1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-2 REVELATION

INTRODUCTION

PAUL DISCUSSES THE REDEMPTIVE BLESSINGS EXPERIENCED BY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF ISRAEL AS PARALLELS TO THOSE BLESSINGS EXPERIENCED BY BELIEVERS.

PAUL IS CORRECTING THE CHURCH AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THOUGH GOD DELIVERED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, MANY WOULD DIE IN THE WILDERNESS OF UNBELIEF

YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS A BELIEVER

SOME PEOPLE JUST PUT JUSUS ON SUNDAY MORNING THEN TAKE HIM OFF SUNDAY NIGHT

THEY WERE BOTH CARNAL AND SPIRITUAL AT THE SAME TIME

PAUL REMINDS THEM THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE DELIVERED, THEY DIED IN THE WILDERNESS OF UNBELIEF

PAUL IS LOOKING BACK AND RECEIVES REVELATION

THE OT IS FILLED WITH REMINDERS OF THEIR DELIVERANCE FROM EGYPT

PAUL CALLS THE DELIVERANCE AT THE RED SEA, BAPTISM

THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE BEING BAPTIZED

ALL THAT THEY KNEW IS THAT GOD WAS BRINGING THEM THROUGH-MAKING A WAY WHERE THERE WAS NO WAY

SOMETIMES YOU GO THROUGH THINGS AND YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WENT THROUGH THEM

WE WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING UP FRONT

AND WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND

BUT, MOST OF THE TIME THE UNDERSTANDING COMES WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AFTER GOING THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE

THE PSALMIST SAID, IT WAS GOOD FOR ME THAT I HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED

SOMETHING THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS BAD WHILE YOU WERE GOING THROUGH IT, NOW YOU SEE THE PURPOSE

IF THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, I WOULD NOT BE HERE RIGHT NOW

THAT IS WHY WE WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT

WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER......

GOD DOESN’T ALWAYS EXPLAIN WHAT HE IS DOING WHILE HE IS DOING IT

GOD COULD HAVE DELIVERED THEM ANOTHER WAY, BUT HE BROUGHT THEM THIS WAY FOR A PURPOSE

BODY

THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN

WHAT

THEY NEEDED TO GO THROUGH THE WATER

THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE BEING BORN AGAIN

IN ORDER TO BE BORN AGAIN, THEY HAD TO BE BORN THROUGH THE WATER

AND BORN OF THE SPIRIT

THEY WERE ENTERING SONSHIP

THEY HAD TO BE BORN AND IN ORDER TO BE BORN, THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH WATER

IF YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND A PREGNANT WOMAN IN THE FINAL STAGE

WHEN SHE IS GOING TO GIVE BIRTH, HER WATER BREAKS

ANYTIME THERE IS GOING TO BE BIRTH, THERE HAS TO BE WATER

WHENEVER WATER BREAKS, IT IS A SIGN THAT THE BABY IS COMING

GOD IS BIRTHING ISRAEL AND THE WATER IS A SIGN OF BIRTH HAPPENING FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL

IN THE BEGINNING THE EARTH WAS BAPTIZED

THE SPIRIT MOVED OVER THE FACE OF THE WATER

BEFORE THE PRIEST COULD GO INTO THE HOLY PLACE, HE WENT TO THE LAVER

HE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE WATER WHEN JESUS BEGAN HIS MINISTRY, HE HAD TO GO INTO THE WATER AND WAS BAPTIZED AND THEN CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER

IN REVELATION, JOHN SAW GOD SITTING ON THE THRONE AND BEFORE THE THRONE WAS A SEA OF GLASS

WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND, THEY PASSED THROUGH WATER

GOD HAS A WAY OF TAKING US THROUGH STRANGE BAPTISMS

EVEN JESUS SAYS, I HAVE A BAPTISM TO BE BAPTIZED WITH AND SAYS THIS AFTER HE HAS BEEN BAPTIZED BY JOHN

IF HE WAS ALREADY BAPTIZED BY WATER, WHAT WAS HE TALKING ABOUT

HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE CROSS

THE CROSS WAS A BAPTISM

DEATH (SUBMERGED), BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION

WHEN THE ISRAELITES ENTERED THE RED SEA, IT WAS DEATH, BURIAL, AND RESURRECTIOM

SOMETIMES GOD WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOMETHING AND YOU ARE SO BUSY ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DON’T SEE

