1 Corinthians 10:1-5
"Now I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ. But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the desert.
The Holy Bible : Holman Christian standard version. 2003 (1 Co 10:1-5). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
In self examination one of the questions we shoud be asking ourselves is how we are complaining against the Lord. When we ask "Is the Lord with us, or not?", and this is our implicit statement, we are testing the Lord. But just as God showed His prescence to the children of Israel when Moses was leading them to the promise land, we know also the proof of the prescence of Christ being in us. When Paul was speaking to the Corinthians (2 Cor. 13:2-4), he admonished them.: "I gave warning, and I give warning — as when I was present the second time, so now while I am absent — to those who sinned before and to all the rest: if I come again, I will not be lenient, since you seek proof of Christ speaking in me. He is not weak toward you, but powerful among you. In fact, He was crucified in weakness, but He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, yet toward you we will live with Him by God’s power."
Paul did not need to not speak much in proof of Christ being in himself, their minister (2Co 13:3), "for if ye try your own selves ye will see that Christ is also in you" [Chrysostom], (Ro 8:10). "Finding Christ dwelling in yourselves by faith, ye may well believe that He speaks in me, by whose ministry ye have received this faith" [Estius]. To doubt it would be the sin of Israel, who, after so many miracles and experimental proofs of God’s presence, still cried (Ex 17:7), “Is the Lord among us or not?”
What is your "waters of Meribah"? Is the Lord with you? If the Spirit of Christ indwells you, then the answer is "Yes, the Lord is with me". Now, if the Lord is with you, why do you contend against Him. Why do we find it necessary to test Him constantly? Do you lack patience? "My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. 11 Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful."
The New King James Version. 1982 (Jas 5:10-11). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
The Holy Bible : Holman Christian standard version. 2003 (1 Co 10:1-5). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
In self examination one of the questions we shoud be asking ourselves is how we are complaining against the Lord. When we ask "Is the Lord with us, or not?", and this is our implicit statement, we are testing the Lord. But just as God showed His prescence to the children of Israel when Moses was leading them to the promise land, we know also the proof of the prescence of Christ being in us. When Paul was speaking to the Corinthians (2 Cor. 13:2-4), he admonished them.: "I gave warning, and I give warning — as when I was present the second time, so now while I am absent — to those who sinned before and to all the rest: if I come again, I will not be lenient, since you seek proof of Christ speaking in me. He is not weak toward you, but powerful among you. In fact, He was crucified in weakness, but He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, yet toward you we will live with Him by God’s power."
Paul did not need to not speak much in proof of Christ being in himself, their minister (2Co 13:3), "for if ye try your own selves ye will see that Christ is also in you" [Chrysostom], (Ro 8:10). "Finding Christ dwelling in yourselves by faith, ye may well believe that He speaks in me, by whose ministry ye have received this faith" [Estius]. To doubt it would be the sin of Israel, who, after so many miracles and experimental proofs of God’s presence, still cried (Ex 17:7), “Is the Lord among us or not?”
What is your "waters of Meribah"? Is the Lord with you? If the Spirit of Christ indwells you, then the answer is "Yes, the Lord is with me". Now, if the Lord is with you, why do you contend against Him. Why do we find it necessary to test Him constantly? Do you lack patience? "My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. 11 Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful."
The New King James Version. 1982 (Jas 5:10-11). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
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