[Manna - May 31]
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Romans 14:21
IT is a very serious crime against the law of love
and against the Lord's injunction, to cause one of His
brethren to stumble (Matthew 18:6), but it would also be
a crime in His sight for us to stumble others,—to hinder
them from becoming brethren, and of the household
of faith.
Hence, it is clear that although knowledge
might remove all prohibition of our consciences
and all restraints of our liberty, yet love must first
come in and approve the liberty before we can exercise
it.
Love places a firm command upon us, saying,—Thou shalt love the Lord with all thine heart,
and thy neighbor as thyself.
Love, therefore, and not
knowledge, not liberty, must finally decide every
question. Z.'03-43 R3145:6