Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Corinthians 10:11-12

"Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." — 1 Corinthians 10:11-12 (ASV)

And they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

For if he begins to think that he stands, it may be that it is nothing but his own imagination; there may be no real standing to it. And there is no surer sign of the falsity of a man's estimate of himself than the fact that it is a high one. He who thinks himself good has not begun to be good, for the door of the palace of wisdom is humility, and the gate of the temple of virtue is lowliness of mind.

And they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

We also are to take heed lest we fall, especially those of us who think we are standing securely. You have seen how terrible was the fate of those unbelievers in the wilderness, who never entered into Canaan, but left their carcasses in the desert; now Paul urges us, with such beacons to warn us, to take heed lest we also fall as they did.