Monday // 9th September 2024
Do Not Cause Another to Stumble
Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.
Romans 14:13
Anyone who speaks against another is judging him (or her). The law tells us to love others as ourselves. Speaking against them is not loving them. And if a person does so he is setting himself above the law, and treating it as if its words have no importance, and becomes a judge of it. Each believer is a servant of God and is answerable to God alone. He belongs to the Lord. Each one must walk in the light. And each must stand before the judge in heaven. No one else has any right to control the lives of believers or condemn them. We must learn to live for the good of others and not to please himself .
The important thing in God’s kingdom is not being able to eat or drink, wear and dress what one wants, or having personal freedom in all matters of dispute. It is to act in a way that promotes the basic elements of God’s kingdom – righteousness, peace and joy. Doing as we please will promote none of these.
Your brother in Christ,
Apostle Ashok Martin