Possibility of Causing a Brother to Sin

Driving home: And so perhaps a better rendering would be the word ensnared because this word in its universal usage in the New Testament always speaks of being ensnared in the sense of falling into sin.

Explains the root idea of 'scandalizo' and 'scandalon' as a bait stick that springs a trap, causing an animal or person to be ensnared, clarifying the meaning of 'to stumble' as falling into sin.

as their root idea the bait stick which would spring a trap and cause an animal to be entrapped you'd hide the noose or the trap a deadfall trap in such a way that the animal or even the person would not know that he would be ensnared and then there would be a stick on which the bait was attached and when the animal would tug at the bait the stick would move and the trap would open and the animal or the person would be ensnared and so perhaps a better rendering would be the word ensnared because this word in its universal usage in the New Testament always

22:32 - 23:15 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin vividly describes the two possibilities Jesus presents: living long enough to cause a believer to stumble, or suffering a gruesome, cruel, and shocking murder by being…

Describes a large millstone by comparing its size to a tractor wheel, helping the audience visualize the immense weight and scale of the object Jesus references.

gruesome cruel and shocking murder of our persons now here's the imagery and Jesus chose his words carefully he said it would be better and that he's contrasting two possibilities is very very clear in the parallel passage in Luke 17 2 it would be better that someone should take a millstone now you kids know what a millstone is you've seen pictures in the old days when you had your grain and you wanted to grind it after you had taken off the chaff by the process of winnowing in which animals might trample on the grain and then someone comes along with a big wooden fork like instrument and thro...

32:45 - 33:28 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin vividly describes the two possibilities Jesus presents: living long enough to cause a believer to stumble, or suffering a gruesome, cruel, and shocking murder by being…

Recounts seeing an ox with a blindfold turning a similar millstone in Pakistan, making the ancient imagery more concrete and relatable to the audience.

and into that hole the person would pour the grain and as the stones were turned the stones would grind the grain and then they had a fluted area where the grain would then work its way out and it would be gathered and used for bread and other means of eating other kinds of food now that large stone was too big for a woman to turn even if she fit the description of the woman in Proverbs 31 who makes strong her arms even if she worked out at Jack LaLanne she would have a difficult time with that stone so they would harness a donkey to that stone and the donkey would all day long go around in a ...

34:12 - 34:55 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin vividly describes the two possibilities Jesus presents: living long enough to cause a believer to stumble, or suffering a gruesome, cruel, and shocking murder by being…

Vividly describes the process of tying a donkey's millstone around a person's neck and dumping them alive into the deepest part of the sea, comparing it to modern gangland murders with concrete blocks, to convey the gruesome nature of Jesus' warning.

that stone by a wooden bar and I actually saw something very similar to this in Pakistan and they had not a donkey tied to it or attached to it but they had an ox and they had a blind folding all day long he just walked in a circle walked in a circle and the very words Jesus uses are carefully chosen we might literally render the passage and whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble it were better for him if a donkey's millstone were hanged about his neck you see the picture someone comes over to the mill at the end of the day when the donkey's been let off t...

34:55 - 35:40 Read in full sermon

The point: Go to the fountain open for sin and uncleanness, confess your sins to God, and then go to those you have wronged (wife, husband, children) and beg their forgiveness, making specific confessions.

Suggests setting up a paper mache millstone in the lobby with a question mark to prompt self-examination, reinforcing the sermon's central warning and its personal application.

He wanted His disciples to go away with that imagery embedded in their minds the next time they walked by a large mill they'd say to one another if that millstone were taken off a rope put to the hole tied about our necks oh let's not be arguing about who's going to be number one and occasion sins of passionate speech with one another oh brothers let us remember the words of our master one wonders how many times they came to mind every time they passed the large millstone turned by a donkey I wonder I wonder

59:16 - 60:00 Read in full sermon