A Baptism unto Moshe
What we learn of Contention in the Wilderness:
& were all Baptized unto Moses in the cloud & in the sea & did all eat the same spiritual meat; -1 Corinthians 10:2
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Ho-reb; & thou shalt smite the rock, & there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. & Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. -Exodus 17:6
But with many of them God was not well pleased: For they were overthrown in the Wilderness. -1 Corinthians 10:5
Now these things were for our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. -vs 11
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. -vs 13
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient, all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. -vs23
For if I by Grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? -vs 30
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the Glory of God. -vs 31
A Blessing & Curse to Pacify Contention:
Therefore shall ye law up these my words in your heart & in your soul, & bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. - Deut 11:18
For if ye shall diligently keep all of the commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, & to cleave unto him; -vs 22
There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you & the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tred upon, as he hath said unto you. -vs 25
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing & a curse; -vs 26
A blessing if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: -vs 27
& a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. -vs 28