1 Corinthians 10:14-22 (New International Version)
14 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? 19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons. 22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
I. Complaint destroys community (vv. 14-15)
• The temptations and struggles we face are
• We have a need for forgiveness through a common
• Complaining destroys
• Complaining stems from
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II. The essential need for community (vv. 16-17)
• God hates
• A
• All community is not
• Fellowship with Christ is
III. The demonic nature of disunity (vv. 18-22)
• Salvation is personal but never
• There is no salvation or community without
• Community that prepares for heaven values
• Participation in the body and blood of Christ is
• Satan was the first being to practice
• We participate in demonic disunity when we remove the boundaries of community by wrongful