONS OF CONSCIENCE,
26
FOR, 'THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND EVERYTHING IN IT.'
27 If
some unbeliever invites you to a meal
And
you want to go,
Eat
whatever is put before you
Without
raising questions of Conscience.
28
But if someone says to you,
'This
has been offered in Sacrifice,'
Then
do not eat it,
Both
for the sake of the man who told you
And
for Conscience' Sake--
29
The other man's Conscience not yours.
FOR
WHY SHOULD MY FREEDOM
BE
JUDGED BY ANOTHER'S CONSCIENCE?
30
If I take part in the meal with thankfulness,
Why
am I Denounced because of something I thank God for?
31
SO WHETHER YOU EAT OR DRINK
OR
WHATEVER YOU DO,
DO
IT ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
32
DO NOT CAUSE ANYONE TO STUMBLE,
WHETHER
JEWS, GREEKS OR THE CHURCH OF GOD--
33
EVEN AS I TRY TO PLEASE EVERYBODY IN EVERY WAY.
FOR
I AM NOT SEEKING MY OWN GOOD
BUT
THE GOOD OF MANY,
SO
THAT THEY MANY BE SAVED.
(1
Corinthians 10)
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