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“Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. Consider the people of Israel: are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar? What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?” (1 Corinthians 10:14-22 ESV)
The context of this passage of Scripture is found in the whole chapter of 1 Corinthians 10. The Lord had sent Moses to deliver his people Israel from captivity in Egypt and then they ended up wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. But God – Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit – was with them, and he provided for them. But with most of them God was not pleased, for they were engaged in idolatry, revelry, sexual immorality, putting Christ to the test, and grumbling and complaining against God.
And so those who continued in their sins, in rebellion against the Lord, died in the wilderness, and they did not get to go into the Promised Land, and they did not get to enter into God’s eternal rest (salvation from sin and eternal life with God). And these thing took place as examples to us that we might not desire evil as they did and end up with the same result. And so these things were written down for us for our instruction so that we will learn that deliberate and habitual sin will not land us in heaven with God.
So we are to flee from idolatry. We are to flee temptation to sin against the Lord and habitual sin and disobedience to our Lord. And idolatry is anything in our lives which supersedes God as our Lord and Master and which puts other humans or things of the flesh in place of God or as more important than serving the Lord Jesus with our lives in walks of obedience to him in holy living. For we can’t serve the devil and serve the Lord, too. So if sin is our practice, and not obedience, we are of Satan. We are not of God.
And the communion we take is representative of what Jesus did for us when he died on that cross. He took our sins upon him and he put them to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will now die with him to sin and walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to his NC commands. And if we are to come to faith in Jesus we must deny self, die daily to sin, and follow him in obedience to his commands. For if we follow the example of the Israelites who walked in sin, and not in obedience, we will get the same results.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Flee From Idolatry
Video Talk
January 18, 2025
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Zeal for Your House
An Original Work / August 1, 2016
Based off Jn. 2:17; Ps. 69:9
Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.
Lord, I love my times with You.
I love to worship You and sing Your praises.
Time in Your Word brings me closer to You,
List’ning to You speaking to me,
Gently guiding me in truth.
Lord, You are my life’s example,
Showing me how I should live.
I love to walk with You where’er You lead me.
No greater joy have I when serving You.
Loving, giving, resting in Your strength,
I’m yielding to Your will.
Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.
See the church turned upside down:
Marketing ventures taking place of worship,
Men of the gospel turning into clowns.
Gospel message made appealing,
So the world will feel at home.
Lord, we need a great revival.
Turn their hearts, Lord, back to You.
Open the blind eyes, turn them all from darkness,
Lord, to the light. May they return to You,
Turn from their sin, forsake idols,
Be restored to God again.
The context of this passage of Scripture is found in the whole chapter of 1 Corinthians 10. The Lord had sent Moses to deliver his people Israel from captivity in Egypt and then they ended up wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. But God – Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit – was with them, and he provided for them. But with most of them God was not pleased, for they were engaged in idolatry, revelry, sexual immorality, putting Christ to the test, and grumbling and complaining against God.
And so those who continued in their sins, in rebellion against the Lord, died in the wilderness, and they did not get to go into the Promised Land, and they did not get to enter into God’s eternal rest (salvation from sin and eternal life with God). And these thing took place as examples to us that we might not desire evil as they did and end up with the same result. And so these things were written down for us for our instruction so that we will learn that deliberate and habitual sin will not land us in heaven with God.
So we are to flee from idolatry. We are to flee temptation to sin against the Lord and habitual sin and disobedience to our Lord. And idolatry is anything in our lives which supersedes God as our Lord and Master and which puts other humans or things of the flesh in place of God or as more important than serving the Lord Jesus with our lives in walks of obedience to him in holy living. For we can’t serve the devil and serve the Lord, too. So if sin is our practice, and not obedience, we are of Satan. We are not of God.
And the communion we take is representative of what Jesus did for us when he died on that cross. He took our sins upon him and he put them to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will now die with him to sin and walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to his NC commands. And if we are to come to faith in Jesus we must deny self, die daily to sin, and follow him in obedience to his commands. For if we follow the example of the Israelites who walked in sin, and not in obedience, we will get the same results.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Flee From Idolatry
Video Talk
January 18, 2025
Caution: this link may contain ads
Zeal for Your House
An Original Work / August 1, 2016
Based off Jn. 2:17; Ps. 69:9
Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.
Lord, I love my times with You.
I love to worship You and sing Your praises.
Time in Your Word brings me closer to You,
List’ning to You speaking to me,
Gently guiding me in truth.
Lord, You are my life’s example,
Showing me how I should live.
I love to walk with You where’er You lead me.
No greater joy have I when serving You.
Loving, giving, resting in Your strength,
I’m yielding to Your will.
Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.
See the church turned upside down:
Marketing ventures taking place of worship,
Men of the gospel turning into clowns.
Gospel message made appealing,
So the world will feel at home.
Lord, we need a great revival.
Turn their hearts, Lord, back to You.
Open the blind eyes, turn them all from darkness,
Lord, to the light. May they return to You,
Turn from their sin, forsake idols,
Be restored to God again.
