Warning Against Cultural Christianity (1 Corinthians 10:1-13) | David Ryu

Sermon by Pastor David Ryu on Sunday August 31, 2025 at Diaspora Church. The sermon text comes from 1 Corinthians 10:1-13. Nominal and cultural Christianity may fill the pews with bodies, but in the end, it fills hell with those who follow their own vain and empty religion. The Apostle Paul issues a stern warning to the Corinthian Church and to us. He warns us that religious identity and religious affinity cannot possibly save us. He warns us that even if we enjoy an abundance of blessings now, it does not mean that God is pleased with us, nor should we be assured of His continued favor. Listen to Preach The Word with David Ryu on all podcast platforms: https://tr.ee/jI3-wUNOQj Connect with Diaspora Church (Toronto, Canada): https://www.diasporachurch.org/ Follow Pastor David Ryu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pastordavidryu/ 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.