For Their Sake

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 16, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 16.

For Their Sake.—What Jesus Christ our Lord did in His transcendent sacrifice, He did for the sake of others. He gave Himself for us. He died to save us from our sins. There can be no nobler motive in a human heart than for others' sake. Work for the man who is down. If your practise or habit does not harm you and does prove a stumbling-block to him, break from it for his sake. Said that mighty man of God who reflected so much of the life of the Master, "Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh forevermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble." 1 Cor. 8:13. There are many who are not tempted by strong drink, or can take it occasionally themselves seemingly without harm; but their example is fatal to their weaker neighbor, and their own moderate drinking may predispose their own children to an appetite stronger than death. For their sake abstain, for their sake do all that can be done to remove temptation from their pathway.