Sermon
Christ is the Rock
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Matt Heerema
May 10, 2026 · 37 min
Summary
Paul warns the Corinthian church that spiritual privileges—baptism, communion, God's presence—do not protect believers from judgment if they walk in unrepentant sin. Drawing from Israel's wilderness failure despite experiencing God's provision, Paul identifies four deadly temptations (idolatry, sexual immorality, testing God, grumbling) rooted in desire for evil, and assures that God provides a way of escape through Christ's faithfulness, not human strength.
Highlights
The only basis for your confidence is God's faithfulness that always makes a way through temptation.
Idolatry isn't just making golden statues, but also having a picture that we call Jesus that is not as the Bible reveals him.
Grumbling reveals that your heart's declaration is that God is not good. Because if he were good, he would match my standards.