Restoration On Fire With Doug Philp

"Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry." Short verse huh? I like to tell people that when you read the word 'therefore' in Scripture, there is more to the story. It is a clue to back up and read the verses before. And in todays verse 14 I back all the way up to verse 1 in chapter 10. Paul is purposeful in pointing out to the believers of his day, and to us today, that ALL were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness - 1 Cor 10:5 Why? Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted - 1 Cor 10:6 So, looking again at verse 14, "Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry," the question we should ask is ...what is idolatry? The short answer, anything taking our eyes off of God. Idolatry and lust go hand in hand. Like the Hebrews from