Stumbling BlocksIntro:  What causes you to stumble?I.     Christ (Rom 9:33/1 Cor 1:23)A.   Promised & Prophesied (Deuteronomy 18)B.   “And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.” – Mark 1:22C.   “Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.” – 1 Corinthians 8:6

II.    You (Mt 18:7/Lk 17:1)A.   Arrogance & Judgementalism1.“We know that ‘all of us possess knowledge.’ This ‘knowledge’ puffs up, but love builds up.” – 1 Corinthians 8:12. “Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.” – Romans 14:13B.   Adiaphora1. “But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.” – 1 Corinthians 8:92. “Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.” – 1 Corinthians 8:13C.   Priorities (Matthew 16:23)

III.  “Come out into the tempest of the living”A.   Standing for truth vs. Christian freedomB.   Speaking the truth in loveC.   Allowing Christ to be a stumbling block

In what ways have you been a “stumbling block” for someone else?When have you seen Christ as a “stumbling block” for someone, and how might God be working through this?