1 Corinthians 10:1-13 - A History Lesson From Israel

¹ For I would have you remember, brethren, how our forefathers were all of them sheltered by the cloud, and all got safely through the Red Sea. ² All were baptized in the cloud and in the sea to be followers of Moses. ³ All ate the same spiritual food, ⁴ and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they long drank the water that flowed from the spiritual rock that went with them--and that rock was the Christ. ⁵ But with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the Desert.

⁶ And in this they became a warning to us, to teach us not to be eager, as they were eager, in pursuit of what is evil. ⁷ And you must not be worshippers of idols, as some of them were. For it is written, "The People sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance." ⁸ Nor may we be fornicators, like some of them who committed fornication and on a single day 23,000 of them fell dead. ⁹ And do not let us test the Lord too far, as some of them tested Him and were destroyed by the serpents. ¹⁰ And do not be discontented, as some of them were, and they were destroyed by the Destroyer. ¹¹ All this kept happening to them with a figurative meaning; but it was put on record by way of admonition to us upon whom the ends of the Ages have come. ¹² So then let him who thinks he is standing securely beware of falling. ¹³ No temptation has you in its power but such as is common to human nature; and God is faithful and will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. But, when the temptation comes, He will also provide the way of escape; so that you may be able to bear it.