PURPOSE ISN’T ALWAYS VISIBLE

PROBLEMS ARE VISIBLE

THE PROBLEM PHARAOH IS CHASING ME

THERE IS PURPOSE IN YOUR PAIN

YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED, WHILE GOD IS LOOKING AT WHY IT HAPPENED

I DO NOT LIKE WHAT HAS HAPPENED BUT I TRUST WHAT HAS HAPPENED

ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD

Ephesians 1:9 KJV 1900

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

FOR EVERY PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE, THERE IS A PURPOSE THAT YOU DON’T SEE

THERE IS A PURPOSE FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW

BUT THE REVELATION OF WHY COMES WHEN IT IS OVER

THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE RUNAWAY SLAVES

AS LONG AS PHARAOH WAS CHASING THEM, THEY WOULD BE

THEY WOULD LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDERS IN FEAR

I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO LOVE, FAIL,FALL, LOOK LIKE A FOOL, EXPECT IT TO WORK AGAIN

IF YOU ALLOW PHARAOH TO CHASE YOU, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A SLAVE

BUT GOD TAKES THEM THROUGH THE WATER BECAUSE PHARAOH CHASED THEM THROUGH THE WATER

EVERYTHING THAT BELONGED TO GOD CAME OUT OF THE WATER

EVERYTHING THAT WAS NOT GOD’S WAS DESTROYED IN THE WATER

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GOD TAKES YOU THROUGH JUST TO DESTROY WHAT IS CHASING YOU

A SLAVE IS A SLAVE ONLY UNTIL THEY DIE

DEATH IS FREEDOM

PAUL SAYS, WHOEVER IS DEAD IS FREE FROM SIN

IF WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM IN HIS RESURRECTION

PHARAOH THOUGHT THAT HE OWNED ISRAEL

GOD SAYS, ISRAEL IS MY SON

PHARAOH SAYS, HE IS MY SLAVE

GOD SAYS, HE IS MY SON

PHARAOH SAYS, I AM GOING AFTER MY SLAVE WHILE GOD SAYA, I AM GOING TO DELIVER MY SON

WHATEVER IS CHASING YOU IS SAYING THAT YOU ARE HIS SLAVE, BUT GOD SAYS, YOU ARE HIS SON

WHATEVER IS CHASING YOU CAN GO TO THE WATER AND NOT THROUGH THE WATER

WHEN GOD DECIDED TO DELIVER THEM-THEY DIDN’T KNOW GOD

THEY HAD STOPPED SERVING GOD, NOT PRAYING, NOT LIVING FOR HIM, NOT OBEYING HIM, NOT COMMITTED TO HIM

BUT, WHEN THEIR TIME WAS UP, WHETHER THEY KNEW WHO HE WAS OR NOT

YOUR TIME IS UP

GOD BROUGHT THEM OUT IMMEDIATELY

HE BROUGHT THEM OUT WITH GREAT SUBSTANCE

THEY WENT IN GREAT DISTRESS, THEY CAME WITH GREAT SUBSTANCE

YOU WENT IN WITH GREAT DISTRESS, BUT YOU WILL COME OUT WITH GREAT SUBSTANCE

GO IN DEFEATED, BROKE, SICK, DISCOURAGED, BUT YOU WILL COME OUT IN VICTORY

THE BLOOD WAS APPLIED WHILE THEY WERE IN EGYPT

YOU CAN’T BE BAPTIZED UNTIL THE BLOOD IS APPLIED

THE BLOOD PAID THE BILL

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT GOD DOES IN YOUR HISTORY THAT BECOMES AN ANCHOR OF YOUR FAITH FOR YOUR DESTINY

WHAT THE RED SEA WAS IN THE OT, THE CROSS IS IN THE NT