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Do Not be Ignorant There are different kinds of people in this world. Some learn by experience, and some learn by example. I do not have to put a key into an electrical socket to understand (know) that I will receive a shock that I do not want to experience. However, a small child left unattended may put a key into a receptacle and receive quite a shock! Understanding this difference, consider the following. In the Old Testament, we have so many examples from which to learn. At Corinth, Paul was dealing with a group of Believers who were having difficulties – especially with their Christian walk with Christ. He had already taught them many things, next he wanted to give them some examples from history. “Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea” (1 Corinthians 10:1). Ignorant means “not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication to ignore (through disinclination).” Paul taught that Believers are to not be ignorant. So, Paul made a list of some important things they must know. He wanted Believers to see the picture in the Old Testament that can be compared to a Believer. All who were “under the cloud” had just left Egypt where the death angel had “passed over”. God's people who were in the house under the blood (see Exodus 12:13), did not suffer the judgment the Egyptians did. They were now under the cloud (see Exodus 13:21) and then “passed through the sea”. They had left Egypt. “And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea” (1 Corinthians 10:2). Because they had stepped out by faith into the dry bed of the sea, they were “saved” from their enemy (the Egyptian army) which was destroyed. Now being identified with Moses, whom God had chosen to lead them out of bondage in Egypt, they were God's people. “3. And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4. And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ” (1 Corinthians 10:3-4). God supplied all of the provisions that they needed in their wilderness journey. Recognize that this is much like a picture of salvation for a Believer. Egypt is a picture of the world and bondage from which we are delivered by the blood of Christ through faith (see Romans 5:8-10). We then reveal what happened to that Believer by the picture of baptism (see Romans 6:3-11), identifying with Christ. Just as the Israelites were separated from Egypt by the Red Sea, Christians are to be separated from the world. It is then we recognize that Jesus has living water (see John 4:13-14), Jesus is the Bread of Life (see John 6:35), He is the Light of the World (see John 6:1), and the Resurrection and the Life (see John 11:25). Jesus gives all of the provisions we will ever need to live this Christian life. Paul reminded them of what happened when they entered into the wilderness. “But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness” (1 Corinthians 10:5). Because they set their hearts upon things contrary to what God had for them, God was not pleased with them, and they remained in the wilderness far longer than God had intended. He then gave a list of five important things of ... Read more at: http://biblicalpath.com/index.php/2026/08/02/do-not-be-ignorant/