Temple Baptist Church - 12-17-2025
1 Corinthians 10:1-15
Introduction:
A. “Moreover,” ties this passage with the preceding chapter, where Paul mentions becoming a castaway or being disapproved. Getting into sin, or what we would refer to as getting out of God’s will, carries a more dangerous recompense than being “put on a shelf.”
B. There is much to say concerning the chastening of the Lord in both Old and New Testaments, with one of the more comprehensive illustrations given in this particular chapter. I want to take another quick look at James 1:14-17, which says:
“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
1. In James 1:14-15, We See The Workings of Sin - “Do not err, my beloved Brethren.”
Sin will take you farther than you want to go!
Sin will keep you longer than you want to stay!
Sin will cost you more than you want to pay!
2. In James 1:17, We See The Compassion of the Lord - “Every good gift and every perfect gift.”
a) The Compassion of the Lord - “good gift ... perfect gift” – Hebrews 12:6a - “Whom the Lord loveth”
b) The Consistency of the Lord - “no variableness (His Person), neither shadow of turning (His Purpose)” – Hebrews 12:6b - “Every son whom he receiveth”
C. Tonight, I want to take a look at the results of sin and chastening - 1 Corinthians 10:1-15: Israel came out of Egypt by faith, but they would not go into Canaan by faith.
Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
1. The Lord brought them out to take them in. Many Christians are brought out of their sins through salvation, but through rebellion and unbelief, they never enter into Canaan’s land.
a) Canaan - A Type of Victorious Christian Living.
b) Canaan - A Type of Spiritual Maturity.
c) Canaan - A Type of God’s Perfect Will.
2. These individuals eventually become castaways and are under the judgment of God. For God to bring us out, and for us to refuse to go in, is the utmost ingratitude.
D. Let’s look at the verses in light of Israel, the Corinthian Church, and those of us who live in the last days.
1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
1. A Picture of Privilege – Verses 1-4. Also, a divine privilege for the Corinthians and us.
a. They Were All Under The Cloud – Divine Protection and Guidance – Verse 1.
b. They All Passed Through The Sea – Divine Deliverance – Verse 2.
c. They Were All Baptized Unto Moses – Divine Association – Verse 3.
They believed in the Lord and his servant Moses (Exodus 14:31) and gave themselves up to him as their leader and commander through the wilderness.
d. They Did All Eat – Divine Provision – Verse 3.
e. They Did All Drink - Divine Communion - vs 4 (that spiritual Rock)
2. A Picture of Transgression – Verses 5-10. Also, a possibility for the Corinthians and us.
a. They Lusted After Evil Things - vs 6 Things God did not want them to have.
Numbers 11:4-6 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
b. They Became Idolaters - vs 7 They put worldly things ahead of God.
Exodus 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
c. They Fell Into Immorality - vs 8 Gave themselves over to sexual sin.
Numbers 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
d. They Tempted God - vs 9 They questioned God’s provision and care.
Exodus 17:1, 6 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
1) Doubted God's Word
2) Doubted God's Man
3) Doubted God's Message
e. They Murmured - vs 10 God hates complaining and murmuring. “In everything give thanks!”
Numbers 14:1-5 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
1) They Found Fault. “And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron”
2) They Sowed Discord. “Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!”
3) They Spoke Evil of God's Care. “wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey.”
3. A Picture of Chastisement – Verses 5, 12. Also, a possibility for the Corinthians and us.
1 Corinthians 10:5, 12 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. (12) Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
a. They Displeased God.
b. They Missed Canaan.
c. They Were Overthrown In The Wilderness.
Conclusion: Great Privilege – Great Sin – Great Chastisement.
1. They Lost Their Service - Loss of Reward
2. They Lost Their Hedge - Loss of Hedge
3. They Lost Their Blessing - Loss of Joy
4. They Lost Their Fellowship - Loss of Peace
5. Also, a possibility for the Corinthians and us.
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