We Should Not Test Christ

For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.

These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.

1 Corinthians 10:1-11

We all need to know our past mistakes so we don’t do them again. As Christians, we too should look at mistakes from the past and learn from them.

The Israelites made mistakes moving from Egypt to Caanan. We know, from the Bible, that God was not happy with some of their choices.

The inspired Word of God is written for our instruction for living. We should thank God every day for His Word.

God’s warnings are to protect us, not to punish us.

Our Daily Bread – March 14, 2013