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Offence
Occasions of, must arrive - Mt 18:7
Occasions of, forbidden - 1Co 10:32; 2Co 6:3
Persecution, a cause of, to mere professors - Mt 13:21; 24:10; 26:31
THE WICKED TAKE, AT
- The low station of Christ
- Isa 53:1-3; Mt 13:54-57- Christ, as the corner-stone
- Isa 8:14; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8- Christ, as the bread of life
- Joh 6:58-61- Christ crucified
- 1Co 1:23; Ga 5:11- The righteousness of faith
- Ro 9:32- The necessity of inward purity
- Mt 15:11,12Blessedness of not taking, at Christ - Mt 11:6
Saints warned against taking - Joh 16:1
SAINTS SHOULD
- Be without
- Php 1:10- Be cautious of giving
- Ps 73:15; Ro 14:13; 1Co 8:9- Have a conscience void of
- Ac 24:16- Cut off what causes, to themselves
- Mt 5:29,30; Mr 9:43-47- Not let their liberty occasion, to others
- 1Co 8:9- Use self-denial rather than occasion
- Ro 14:21; 1Co 8:13- Avoid those who cause
- Ro 16:17- Reprove those who cause
- Ex 32:21; 1Sa 2:24MINISTERS SHOULD
- Be cautious of giving
- 2Co 6:3- Remove that which causes
- Isa 57:14All things that cause, shall be gathered out of Christ's kingdom - Mt 13:41
Denunciation against those who cause - Mt 18:7; Mr 9:42
Punishment for occasioning - Eze 44:12; Mal 2:8,9; Mt 18:6,7
Exemplified
- Aaron
- Ex 32:2-6- Balaam, &c
- Nu 31:16; Re 2:14- Gideon
- Jud 8:27- Sons of Eli
- 1Sa 2:12-17- Jeroboam
- 1Ki 12:26-30- Old prophet
- 1Ki 13:18-26- Priests
- Mal 2:8- Peter
- Mt 16:23 Next Topic (Offences Against the Holy Spirit)