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Warnings From Israel’s History
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For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. SCode Exo 13:21 Exo 14:22
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They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
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and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. SCode Exo 17:6
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Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness. SCode Num 14:29 Num 14:37 Num 26:64~65 Psa 106:26 Heb 3:17 Jud 1:5
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Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. SCode Num 11:4 Num 11:33~34 Psa 106:14 Psa 78:18
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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 revelry." SCode Exo 32:4 Exo 32:6 1Cor 10:14
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We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did - and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. SCode Num 25:1 Num 25:9 Psa 106:29 Act 15:20 1Cor 6:18
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We should not test Christ, as some of them did - and were killed by snakes. SCode Exo 17:2 Exo 17:7 Num 21:5~6 Psa 78:18
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And do not grumble, as some of them did - and were killed by the destroying angel. SCode Exo 12:23 Num 14:2 Num 14:29~37 2Sam 24:16 1Chr 21:15 Psa 78:49
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These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. SCode Rom 13:11 Rom 4:23
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So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! SCode Rom 11:20 2Pet 3:17
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No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. 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 endure it. SCode Dan 3:17 1Cor 1:9 2Pet 2:9
Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper
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Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. SCode 1Cor 10:7
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I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. SCode 1Cor 8:1
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Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? SCode Mt 26:26~28 Act 20:7 Act 2:42 1Cor 11:23~24 1Cor 11:25
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Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf. SCode Rom 12:5 1Cor 12:12~13 1Cor 12:20 Eph 4:4 Eph 4:16 Col 3:15
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Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? SCode Lev 3:3 Lev 7:15 Rom 4:1 Rom 1:3 Rom 9:5 2Cor 11:18 Heb 13:10
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Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? SCode 1Cor 8:4
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No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. SCode Deu 32:17
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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. SCode Deu 32:38 Isa 65:11 2Cor 6:15~16
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Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he? SCode Deu 32:21 Ecc 6:10 Ezk 22:14
The Believer’s Freedom
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"I have the right to do anything," you say - but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything" - but not everything is constructive. SCode 1Cor 8:9 1Cor 6:12
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No one should seek their own good, but the good of others. SCode Rom 15:1 1Cor 13:5 1Cor 10:33 2Cor 12:14 Phil 2:21
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Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, SCode 1Cor 8:7
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for, "The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it." SCode Exo 19:5 Exo 9:29 Deu 10:14 Job 41:11 Psa 24:1 Psa 50:12
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If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. SCode Lk 10:8
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But if someone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.
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I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience? SCode Rom 14:16 1Cor 8:9~12 1Cor 9:19
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If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for? SCode Rom 14:6 1Tim 4:3~4
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So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. SCode Col 3:17 1Pet 4:11
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Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God - SCode Act 20:28 Rom 14:13 1Cor 8:13 1Cor 11:16 2Cor 6:3
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even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. SCode 1Cor 9:22~23 1Cor 10:24 Gal 1:10
NIV Footnotes
  1. 10:7 Exodus 32:6
  2. 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord
  3. 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  4. 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  5. 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  6. 10:26 Psalm 24:1
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