but get into the Word of God. Sunday mornings, we're going through 1 Corinthians chapter by chapter, verse by verse.

And today, only one verse again, and it's verse 8 of chapter 10.

I'll have you turn there at this time. And when you do, if you're able, please stand.

I'll have you follow along as I just read the

verse 1 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 8 the Apostle Paul by the Holy Spirit writes

we should not commit sexual immorality as some of them did and in one day 23,000 of them died. Would you pray with me?

We'll ask God's blessing on our understanding. Loving Heavenly Father, we want to commit to you our time together in your Word today.

And it's with great anticipation that we look forward to you ministering to us in and through this verse that we have before us this morning.

Lord, we need for you to speak into our lives.

And when you do, Lord, would you speak very clearly that we might have ears to hear and not only hear but heed your

word in Jesus name. Amen. You can be seated. Thank you. Today's teaching is part

four of a series I've titled Disqualifications for Christians.

By way of introduction, I think it's important at the start that I mentioned once again that

being disqualified does not mean that you lose your salvation.

What it does mean is that you lose your rewards in

heaven and even your blessings here on earth, which is why Paul is going to go to a

great extent here in chapter 10 to warn the Corinthian Christians, very specifically by the way, and he does

so by using the example of the Israelites. We saw the first warning in verses 1 through 4,

which is that of relying on past blessings.

Here Paul says the Corinthians, like the Israelites before them,

were in danger of taking God's past blessings for granted, which they did,

such that those blessings had in fact become an excuse, even a license for their sinful

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