The Corinthian church was plagued by divisions. The believers in Corinth were dividing into groups loyal to certain spiritual leaders (1st Corinthians 1 : 12; 3 : 1 – 6). Paul exhorted the Corinthian believers to be united because of devotion to Christ (1st Corinthians 3 : 21 – 23). Many in the church were essentially approving of an immoral relationship (1st Corinthians 5 : 1 – 2). Paul commanded them to expel the wicked man from the church (1st Corinthians 5 : 13). The Corinthian believers were taking each other to court (1st Corinthians 6 : 1 – 2). Paul taught the Corinthians that it would be better to be taken advantage of than to damage their Christian testimony (1st Corinthians 6 : 3 – 8).
Paul gave the Corinthian church instructions on marriage and celibacy (chapter 7), food sacrificed to idols (chapters 8 and 10), Christian freedom (chapter 9), the veiling of women (1st Corinthians 11 : 1 – 16), the Lord’s Supper (1st Corinthians 11 : 17 – 34), spiritual gifts (chapters 12 – 14), and the resurrection (chapter 15). Paul organized the book of 1st Corinthians by answering questions the Corinthian believers had asked him and by responding to improper conduct and erroneous beliefs they had accepted.
In chapter 10 of the Book of 1st Corinthians, Paul uses the story of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness to illustrate to the Corinthian believers the folly of the misuse of freedom and the danger of overconfidence. Paul has just warned the Corinthians about their lack of self-discipline (1st Corinthians 9 : 24 – 27). He goes on to describe the Israelites who, despite seeing God’s miracles and care for them—the parting of the Red Sea, the miraculous provision of manna from heaven and water from a rock—they misused their freedom, rebelled against God, and fell into immorality and idolatry. Paul exhorts the Corinthian church to note the example of the Israelites and avoid lusts and sexual immorality (vv. 6 – 8) and putting Christ to the test and complaining (vv. 9 – 10). See Numbers 11 : 4, 34, 25 : 1 – 9; Exodus 16 : 2, 17 : 2, 7.
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