Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
We are here taught, I. That the giving of offences is a great sin, and that which we should every one of us avoid and carefully watch against, Luk 17:1, Luk 17:2. We can expect no other than that offences will come, considering the perverseness and frowardness that are in the nature of man, and the wise purpose and counsel of God, who will carry...
Commenting on Luke 17:1-10
Verses 1,2. It is impossible. It cannot but happen. Such is the state of things that it will be. See these verses explained in . . (a) "It is impossible"
Two things are here observable, 1. The necessity of scandalous offences: It must needs be that offences come, if we consider men's corruptions, Satan's malice, God's permission and just judgment. Observe, 2. The misery and mischief which comes by these scandals: Woe unto the world because of offences; woe to such as give the scandal: this is the woe of one denouncing: and woe to...