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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 15:11,12

Blessedness 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 2:24

MINISTERS SHOULD

• Be cautious of giving
• —2Co 6:3
• Remove that which causes
• —Isa 57:14

All 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