Stumbling

TLFisher · 02-12-2015, 01:00 PM

Something I have considered about stumbling, it's not only by what we speak or what we do, but by silence of not speaking when we should or not taking action when we should.
I have read accounts of ones on this forum such as Awoken and Indiana who were stumbled, not because elders did or spoke something to them, but by ignoring them when fellowship was sought.

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts. “So I also have made you despised and abased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction. Malachi 2:7-9

Now if a person sins after he hears a public adjuration to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his guilt. Leviticus 5:1

Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. James 4:17

02-12-2015, 01:00 PM	#1
TLFisher Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Renton, Washington Posts: 3,545	Stumbling Something I have considered about stumbling, it's not only by what we speak or what we do, but by silence of not speaking when we should or not taking action when we should. I have read accounts of ones on this forum such as Awoken and Indiana who were stumbled, not because elders did or spoke something to them, but by ignoring them when fellowship was sought. For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts. “So I also have made you despised and abased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction. Malachi 2:7-9 Now if a person sins after he hears a public adjuration to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his guilt. Leviticus 5:1 Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. James 4:17