1 Corinthians 10:8: Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
A third failure among the privileged Israelites was in the area of sexual immorality. In the Israelites’ case the immorality was associated with idolatry, which also characterized much pagan worship in the first century. But the Corinthians indulged in immorality in contexts other than idolatry, as the instances of rebuke in 1 Corinthians 5:1 and 6:18 illustrate. As God had brought death to the immoral among the Israelites (Num. 25:4–9), He could do in Corinth (e.g., 1 Cor. 5:5), a sobering thought for the libertines who said, “Everything is permissible” (6:12; 10:23). 1
Application
- Read Proverbs 7:21-27.
- Sexual sin involves two people seeking pleasure outside of the marriage covenant. Notice the power she had over men who considered themselves to be strong.
Thought to Share
We are free to sin, but never free from the consequences of sin. – TWEET IT
Prayer
Lord, thank You for the grace to avoid sin and to be forgiven of sin.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (1 Corinthians) (electronic ed., Vol. 44). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.