Thursday, September 7, 2017

Lest Ye Fall

"Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."  I Corinthians 10:12.  In the preceding verses of this chapter, the writer has examined the fall of the people who had been delivered from the bondage of Egypt.  One trespass after another caused them to be destroyed in the wilderness.  They had enjoyed God's deliverance from the captivity.  They were now on a journey that would bring them to the promised land of Canaan.  Yet, they fell.  We enjoy God's deliverance from the captivity of sin through our obedience to the gospel.  As they were baptized in the cloud and the sea, so believers today are baptized in water for the forgiveness of sins.  We through faith are on a journey to the promised land of eternal life.  Can we fall?  This verse is a warning that we can.  What happened to this people long ago can happen to us.  We must take heed that we remain faithful to the deliverance of God and continue to embrace the promise.  The journey to the land is before us.  We must not fall lest we enter not.

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