Day 5

Scripture to Read: 1 Corinthians 10:10

So far, God has warned against craving evil things,not to be idolaters, not to live or act immorally, and not to test the Lord. As we move forward, we read today what God had Paul record in 1 Corinthians 10:10, “Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.” To grumble means to have unjustified discontentment. God used the Israelites’ example that occurred in Numbers 16 when “Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took action, 2 and they rose up before Moses, together with some of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation,” (Numbers 16:1–2). These men claimed to be just as holy as Moses and Aaron and they also claimed that Moses and Aaron had exalted themselves above the assembly of the Lord. Needless to say, God brought His judgment on all of these men who stood against Moses and Aaron. But then, the very next day, even after seeing how God opened the earth and swallowed up those who rebelled, “all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, ‘You are the ones who have caused the death of the Lord’s people.’” (Numbers 16:41). Again, we see just an incredibly stubborn and arrogant people. God wants us, as His children, to walk humbly before Him. God desires that our fellowship with Him be intimate so that we do all things without any grumbling.

Challenge & Application

What kind of discipline did God bring on those who grumbled against Moses and Aaron? How are you guarding your heart from grumbling against anyone, but instead, resting in God’s sovereign hand?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

God has continual warnings throughout His Word for His children so that we do not walk as lost people walk. God used Paul to share with the believers in Corinth not to walk as the disobedient children of Israel walked after they had been delivered from the bondage of Egypt, as recorded in the Book of Exodus. We read in 1 Corinthians 10:1–5, “...

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Day 2

God explained through Paul what His children should avoid. We read in 1 Corinthians 10:6–7, “Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.’” God has recorded wa...

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Day 3

Through Paul, God continued to lay out the acts of the flesh that the Israelites fell into, because God wants to ensure that all of His children avoid them. We read in 1 Corinthians 10:8, “Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.” The children of Israel (in Numbers 25:1–9) had chosen to turn th...

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Day 4

So far, God has shown us several examples of the stubbornness of the children of Israel. Through Paul, God lays out another example, as we read in 1 Corinthians 10:9, “Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents.” God had Paul remind the Christians in Corinth of what happened as recorded in Numbers 21:5–9....

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Day 5

So far, God has warned against craving evil things,not to be idolaters, not to live or act immorally, and not to test the Lord. As we move forward, we read today what God had Paul record in 1 Corinthians 10:10, “Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.” To grumble means to have unjustified discontentment. God use...

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Day 6

Through Paul, God tells us today why He gave all of the examples, as we read in 1 Corinthians 10:11–13, “Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken...

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Day 7

God had Paul warn the Christians in Corinth—and this warning remains relevant for all Christians today—to guard against any kind of idolatry. God wants all of His children to flee from the worship of any kind of idols. God had Paul use the example of the Lord’s Supper. We must realize that when we take the cup at the Lord’s Supper, it serves ...

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