I Corinthians
Chapter
10
{Chapter
10- Problem of idolatry. Divine provisions of Grace - verses 1-4}
1~~
Moreover, brethren,
I
keep on desiring that you never be in the status of ignorance.
How
that all our fathers {Exodus Generation}
kept
on being under the cloud,
and
all passed through the sea.
2~~
And were all identified {baptizo means ' to be identified with'}
with Moses,
identified
with the cloud {God},
and
the sea.
3~~ And did all eat the same spiritual food {manna from heaven}?
4~~
And did all drink the same spiritual drink?
For
they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them.
And
that Rock was Christ.
5~~
But with many of them
God
was not well pleased {all but a few were carnal}.
For
they were overthrown in the wilderness.
{Note: Kaleb and Joshua used faith rest. Even Moses finally failed by striking the 'Rock' twice when he was told by God to 'speak to the rock' the second time, not strike it - Christ was symbolized by the 'Rock'.}
6~~
Now these things became our examples,
for
the purpose that we should not lust after evil things,
as
they also lusted.
7~~
Stop becoming idolaters, as were some of them.
As
it is written {Exodus 32:6},
"The
people sat down to eat and drink
and
rose up to have a sexual orgy".
{Note: The phallic cult procedure in the heathen temple was 1) Eat the best meat 2) Drink the best alcohol 3) give offerings to the temple of the best animals, and 4) fornicate with the Priests and Priestess of the temple.}
8~~
Neither let us commit fornication
{sex in conjunction with idolatry},
as
some of them committed,
and
fell in one day three and twenty thousand
{Numbers chapter 25}.
9~~
Neither let us tease Christ, as some of them also teased,
and
were destroyed of serpents {Numbers chapter 21}.
10~~
Neither grumble you, as some of them also complained,
and
were destroyed of the destroyer {Numbers chapter 16}.
11~~
Now all these things happened unto them as an example.
And
they are written
for
our admonition {face to face with a warning} . . .
upon
whom the ends of the ages are come.
{Note: This last part is an idiom. The Church age has nothing left to be fulfilled for it to end. It can end now or in 10,000 years.}
{Hindrance
to taking in doctrine - operation Ego Lust with emotionalism}
12~~
Wherefore let him that thinks he stands be on the alert that he not fall.
{Note:
People think they are 'spiritual' and are 'standing' by doing their
human good or 'works' and are praised by their peers . . . but to God
human righteousnesses are:
1) 'your righteousnesses are as filthy rags' to God, and
2) 'Wood, hay and stubble'.}
{Divine
provision to testing for growth or temptations for you to overcome}
13~~
There is no testing/temptation
that
has overtaken you but such as is common to man.
But
God is faithful . . .
Who
will not suffer you to be tested
beyond
that which you are able.
But
will, with the testing,
also
make a way to escape,
that
you may be able to bear it.
14~~
Because of the foregoing principal, my dearly beloved,
flee
from the idolatry {the pagan religious system of the time}.
15~~
I speak as to wise men {people with doctrine} . . .
discern
you what I say.
{Note: Knowledge is building one principal on another.}
{Principal
of the communion- verses 16-21}
16~~
The cup of blessing
which
we remember with great inner happiness . . .
is
it not the communion {means 'fellowship'}
of
the blood of Christ?
The
bread which we break . . .
is
it not the communion of the body of Christ?
17~~
For we . . . many . . .
keep
on always being one bread, one body.
For
we are all sharers of that one bread.
{Note: All believers in the Church Age are in union with Christ.}
18~~
BEHOLD . . . Israel . . .
after
the flesh {the born again Jews} . . .
are
not they who eat of the sacrifices . . .
sharers
with the altar?
{Devil's
communion table-verses 19 and 20}
19~~
What say I then?
That
the idol is any thing?
Or
that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
{Note:
This requires a response of 'No, it is nothing'.
But
'to participate' is 'to have 'communion' or 'fellowship' with
demons'
. . . this is why they must flee idolatry.}
20~~
But I say,
that
the things which the Gentiles sacrifice,
they
sacrifice to demons,
and
not to God.
And,
I do not desire
that
you become fellow-shippers with demons.
21~~
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord
and
the cup of demons.
You
cannot be sharers of the Lord's table
and
of the table of demons.
22~~
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?
Are
we greater than He?
{Note: Jealousy is what is called an 'anthropopathism'. It means to ascribe human characteristics to God. It is a means for our limited minds to understand infinite God. God does not really get 'jealous'.}
{Continuation
of Restaurant question at end of Chapter 8- here with the
unbeliever, the law of expediency supercedes the law of liberty}
23~~
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient.
All
things are lawful for me . . .
but
all things do not reach the peak of edification.
{Note: In our relationship with the unbeliever sometimes expediency supercedes law of liberty.}
24~~
Let no one {believer} seek his own {benefit} . . .
but
another person of a different kind's {benefit}.
{Note: This means to seek after the benefit of an unbeliever not your own benefit.}
25~~
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles . . .
ALWAYS
EAT IT {a command to do so} . . .
asking
no questions for conscience sake.
{Note: The shambles was the meat market next door to the temple of idols and was offered to idols before sold. Paul is saying don't ask if it has been offered to idols- not the issue - Christ is the issue! The conscience here is the unbeliever's conscience. If you make the meat the issue you have lost opportunity to evangelize the butcher.}
26~~ For the earth is the Lord's . . . and the fullness thereof.
{When the law of liberty fails to make Christ the issue, then you switch to the law of expediency}
27~~
If any of them that believe not
invites
you to a feast, and you wish to go,
whatsoever
is served before you, EAT,
asking
no question because of conscience.
{Note: Don't make an issue out of the food - Christ is the issue.}
{SEE
verse 25 and following above this is the opposite side to a coin}
28~~
But if any man say unto you:
"This
is offered in sacrifice unto idols".
EAT
NOT . . . for his sake that showed it . . .
and
for conscience sake.
For
the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.
29-30~~
Conscience, I say,
"Not
your own, but of the other {the conscience of the unbeliever}."
For
why is my liberty judged by another man's conscience? 30~~
For
if I, by grace, be a partaker,
why
am I maligned for that for which I give thanks?
31~~
Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do,
do
all to the glory of God.
32~~
Do not become a stumbling block . . .
neither
to the Jews . . .
nor
to the Gentiles . . .
nor
to the Church of God.
33~~
Even as I please all in all things . . .
not
seeking mine own benefit . . .
but
the benefit of the many . . .
that
they might be saved.
{Note: The 'all in all' here is an idiom meaning Paul makes the true issue of Salvation, the only issue to the unbeliever.}
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