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1 Corinthians 10 · Grade 5

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Paul continues the discussion of idol food with a warning from Scripture. The Israelites enjoyed great privileges: the guiding cloud, the passage through the sea, the manna, and water from the rock, which Paul identifies with Christ. These experiences paralleled baptism and the Lord's Supper. Yet most of them displeased God through idolatry, immorality, testing the Lord, and grumbling, and they did not reach the promised land.

Paul draws the lesson. These events happened as examples and were written for the instruction of those on whom the ends of the ages have come. Spiritual privileges do not make anyone immune to falling. Overconfidence is dangerous. Yet the warning is joined to a promise. God is faithful, temptation is common to all, and God will provide a way of escape so that His people can endure.

Paul then applies this to temple feasts. Sharing the cup and bread unites believers with Christ and with one another as one body. Pagan sacrifices, though idols are nothing, are bound up with the worship of demons, and believers cannot share both tables. For ordinary meals, believers may eat with thanksgiving, but they should yield their freedom when it would harm another's conscience. Seeking the neighbor's good, they should do all to the glory of God and give no occasion for stumbling.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Israel's experiences in the wilderness parallel?

  2. What lesson does Paul draw from Israel's failure?

  3. What promise is joined to the warning?

  4. Why can't believers share both tables?

Crossword

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Across

  1. The people sat down to eat and ____
  2. That our fathers were all under the ____
  3. Do all to the ____ of God

Down

  1. Because there is one loaf of ____
  2. For they drank of a ____ rock that followed them

Think About It

  1. Paul warns that overconfidence is dangerous. Why might strong believers need this warning as much as new believers?

  2. Paul joins freedom with love for neighbors. How do you decide when to use a freedom and when to set it aside?

Memory Verse

“Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

1 Corinthians 10:31 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your help when I am tempted. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why is overconfidence dangerous?
  • How do you decide when to set aside a freedom?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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