1 Corinthians 10:6-10
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.” 8 Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; 9 nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; 10 nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
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.” 8 Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; 9 nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; 10 nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
The example of those who were set free from bondage in Egypt, from sin in a symbolic sense, shows us how easy it is to go back to our own gods of self instead of waiting patiently in hope on the Creator and Sustainer of our souls. They ended up in more and more sin with their idol of gold, until many were punished by death. They tempted Christ and the serpent began to kill as begun in Eden, until they by faith looked up to the one on a tree for deliverance. They complained about the sameness of the miraculous manna to sustain them for 40 years instead of being thankful... So we must not desire wrongly as they did, not substitute anything for God and His will. In our patience we possess our souls.
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