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11/20/11 5:06 PM
7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 1 Cor. 10
What is Paul's meaning behind "him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall"? Paul is speaking of falling away into IDOLATRY, the same kind of idolatry committed by the Israelites. He is telling them to examine just what it is that they believed lest it be idolatry. Why, why is Paul saying all this, then in the very next chapter he talks about the heresies going on in regard to the Supper. This is not just some disjointed speeches Paul is giving here. There is a clear and methodical outline to what Paul is saying, and the theme of what he is saying is "FLEE IDOLATRY".
5And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
9For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 1 Cor. 15
No true believer would say that there is no resurrection of the dead, but apparently there were some among them that believed this. And given the fact that Paul had to repeat the circumstances of Jesus Christ's resurrection, their saying there was no resurrection included the resurrection of Jesus Christ. These were FALSE believers, who believed something other than the Gospel that had been preached to them by Paul, choosing to believe those false apostles which Paul would address in his second letter to them.
Next, we must ask ourselves why these false believers who professed Jesus Christ, who ate the Supper, did not believe Jesus Christ resurrected. The answer is very simple. Their old god(s) never resurrected--they reincarnated. Therefore, these false believers believed in a different Jesus Christ--one who did not resurrect from the dead, but one who reincarnated--in the Supper elements, just as their old god(s) had done. This is evident by the portion of Paul's writing speaking about their question about what form one would have who resurrects (15:35). And this was just after Paul said this:
34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. (v. 34)
All of that congregation were professed believers of Jesus Christ, but not all of them were genuine believers. Some believed in another "christ" manufactured according to their old traditions. There is plenty of evidence in their letters to show this. This is why Paul rebuked them by saying "some have not the knowledge of God". A true believer does not just know the I AM, but he is known by the I AM. It is only those who say, Lord, Lord, but do not know Him to whom He says, Go away, I never knew you.
Now Romanism has--so to speak--the best of both worlds. They do not deny the resurrection on the surface, something which is rife within Romanism--claiming a truth, but belying that truth by their tradition, just as the Pharisees did. By having retained the tradition of reincarnation, this is tantamount to denying the resurrection. This is the very reason that Romanists dwell so much on a still-suffering-on-the cross "Christ". As long as Romanists continue to believe in the Supper elements being the actual flesh, blood, and divinity of Jesus Christ, they shall remain at the cross where only death was. They shall not be able to get beyond the grave to the Resurrection.
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