Verse 9-10 specifically warns people not to test the Lord or to grumble like Israel did and causing death among the people. However, four things are in this section that Paul is warning the Corinthians about.
1. Idolatry
2. Sexual immorality
3. Testing God - (questioning God’s limits)
4. Grumbling against God and His leaders.
Paul tells us that we can see the examples from the life of Israel and that we should learn from them. He warns that we need to be careful if we think that we are standing and end up falling. I see this one especially in the last sin, grumbling. Here we see some of the people saying, “We are holy too”(Numbers 16). This is complaining to God’s leaders, we are just as good as you are, but really saying we ought to be in charge, not you. The problem is that if God has set a leader in place, we would be wise not to try to take that authority. Yes, leaders need to be held accountable, but the desire to complain so you can get yourself into a dangerous position.
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