SCRIPTURE
I Corinthians 10: 1-13
1I do not want you to be
unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and
all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the
cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock
that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, God was
not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness. 6
Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil
as they did. 7 Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is
written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to
play." 8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of
them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9 We must
not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.
10 And do not complain as some of them did, and were destroyed by the
destroyer. 11 These things happened to them to serve as an example,
and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have
come. 12 So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not
fall. 13 No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone.
God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but
with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to
endure it.