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Stumbling Blocks

Stumbling Blocks
Updated October 2025
I write with more questions than answers, trusting the Spirit to guide those who chase wisdom. Understanding comes at a cost: it demands we kneel before the One who is the Way, the Truth, the Life—Yeshua. Romans 14 lays it bare: nothing is unclean in itself, but to the one who calls it unclean, it is. If my brother stumbles over what I eat or drink, holiness bids me set the plate aside. Putting him first is not weakness; it is worship. Anything done outside faith is sin, because faith looks to the Father, not the mirror.
We are called to love the unlovely until it kills us, no matter who’s right. Christ’s blood has set us free—nothing can snatch us from His hand. But I see brothers and sisters waving their freedom like a flag, when they should be lifting high the One who broke the chains. If my liberty trips another, I inherit his fall. Freedom is not a license to flex; it is a call to serve.
If everything is a test, and nothing is unclean, what is God after? He wants to know if I will live righteously when I could skate by. Will I chase the flesh because the penalty is paid, or will I run after the Spirit because the Master is worth it? The test is not about perfection; it is about direction. Those who practice the flesh will not inherit the kingdom, not because they lost salvation, but because they chose the pigpen over the palace.
We are spirit and flesh, torn until the trumpet sounds. Every day, Providence sets the stage: please the ego or please the Spirit. The Father sees the heart. He knows if I am living for me or dying for Him. His decree holds my steps; my choices prove my love.
So I choose the harder road—not to earn His grace, but to honor it. I choose my brother’s good over my own rights. I choose to boast in Yeshua, not in my freedom. Because the test is not what I can do, but what I will do for the One who did it all.
The Responsible Christian

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