OFFENCE
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 4a) The low station of Christ
# Isa 53:1-3 Mt 13:54-57
4b) Christ, as the corner-stone # Isa 8:14 Ro 9:33 1Pe 2:8 4c) Christ, as the bread of life # Joh 6:58-61 4d) Christ crucified # 1Co 1:23 Ga 5:11 4e) The righteousness of faith # Ro 9:32 4f) 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 7a) Be without # Php 1:10 7b) Be cautious of giving # Ps 73:15 Ro 14:13 1Co 8:9 7c) Have a conscience void of # Ac 24:16 7d) Cut off what causes, to themselves # Mt 5:29,30 Mr 9:43-47 7e) Not let their liberty occasion, to others # 1Co 8:9 7f) Use self-denial rather than occasion # Ro 14:21 1Co 8:13 7g) Avoid those who cause # Ro 16:17 7h) Reprove those who cause # Ex 32:21 1Sa 2:24 8) MINISTERS SHOULD 8a) Be cautious of giving # 2Co 6:3 8b) 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 12a) Aaron # Ex 32:2-6 12b) Balaam, &c # Nu 31:16 Re 2:14 12c) Gideon # Jud 8:27 12d) Sons of Eli # 1Sa 2:12-17 12e) Jeroboam # 1Ki 12:26-30 12f) Old prophet # 1Ki 13:18-26 12g) Priests # Mal 2:8 12h) Peter # Mt 16:23