A Common Thing
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1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
3 all ate the same spiritual food,
4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
6 Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
7 And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Introduction
Introduction
Solomon wrote about the circularity of life.
Solomon wrote about the circularity of life.
1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:
2 A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;
3 A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away;
7 A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;
8 A time to love, And a time to hate; A time of war, And a time of peace.
All of life has a rhythm
All of life has a rhythm
22 “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”
Drawing Close to God The Pursuit of God
The paradox of the Christian faith is that those who know him are those who seek him.
4 One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
This rhythm is used to define who we are as believers.
This rhythm is used to define who we are as believers.
What is a Christian?
What is a Christian?
A Christian is A person
++That has found Christ
++With a new identity
++That has been born again
What does this really mean?
What does this really mean?
We can learn from Israel’s History
We can learn from Israel’s History
1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
3 all ate the same spiritual food,
4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
Don’t be unaware
Don’t be unaware
A supernatural relationship with God
A supernatural relationship with God
Clouds covered them
Seas opened before them
They ate spiritual food
They drank spiritual drink
A supernatural hope
A supernatural hope
Based upon a promise
6 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”
24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
They drank in their day from the spiritual rock that came after them.
39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,
40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
That Rock was Christ
That Rock was Christ
1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.
11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.
12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Israel live a life of anticipation
Israel live a life of anticipation
4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
14 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
They were a covenant people
They were a covenant people
++By declaration
++By the faith of another
Being raised in a Christian home
++Devotion
++Deep moral convictions
++Value system
++Doesn’t make you a Christian
11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
They were our examples
They were our examples
++For admonition
++For instruction
++As a warning
12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
Israel had to face some realities
Israel had to face some realities
++The world
++There own humanity
++There own issues
7 And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
It was a Common Thing
It was a Common Thing
++To be tempted sexually
++To temp the Lord
++To complain
All these things led to destruction
All these things led to destruction
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
There is hope
There is hope
13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Our hope is in the Faithfulness of God
Our hope is in the Faithfulness of God
11 This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him.
12 If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.