Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: SOM Message-ID: Date: 23 Sep 89 08:22:53 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: WINCO Computer Engineering, INEL, Idaho Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article sjreeves@eedsp.gatech.edu (Stan Reeves) writes: > >The general principle is this -- we should be committed to doing whatever >it takes to remove the sin from our lives. Sometimes even a legitimate >thing can become a source of stumbling in our lives. Jesus said that we >need to be ready to get rid of things that cause us to stumble -- even >those things that may be good or neutral in and of themselves. And we should also avoid what causes others to stumble -- even if those things may be good or neutral in and of themselves. Note Paul's comments: All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall. (Romans 14:20b-21) Be careful, hovever, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block for the weak. ... Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall. (I Cor. 8:9,13) -- Geoff Allen \ Since we live by the Spirit, {uunet,bigtex}!pmafire!geoff \ let us keep in step with the Spirit. ucdavis!egg-id!pmafire!geoff \ -- Gal. 5:25 (NIV)