2. Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

3. God’s chosen people are blessed with privileges Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

4. 1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 (NET Bible)

5. 1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 (NET Bible)

6. “Lest his audience fall into the trap of thinking that being in Christ renders them immune to divine judgment, Paul discovers the presence of Christ with the Israelites: Now the rock was Christ.” –Pheme Perkins “Lest his audience fall into the trap of thinking that being in Christ renders them immune to divine judgment, Paul discovers the presence of Christ with the Israelites: Now the rock was Christ.” –Pheme Perkins Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

7. God’s chosen people are blessed with privileges Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

8. God’s chosen people are blessed with privileges We can avoid the failures of others God’s chosen people are blessed with privileges We can avoid the failures of others Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

9. 5 But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness. 6 These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did… 11 These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come. 1 Corinthians 10:5-6, 11 (NET Bible)

10. “The presence of supernatural privileges in the lives of Old Testament Israelites did not produce automatic success. On the contrary, in spite of their special advantages, most of them…experienced God’s discipline, were disqualified, and died in the desert.” –BKC “The presence of supernatural privileges in the lives of Old Testament Israelites did not produce automatic success. On the contrary, in spite of their special advantages, most of them…experienced God’s discipline, were disqualified, and died in the desert.” –BKC Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

11. God’s chosen people are blessed with privileges We can avoid the failures of others God’s chosen people are blessed with privileges We can avoid the failures of others Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

12. God’s chosen people are blessed with privileges We can avoid the failures of others Resisting temptation preserves our witness and avoids God’s discipline God’s chosen people are blessed with privileges We can avoid the failures of others Resisting temptation preserves our witness and avoids God’s discipline Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

13. 7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” 8 And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day. 9 And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes. 10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel… 1 Corinthians 10:7-10, 12-13 (NET Bible)

14. 12 So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall. 13 No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:7-10, 12-13 (NET Bible)

15. 1)Idolatry Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

16. 1)Idolatry Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures Religion: “Complex pattern of the relationships between humans and what concerns them ultimately.” “Ultimate Concern” Religion: “Complex pattern of the relationships between humans and what concerns them ultimately.” “Ultimate Concern”

17. 1)Idolatry 2)Immorality 1)Idolatry 2)Immorality Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

18. 1)Idolatry 2)Immorality 3)Testing the Lord 1)Idolatry 2)Immorality 3)Testing the Lord Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

19. 1)Idolatry 2)Immorality 3)Testing the Lord 4)Grumbling 1)Idolatry 2)Immorality 3)Testing the Lord 4)Grumbling Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

20. 1)Idolatry 2)Immorality 3)Testing the Lord 4)Grumbling 5)Pride 1)Idolatry 2)Immorality 3)Testing the Lord 4)Grumbling 5)Pride Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

21. “Throughout the letter, Paul steps in to correct overconfident claims about salvation and Christian freedom in Corinth.” –Pheme Perkins “Throughout the letter, Paul steps in to correct overconfident claims about salvation and Christian freedom in Corinth.” –Pheme Perkins Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

22. 13 No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NET Bible)

23. trial = πειρασμός temptation = trial = πειρασμός temptation = Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

24. trial = πειρασμός temptation = πειρασμός trial = πειρασμός temptation = πειρασμός Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

25. Resist temptations and endure trials. Resist temptations and endure trials. Why We Should Learn from Others’ Failures

26. 1 Corinthians Applications: Read/study 1 Corinthians 10:14-33. [www.netbible.org] Count your blessings. Learn from the failures of others. Endure trials, by God’s strength. Find God’s escape plan when tempted. Applications: Read/study 1 Corinthians 10:14-33. [www.netbible.org] Count your blessings. Learn from the failures of others. Endure trials, by God’s strength. Find God’s escape plan when tempted.