1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Introduction

I: MISPLACED TRUST IN BLESSING (1-5)

A: The blessing of the sacraments

B: The argument: Israel had the same blessings.

Numbers 14:22, 23, 29, 30 “none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these ten times and have not obeyed my voice, shall see the land that I swore to give to their fathers. …your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, … not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you dwell, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.”

II: THE SAME OLD SINS (6-10)

• Idolatry (7) Ex. 32:6

• Sexual Immorality (8) Num. 25

• Testing the Lord (9) Num. 21

• Grumbling (10, Num. 14 and/or 16)

III: A SOBERING WARNING (11-13)

A: The Warning: “Be careful lest you fall.” (Prov. 16:18)

B: A Greater Responsibility (11)

C: Common Temptation and an “exodus” (13)

Conclusion