Causing to Stumble

Causing others to stumble…sounds horrible. I wonder if I have ever done that before. The answer is yes I am sure…

Mark 9:42-50
42 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. 43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. [44] [b] 45 And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. [46] [c] 47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 where

“‘the worms that eat them do not die,
    and the fire is not quenched.’[d]
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.

50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”

That’s ok though. If you have caused another to stumble I mean. Jesus covered that too when He hung on the cross. He died for thatvsin, and the thousands and millions of other sins.

But now I know. Ignorance is no excuse. Never was. God knows our hearts. He knows everything about us from the moment we are born, to the moment we die. And He loves us anyway.

Preserve each other. Don’t waste yourself or your loved ones. Use what has been given to you to expand and uphold the Kingdom of God. Every single day of our undeserved life we should give Him thanks and praise. #JesusSaves

Amen.
DK