Paul tells us this is an example to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things. He warns us that if we think we are standing firm, we are to be careful not to fall! Paul makes it clear it is possible for us to set our hearts on evil as they did.
1 Corinthians 10: ISV
1Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the fact that all of our ancestors who left Egypt were under the cloud.
- They all went through the sea,
- 2and they all were immersed into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
- 3They all ate the same spiritual food
- 4and drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from the spiritual rock that went with them. That rock was the Messiah.
- 5But God wasn’t pleased with most of those people, and so they were struck down in the wilderness.
6Now their experiences serve as examples for us so that we won’t set our hearts on evil as they did.
- 7Let’s stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play.”
- 8Let’s stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead.
- 9Let’s stop putting the Lorde to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes.
- 10You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer.
- 11These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down as a warning for us in whom the culmination of the ages has been attained.
- 12Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing securely should watch out so he doesn’t fall.
- 13No temptation has overtaken you that is unusual for human beings. But God is faithful, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. Instead, along with the temptation he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to endure it.
14And so, my dear friends, keep on running away from idolatry.
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