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TAKE HEED LEST YOU FALL

Paul war ned the Corinthians who were flirting with idolatry that they were in danger of being disqualified from the prize. Wordly believers who got out of spiritual condition could fall from grace and be lost to Christ and his church. In the passage under consideration the apostle underscores his warning by referring to the experience of the Israelites in the wilderness. Very few of them entered the Promised Land! The privileges of God's people. Paul illustrates the blessings of being a Christians by using the Israelites who escaped from slavery in Egypt as an example.   The chosen people: (1)   Were all under the cloud. v1. By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way. Ex13v21.   God was present with the Israelites in the cloud and God the Holy Spirit is with Christians providing help along the narrow road that leads to life. (2)   All passed through the sea. v1. That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians.

The Baptism of The Holy Spirit

  I   greet you all in the name of Jesus Christ. If  we read in Bible we see in   Act-1:8 Acts "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."   Hear we read when the Holy Spirit will come upon you, you shall receive power. So   first of all let us see what is the   Holy Spirit ? Bible   says that Holy spirit is the spirit of God or a part of trinity or triune God. What a joy when God himself comes & dwells in us, what a joy when God himself comes & dwells in our fragile body. If we read in   John 14:23----Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. Lord says we(father & son) will come to him & make our home with him. 1 Cor 6:19 says---Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in