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August 3
Sunday


TELL ME
THE STORY

READ:
1 Corinthians 10:1-11
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All these things
happened to them as
examples, and ... for
our admonition.
__ 1 Corinthians 10:11
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Now that I have grandkids, I'm back into the classic children's Bible stories. Wide-eyed stories like David and Goliath, Noah's ark, and Jonah and the big fish quickly capture a child's imagination!

But there's a danger here__not with the stories themselves but rather with our attitude toward them. If we view them simply as kids' stories, kind of like the Grimm's Fairy Tales of the Bible, we miss the point.

The stories of the Bible were never meant to be outgrown. There are profound lessons to be learned from the amazing accounts of those who faced giants, floods, and fish!

Hundreds of years after the fact, the apostle Paul explained that the things that happened to Moses and the Israelites as they wandered through the desert "happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition" (1 Cor. 10:11). These stories are about us. They mirror the tensions we face daily as we too seek to apply God's will and ways to the realities of our lives. They teach us of the treachery of sin, our desperate need to trust God unflinchingly, and the importance of staying faithful and true to Him regardless of what happens.

Don't ignore the old stories. You might be surprised what God wants to teach you through them. __Joe Stowell
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```````````````````We learn the blessed word of God``````````````
`````````````````````To fix it firmly in our heart,`````````````````
```````````````````And when we act upon that Word```````````````
``````````````Its truth from us will not depart. __D. De Haan````````
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Stories from the past
can give us pointers for the present.

************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Corinthians 10:1-11*********

1 Moreover, brethren, I do
not want you to be unaware
that all our fathers were
under the cloud, all passed
through the sea, 2 all were
baptized into Moses in the
cloud and in the sea, 3 all
ate the same spiritual food,

4 and all drank the same
spiritual drink. For they
drank of that spiritual Rock
that followed them, and that
Rock was Christ. 5 But with
most of them God was not
well pleased, for their
bodies were scattered in the
wilderness.

6 Now these things became
our examples, to the intent
that we should not lust after
evil things as they also
lusted. 7 And do not become
idolaters as were some of
them. as it is written, "The
people sat down to eat and
drink, and rose up to play."

8 Nor let us commit sexual
immorality, as some of
them did, and in one day
twenty-three thousand fell;

9 nor let us tempt Christ, as
some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed by
serpents; 10 nor complain, as
some of them also
complained, and were
destroyed by the destroyer.

11 Now all these things
happened to them as
examples, and they were
written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the
ages have come.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul tells the story of the exodus of the
Israelites from Egypt so that the believers at Corinth would learn
from the mistakes they had made. Here, Paul contrasts the benefits
enjoyed by "all" (vv.1-4) with the poor choices made by "some"
(vv.8-10). As verse 11 reminds us, we should learn from their
example. __Bill Crowder