1 Corinthians 10:14-22

1. We should flee from sin.
14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 1 Corinthians 10:14 (ESV)

2. We should wisely implement biblical principles to evaluate decisions.
15 I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 1 Corinthians 10:15 (ESV)

3. Observing the Lord’s Supper indicates our union with Christ and the benefits we receive through His atoning death.
16 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? . . . 18 Consider the people of Israel: are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar? 1 Corinthians 10:16; 18 (ESV); Deuteronomy 16:5-6

18 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. Hebrews 9:18 (ESV)

11 “And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the LORD . . . 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten. Leviticus 7:11; 16 (ESV)

4. Observing the Lord’s Supper unites the assembled saints as one body in Christ.
17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
1 Corinthians 10:17 (ESV)

5. Worshiping an idol is tantamount to worshiping a demon.
19 What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 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. 1 Corinthians 10:19-20 (ESV)

17 They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded. Deuteronomy 32:17 (ESV)

36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them. 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; Psalm 106:36-37 (ESV); Revelation 9:20

6. The worship of God must be mutually exclusive to any other form of devotion.
21 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. 1 Corinthians 10:21 (ESV)

12 But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised. Malachi 1:12 (ESV)

7. To show devotion to anything else besides God provokes Him to jealousy.
22 . . . Are we stronger than he? 1 Corinthians 10:22 (ESV)

14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God) Exodus 34:14 (ESV)

8. We should wisely consider our disposition before the all-powerful God. Proverbs 4:14