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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
My only disagreement is with the word CAUSE. Cause someone to sin. I think since we're each responsible for ourselves, no one can cause us to sin. It's our choice.
Make us vulnerable? Yes. Definitely.
PO, just for the record, I do completely see what you mean. I have a cousin whose husband was a JERK. First-class, rabid jerk. I detest him. He treated her like a DOG. My cousin eventually 'met' someone on the internet, then met him in person and had an affair with him.
My response? Honestly? "I don't blame her!!"
Yep, that's what I said! My carnal nature did not blame her in the least. Her jerk of a husband had it coming.
But, the reality...... she was still wrong. She sinned. His jerkiness did not excuse her sin. And though my carnal nature wanted to cheer her on, my spiritual nature had to acknowledge that she was wrong. No matter how bad her circumstances were, she made the choice to have an affair. The wrong choice.
To me, that's the bottom line.
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I would agree with you, except, for the three scriptures I posted. It appears that there is responsibility for both parties to not hurt the weak or cause them to fall into temptation.
I'm sure I would have felt the same way you did about your friend. I actually felt that way about mine and the story I told. Same scenerio, but they never met. She confessed to her husband before it went too far. He is very careful with her now. I'm sure that is not the norm.
We can see it is possible to cause a person to stumble in
Malachi 2:8 "But ye are departed out of the way;
ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts."
And in
Romans 14:13 "Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather,
that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way."
All I'm saying is that many times we want to blame the one that fell into the temptation, but we are not looking at the part we had a hand in.
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