Mark 9:42
42 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.”
To incline someone to sin == “to cause to fall”
To entice, trap, or lead a believer into sin is a serious matter.
A millstone was so heavy that it had to be turned by a donkey or an ox.
Even such a horrifying death (a gentile form of execution) is preferrable to leading another Christian into sin.
Romans 14:21 “It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or TO DO ANYTHING ELSE that will cause a brother to tall.”
This is in primary reference to causing a person who struggles w/ alcohol or a person who has a conviction about eating meat sacrificed to idols, but Paul quickly applies this to ANYTHING that would cause a brother or sister in Christ to fall/stumble.
APPLICATION:
Anything I do that could cause someone else to stumble into sin because of my participation in it…has to go. [This verse is a command by Jesus]