這樣，我們可說什麼呢？那本來不追求義的外邦人反得了義，就是因信而得的義。但以色列人追求律法的義，反得不着律法的義。這是什麼緣故呢？是因為他們不憑着信心求，只憑着行為求，他們正跌在那絆腳石上。就如經上所記：我在錫安放一塊絆腳的石頭，跌人的磐石；信靠他的人必不至於羞愧。
羅馬書 9:30-33
耶穌是絆腳石。信被釘十字架的基督，對猶太人是絆腳石，對外邦人是愚昧。我們在祂裡面蒙召，不是為了宗教形式和行為，而是彼此相愛。耶穌說……
你要仰望我，我賜你信心，使你們不致跌倒。為你的弟兄姐妹和一個失喪、孤獨的世界，我賜你所需要的愛和饒恕。我的愛是你的……
1103 JESUS is the STUMBLING STONE
JESUS is the STUMBLING STONE. Faith in the Christ crucified is to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles, foolishness. In Him we are called, not to religious forms and works, but to love one another. JESUS says…
Look to Me. I give you the faith to keep from stumbling. I give you the love and forgiveness you need for your brothers and sisters and for a lost, lonely world. My love is yours…
“Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith, but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith but as though it were by works. They stumbled over THE STUMBLING STONE, just as it is written, ‘BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A STONE OF STUMBLING AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.’”
Romans 9:30-33