Lessons to be learnt

Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptised into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness. Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.  – 1 Corinthians 10.1-6

We all know that there are two parts the Bible. We have the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is basically history, poetry, the law, and prophecy. However, beyond a few psalms, a couple of key proverbs, and the basic Bible stories how much do we really know? Is there really all that much we can use in the Old Testament?

At the start of 1 Corinthians 10 Paul deals with the importance of the Old Testament. He refers to Moses and the crossing of the Red Sea and some of the events that follow.

He mentions that Christ was the spiritual Rock that followed them and provided spiritual food and spiritual drink in the wilderness. The seemed to get it. 

At least some of them did.

But there were others who didn't. With them God was not pleased. Many died in the wilderness because of their sin and because they did not follow God's way.

These things, Paul writes, are an example to us. The example? We are not to lust after the evil thinsg they lusted after.

The awesome truth is that there are plenty of lessons to learn from the Old Testament. Lets preach the word, but lets preach the whole word of God. lets be sure we learn from the examples God so graciously provided.