July 7, 2013 · 1 Corinthians 10:32–33 (NIV)

Do Not Cause to Stumble

Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.
— 1 Corinthians 10:32–33 (NIV)
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“We have incredible freedom as Christians, but we must be ready to give up that freedom if it's going to bring glory to God. Are we ready to give up the freedom? Because the danger comes when we start to look at our freedoms as these blankets just to justify anything that we do because we have freedom. We're given our freedom in order to share Jesus. … You have freedom, but you also have the freedom not to engage your freedoms when someone needs you. … The way we help someone grow in their freedoms in Christ is by walking with them and watching for the stumbling blocks and being very careful and patient and never pushing too far.”
— Rev. Dr. Cyril Guerette, "Do Not Cause to Stumble (1 Corinthians 10:31–33)"

His charge, that Sunday

“We need to depend on Christ to be humbling. In our Christian life we're all like kind of just bumbling. The sin nature's curse is rumbling inside of us. Let's keep one another from stumbling.”

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