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MAY 31
It is good neither to
eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing
whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or as made
weak—Rom.
14:21. |
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It is a very serious
crime against the law of love and against the Lord’s injunction, to
cause one of His brethren to stumble (Matt. 18:6), but it would also
be a crime in His sight for us to stumble others—to hinder them from
becoming brethren, and of the household of faith. Hence, it is clear
that although knowledge might remove all prohibition of our
consciences and all restraints of our liberty, yet love must first
come in and approve the liberty before we can exercise it. Love
places a firm command upon us, saying, Thou shalt love the Lord with
all thine heart, and thy neighbor as thyself. Love, therefore, and
not knowledge, not liberty, must finally decide every
question. |
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Parallel passages: Rom. 14; 1.Cor. 8; Rom. 15:1-3; 1.Tim. 4:3,4; Col. 2:16; 1.Cor. 9:10,22; 10:23,24,31-33; 13:5; 1.Pet.
4:2; 2.Cor. 5:15; Phil. 2:4,5; Matt. 13:44-46; 16:24,25; Acts
20:22-24. |
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