If someone puts a stumbling block in his brother's way he's helping his brother to possibly sin. We're to share each other's burdens. We are to help the weak (in faith). All of these boil down to one just one thing.
We're in this thing together.
So what's the big deal? The big deal is how I live my life affects how you live yours and vice-versa. We spend so much time worrying about keeping our lives "clean" so when we witness we can do so credibly. But honestly, we witness much more in living than we do in speaking. What does it matter if 5 people believe what we say, when hundreds might believe the way we act? What is the real effect if these two things are apposed to each other?
What does it matter if we have the right to do something of our own free will, if in doing what we wish we help a brother or sister stumble in to bondage?
Is our personal freedom worth putting chains on those we love?
As we each live this day, I pray we would think about our actions and how they directly and indirectly affect the people around us. I pray that we would share our brother’s burden by changing the way we act to make his walk easier.
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