Table of Contents
Offence
1. Occasions of, must arrive. Mt 18:7.
2. Occasions of, forbidden. 1Co 10:32; 2Co 6:3.
3. Persecution, a cause of, to mere professors. Mt 13:21; 24:10; 26:31.
4. The wicked take, at
a. The low station of Christ. Isa 53:1-3; Mt 13:54-57.
b. Christ, as the corner-stone. Isa 8:14; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8.
c. Christ, as the bread of life. Joh 6:58-61.
d. Christ crucified. 1Co 1:23; Ga 5:11.
e. The righteousness of faith. Ro 9:32.
f. The necessity of inward purity. Mt 15:11,12.
5. Blessedness of not taking, at Christ. Mt 11:6.
6. Saints warned against taking. Joh 16:1.
7. Saints should
a. Be without. Php 1:10.
b. Be cautious of giving. Ps 73:15; Ro 14:13; 1Co 8:9.
c. Have a conscience void of. Ac 24:16.
d. Cut off what causes, to themselves. Mt 5:29,30; Mr 9:43-47.
e. Not let their liberty occasion, to others. 1Co 8:9.
f. Use self-denial rather than occasion. Ro 14:21; 1Co 8:13.
g. Avoid those who cause. Ro 16:17.
h. Reprove those who cause. Ex 32:21; 1Sa 2:24.
8. Ministers should
a. Be cautious of giving. 2Co 6:3.
b. Remove that which causes. Isa 57:14.
9. All things that cause, shall be gathered out of Christ’s kingdom. Mt 13:41.
10. Denunciation against those who cause. Mt 18:7; Mr 9:42.
11. Punishment for occasioning. Eze 44:12; Mal 2:8,9; Mt 18:6,7.
12. Exemplified
a. Aaron. Ex 32:2-6.
b. Balaam, &c. Nu 31:16; Re 2:14.
c. Gideon. Jdj 8:27.
d. Sons of Eli. 1Sa 2:12-17.
e. Jeroboam. 1Ki 12:26-30.
f. Old prophet. 1Ki 13:18-26.
g. Priests. Mal 2:8.
h. Peter. Mt 16:23.