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.”Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
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… Do not worship false gods as some of them did. As it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to indulge in pagan revelry. And we should not practice sexual immorality as some of them did. and 23,000 fell dead in a single day. And we should not put Christ to the test as some of them tested him and were being killed by snakes and do not grumble as some of them grumbled and were destroyed by the destroyer. These things kept happening to them as formative patterns and they were written down for our instruction for us on whom the ends of the ages has come. Therefore, let anyone who thinks he stands watch out so that he doesn't fall. No temptation, no test has overtaken you that's not common to humankind. And God is faithful. God is trustworthy. He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But alongside the temptation, alongside the test, God will make the way out. …
… to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted, and do not become idolatrous as were some of them. As it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. Nor let us commit sexual immorality. This is Paul talking to the Corinthian church and telling them, rehearsing for them what happened to the Israelites as to why they never reached some of the things that God had for them in life. Nor let us commit sexual immorality, verse 8, as some of them did, and in one day 23,000 people died because of sexual sin. 23,000 died in one day because of sexual sin. Fornication. Y'all know what fornication is? don't act like y'all don't know what it is. Y'all know what it is. This is sex outside of marriage. And I want to be clear with you all to understand that the Bible is clear about this. Ephesians 5, 3, but fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you as is fitting for saints. …
… Fornication is the most egregious sin of the flesh. But listen to 1 Corinthians chapter 10, verses 7 and following. Paul is talking to the people at Corinth and he says, neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them, as it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed and fell in one day, three in 20,000, 23,000 died in one day because they were fornicating. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted and were destroyed of serpents. neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured and were destroyed of the tempter. Did you see that? In this passage, if you want to check it out again, 1 Corinthians 10, beginning in verse 7, God ranks idolatry and fornication and tempting Christ. God ranks murmuring, I should have said, along with those three sins. Murmuring is the devil's way to divide when God wants to multiply. Never, no never, no never, no never dare to be a murmurer. …