Take heed lest you fall 1 Corinthians 10

Take heed lest you fall! 1 Corinthians 10: 1 -13

ISRAEL (Our Example) 1 Cor. 10: 1 -11 • Relationship with God (11: 2; Gal. 3: 27) • Chosen people (Exo. 19: 5 -6; Psa. 135: 4; 1 Pet. 2: 9 • 10) Unbelief (Heb. 3: 15 -19) 2

Take Heed Lest You Fall! 1 Corinthians 10: 12 • Israel thought she stood with God, Matthew 3: 8 -9 • Israel did not take heed, 1 Cor. 10: 6 -11; Psa. 106: 13 -15, 19 -25 • Israel fell, Psa. 106: 26 -27 (Num. 14: 26 -35) What about us? ! 3

Examine Your Faith 1 Corinthians 10: 12 Know the signs a faltering faith of Heb. 3: 12 -13; 2 Cor. 13: 5 4

Signs of Faltering Faith (Gal. 6: 3 -4) (TAKE HEED LEST YOU FALL!) • We can deceive ourselves that our faith is stronger than it is by… – Equating men’s estimation of our faithfulness with God’s approval of us, Luke 6: 26; Revelation 3: 1 5

Signs of Faltering Faith (Gal. 6: 3 -4) (TAKE HEED LEST YOU FALL!) • We can deceive ourselves that our faith is stronger than it is by… – Minimizing the corrupting effect of evil influences, 1 Cor. 15: 33 • Israel, Exo. 23: 2; Num. 25: 1 -3; 31: 16 • Not of the world, 1 Pet. 4: 1 -2; 17: 15 -17 Jno. 6

Signs of Faltering Faith (Gal. 6: 3 -4) (TAKE HEED LEST YOU FALL!) • We can deceive ourselves that our faith is stronger than it is by… – Becoming spiritually complacent, neglectful and apathetic, Rev. 3: 16 -17 • Lukewarm have trouble acknowledging their real spiritual condition • Fervent in spirit , Rom. 12: 11; Jas. 4: 17 7

Signs of Faltering Faith (Gal. 6: 3 -4) (TAKE HEED LEST YOU FALL!) • We can deceive ourselves that our faith is stronger than it is by… – Thinking we are above temptation and sin, Jas. 1: 12 -16 • Failing to recognize dangers, 1: 16 • Pride goes before a fall, Prov. 16: 18 8

Signs of Faltering Faith (Gal. 6: 3 -4) (TAKE HEED LEST YOU FALL!) • We can deceive ourselves that our faith is stronger than it is by… – Relying on past faithfulness, 1 Tim. 6: 12 (2 Tim. 4: 6 -7) • Press onward and upward, Phil. 3: 12 -14 • See present opportunities, Gal. 6: 10; Jno. 4: 35 9

Signs of Faltering Faith (Gal. 6: 3 -4) (TAKE HEED LEST YOU FALL!) • We can deceive ourselves that our faith is stronger than it is by… – Equating believing with obeying, Lk. 6: 46; Matt. 7: 21; Heb. 3: 18 -19 • Faith without obedience is vain, Jas. 2: 14 -20 • Faith working through love produces genuine hope, Gal. 5: 5 -6 10

Israel’s Fall is Our Warning! 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. 9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. (2 Corinthians 5: 7 -9) 11