Listen to the warnings written in Israel’s history (1 Corinthians 10: 1-7). Corinth was the New York City of ancient Greece. It was a hustling, bustling, thriving, commercial       metropolis. Goods, ideas, and culture flowed freely through the streets, market places and pagan temples. The who’s who of the citizens hung out at the Temple of Aphrodite. This was the country club. It was the place to be seen and noticed; it was the place to rub elbows.

The Christians in Corinth had grown up with this for years, and now they had a struggle on their hands. It seems that some of them wanted to walk the tight rope, or tiptoe along the edge of the cliff, and even  jump off into this swirling whirlpool of immorality and sin. After all, they are baptized, communing Christians, and they can handle themselves.

In this scripture Paul attempts to draw us to the warning signals flashing in Israel’s history. “You Corinthians need to listen to the warning bells sounding off in Israel’s history.”

Just like we are brought into a close relationship with our Jesus and have a relationship with God through Jesus, so the Israelites were brought into a close relationship with their Moses then God.

Listen to the warnings written in Israel’s  history. Being honest with ourselves, we know we’ve done the exact same things. We’ve stood on the shaky ground and our knees buckled under the pressure to sin against God. But you and I are “ones on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come”. Jesus has already completed living a spot-free life, dying the death as our substitute, and conquered the foe of death by rising from the dead. God has completed his plan of ridding us of our guilty verdict through Jesus. So now when it comes to our Christian living, learn this  lesson, listen to the warnings from Israel’s  history. It’s Jesus our Lord to whom we are to turn.

Have a great week and I will see you in Church.

                        Pam