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Introduction
Today, we are back to our study of 1 Corinthians.
Remember, we started this so we could have “God’s Blueprint” for our church.
The fantastic thing about God’s Word is how practical it is not just for our church corporately but also for each of us personally.
Our last message in this series ended with the Holy Spirit encouraging us to live each day for the Lord.
Look at 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (PB Page 682)
As believers, God has a purpose for our lives.
We glorify Him so that we might be effective witnesses for Him.
If you go back and read chapter nine, you will realize that Paul’s life as a believer was focused on one thing.
His focus was to win others to Christ.
For that reason, Paul was determined to be all things to all people so that he might win them.
We, as believers, are to have that exact purpose in mind.
We are all striving together in a race for an incorruptible crown.
By the way, it is a crown that only comes through hard work.
Professional athletes work hard to be the best in their sport.
They put in long hours of training and personal sacrifice.
They do it to gain a corruptible crown.
On the other hand, we have something much more important we are striving to win.
We are running that we might win the “crown of life.”
It does not come on a silver platter.
No, we must RUN to win the race.
Thus, we must live disciplined lives filled with personal sacrifice controlling self for Christ’s sake.
Any believer who does not so run becomes a castaway.
The word “castaway” ends chapter 9 and leads us to chapter 10.
The term “castaway” means anything that does not stand the test or is rejected.
The connotation in verse 27 is a believer who is disapproved and so rejected from present testimony causing them to lose their reward.
They do not lose their salvation.
However, they will stand before the Lord and will not receive His rewards in the end.
The Holy Spirit enlarges this thought.
One of the things that we often overlook is God’s judgment.
Scripture is quite clear that God judges His own.
He not only judged the entire world for their sin and will judge all people based on their relationship with His Son, but He also judges those who believe and follow Him.
He must judge because He is holy.
God, however, is also full of mercy and kindness.
We hold in our hands His Word.
His Word is His gift of mercy and kindness.
We learn God’s expectations for our lives and exhortation to live for Him through His Word.
Such is the case at the beginning of chapter 10.
Chapter 9 ended with the encouragement to run a good race and not be a castaway.
Now comes a clear case of what it looks like to be cast away and a caution to us not to make the same mistake.
Look with me in your Bibles at 1 Corinthians 10:1-5 (PB Page 682)
A Case in Point [Israel’s Failure]
The Holy Spirit starts this chapter by taking us back to the Old Testament.
He uses the children of Israel as a case study for believers today.
Note the opening statement.
The word “ignorant” simply means to lack information.
Thus, the Holy Spirit says there is something you need to know.
He doesn’t want us to miss this crucial information.
He then leads us to Israel.
What does He want us to know about Israel?
Well, first note the word “all.”
He says, “ALL of our fathers…ALL passed…ALL baptized…ALL eat…ALLdrink...” We learn how God led all of Israel out of Egypt from the Old Testament.
He rescued and redeemed all of them.
Not a single Israelite stayed in Egypt.
They ALL began the journey to the Canaan, the promised land.
The promised land is often used as a type of heaven in Scripture.
Consequently, ALL began their walk through the wilderness.
However, not ALL were genuine in their walk with the Lord.
Yes, some truly believed in God’s promise of deliverance and a blessed future in the promised land.
But, if you remember the story of Israel’s journey, it wasn’t long before the trials of the journey revealed the true heart of the Israelites.
Immediately after leaving Egypt, they were challenged by the long, arduous journey ahead.
Their first major challenge came when Pharoah had a change of heart as he gathered his great army to chase them down and bring them back to their captivity.
With Pharaoh’s army bearing down and the great, impassable Red Sea in front of them, many doubted God and began complaining they would die.
As we know, God miraculously delivered them.
However, even God’s miracle at the Red Sea did not stop them from doubting God.
There were many trials and temptations which constantly challenged them in the wilderness.
Yet, despite those challenges and their doubt, God blessed them with five remarkable blessings and privileges.
The Holy Spirit recounts all five of them in our text.
ALL WERE UNDER THE CLOUD
They all experienced God’s presence.
1 Corinthians 10:1 (KJV 1900)
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud...
ALL PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA
For the sake of time, I will not repeat the entire story.
You can read about it in Exodus 14:13-31.
However, the essence of the story is that God delivered them.
They were caught between a rock and a hard place.
The rock was the Pharaoh and his mighty army.
The hard place was the Red Sea.
Yet, God opened the Red Sea, enabling ALL of Israel to escape on dry land to the other side.
Every one of them walked across that day with the Red Sea towering over them on their right hand and their left.
Yet, not a single one of them died that day.
Instead, they watched as the last one crossed over how God destroyed the entire Egyptian army.
ALL WERE BAPTIZED IN MOSES
Moses was God’s chosen leader as He delivered them out of Egypt.
The sense here is Moses is a type of Christ.
God gave Israel the leader it needed to reach Canaan.
As God led Moses, so Moses led the people.
Every person who listened to Moses’ message of deliverance and followed him through the Red Sea and under the cloud was baptized (immersed) in Moses’ mission.
Their willingness to follow him was demonstrated as they walked into the wilderness and the Red Sea, following Moses and the cloud representing Jehovah God.
ALL ATE THE SAME FOOD AND WATER PROVIDED
Interestingly, the Holy Spirit qualified the meat and the drink with the word “spiritual.”
The connotation is simple.
It was “spiritual” because it was provided by God.
In the New Testament, we often see a comparison between things that are “earthly” and that are “spiritual.”
The comparison simply indicated what is of this world versus what is of God.
Thus, the food and the water came directly from God.
He provided it, not man.
They would have starved or died of dehydration had God not provided.
God literally cared for their day-to-day needs as they journeyed through the wilderness.
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