Idolatry
1 Corinthians 10:6-13
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.…


I. THE COMMON DISPOSITION IN MAN TO PUT THE NATURAL, the visible, the material, IN THE PLACE OF GOD.

II. THE INSIDIOUS NATURE OF THE REFINED FORMS OF IDOLATRY — as —

1. Covetousness.

2. Worldliness.

3. Excessive earthly attachment.

III. THE SERIOUS EVILS ARISING OUT OF THIS IDOLATROUS SPIRIT.

1. Apostasy from God.

2. Licentiousness.

IV. THE AWFUL. WARNING AGAINST IT FURNISHED BY THE EXAMPLE OF ISRAEL.

(J. Lyth, D.D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

WEB: Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.




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