Do Not Stumble—Come to a Conclusion with the Absolute Uniqueness of Christ

 

Do not stumble.


Jesus said,

“Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of me."


John the Baptist testified about Jesus, saying, "The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”

He clearly and realistically warned that Jesus is our Savior, the Christ, and that those who do not believe and repent will become like chaff burned with unquenchable fire.


Yet John the Baptist, who was imprisoned for rebuking the injustice of King Herod and Herodias, could not overcome the pressure when Jesus did not immediately judge and remove evil and he stumbled.


“Jesus, are you truly the Messiah Christ of Genesis 3:15, the One who promised to come?”


In response, Jesus did not try to persuade or explain.

Instead, He opened the doors of the field and showed evidence of God’s work:

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the gospel is preached to the poor.


If one does not understand the existence of Satan—the accuser who existed even before original sin, who accuses the brothers day and night before God—one becomes self-righteous, lives only in lament, and ultimately stumbles.


"This is what the wicked are like—always carefree, they increase in wealth.

Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence."


Satan accuses us, saying that temporary suffering means we have been abandoned by God, and when problems persist, he leads us to blame God, claiming that God does not answer.


The devil mocked Jesus, saying, “If you are the Son of God, the Christ, do not die on the cross—save yourself and come down.”


This is why, like the early church, we must continually teach, proclaim, and focus with one, whole, and persistent heart that Jesus is the Christ who came to destroy the works of the devil—the accuser within us.


To live a good life of faith is to know, believe, and enjoy in Christ.


People do not go to hell simply because they commit sins.

They go because the old nature—born as the seed of the devil—is not restored into the identity of a child of God, and the background of hell is not changed into that of the Kingdom of God.


Only when we conclude with the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, the Triune God, can we avoid stumbling in any circumstance and receive holistic healing.


If we stumble without ever enjoying Christ, without rejoicing, without even being able to say “I’m okay,” we live miserably like Lazarus the beggar.


Do not stumble.


Christ who richly blesses both Jews and Gentiles without any difference;

Christ who has transferred us from death to life;

Christ the Prince of Peace, who has crushed Satan under our feet—

Jesus Christ still gives us holistic healing as evidence today.


When we enter the field of holistic evangelism with this evidence, the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, who is seated at the right hand of God’s throne, works together with us and clearly testifies the Word of promise with the signs that follow. Amen!

(Luke 7:18–32; John 1:29; Matthew 3:10–12; Revelation 12:10; Psalms 73:12–13; Matthew 27:43; Acts 5:42; Luke 16:19–31; Romans 10:12; Mark 16:20)

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