I Corinthians 10:12

This principle is saying, "Do not take it for granted that your conscience is okay." The reason is that a good conscience is often the result of a poor memory or ignorance. Therefore we should be suspicious of ourselves, careful enough, to always be looking for ways to change and improve. Always remember Jeremiah 17:9: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it?"

I Corinthians 10:5-13

If we look at Israel's sins back in I Corinthians 10 and reflect on the story that unfolds, Paul is just reflecting on the occurrences in this case and reporting them. He tells us that there are lessons there. If we would go back and look at it in Numbers and Exodus, we would find impatience, pride, fear involved in these things.

I Corinthians 10:12-13

There is no need for us to fail. The trials and tests will come. And they are common tests. They are not something that is so unusual that we are absolutely unique. But God is faithful in that He promises that He will provide us a way out of it—not avoiding it, but out through it.

I Corinthians 10:12-13

God allows temptation as a way of purifying us. In contrast, Satan uses it to defile us. God controls the temptations of His saints, and He will provide a way out, not to avoid temptation but to meet it successfully and to stand firm under it. This is testing as permitted by God.