Take heed lest you fall

Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. – 1 Corinthians 10.11-12

These Christians in Corinth apparently thought they were pretty god compared to all the horrible things that Paul wrote about. Paul wrote that all the stuff they did and all the consequences that came about as a result were written as examples and as an admonition.

The reason I think the Corinthians must have felt superior to the Jews are Paul's next words - 'let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.'

Wow! There is a lot packed into that. It is always easier to see the other man's sins than it is to see ours. It is always easier to see the speck in another man's eye and missing the weaving beam in our own eye. We are far too often far too proud to see and deal with our own sin and for too often far too ready to judge others.

Indeed, let us be careful. Let’s be sure that We are aware of our own sins even more than we are aware of others.

The verse says ‘Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.’ That kind of thinking is convoluted thinking. It is messed up thinking. It is thinking that will surely lead to falling.