Then let us no more criticize and blame and pass judgment on one another, but rather decide and endeavor never to put a stumbling block or an obstacle or a hindrance in the way of a brother….Romans 14:13 AMP
Can you really turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone?
This next verse in our series mentions BOTH A Stumbling Block and A Hindrance. We all know what a stumbling block is – well, it’s something we trip over and sometimes, in embarassment, almost fall over! The next word, Hindrance, is particularly important as the ORIGINAL word for it is “Scandalon”. If this looks familiar – it is!
The word Scandal comes from it! What the Apostle sent by Christ is relaying is, in this life, people are going to try to trip us up! Literally, morally, spiritually and otherwise, they are going to try to bring us down! An immature believer is just that – immature. At some point in our Journey with Jesus, we were all immature.
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