The Conscience and 'Stumbling'

Don't cause other people to stumble!

Good word. Well, of course it is. God commanded it.

Unfortunately, a lot of times it's taken to mean: don't make legalistic people mad. That's not what it means.

It means this:

1) Person A thinks something may or may not be a sin.
2) Person B knows that Person A wrestles with that issue, and is prone to be tempted into said activity.
3) Person B does said activity in the knowledge of Person A, and so the temptation for Person A to engage in said activity is increased.
4) Person A does said activity, not sure if it's right or wrong.
5) Because Person A thought that said activity may be sin and did it anyway, they do rebel against God, since they think that he may not want them to do it.

Romans 14