But if anyone causes one of these little ones who 
believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to 
be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Within each of us is an inner  sanctum or a sacred place free from outside intrusion. We can refer to this as the heart, soul or the emotional centre of  a person. Within this area resides qualities, feelings and personal characteristics that make us unique from others. Integrity, emotional makeup, secret longings, dreams, compassion, love, phobias, fears, secret sins etc. reside here. Our outward actions reflect some of the inner sanctum makeup. Those outward actions show what we are like and how we interact with others. 
Our inner sanctum is a a very private place and we only allow out what we want to let out and generally we do not allow anyone in to this inner sanctum  to see, hear or meddle with our most private thoughts and feelings. 
God is the one person who does come into that inner sanctum to see what's happening. Since God is love He comes only to nurture and direct for the good. In marriages husbands and wives come into this area as well for a  mutual building up. Psychiatrist and psychologist also come into this area to bring healing. 
There are times when uninvited invasions are made into one's inner sanctum,  violating that most private place of a person. This can be done through mind games, deceit, lust, character attack and verbal abuse. 
To carry out these acts violates the most sacred of places in a person.  To disturb the inner sanctum of a person, especially  for the purpose of harm will bring a trauma than can be long lasting. 
The inner sanctum of a person is private and off limits except to a few persons. It's off limits because it's the central core of a person, giving the person a unique identity,  personhood and self control to that person. To dismantle this structure is to take away the persons identity and personhood and make it public property controlled not by the individual any more but by others. 
Jesus knew what was in the inner sanctum of each person before He met them and brought healing and encouragement. We can't always see what's in a person's inner sanctum but we can bring healing and encouragement as Jesus did. 
The way of Satin would be to bring destruction to a person's inner sanctum and making it public property  in the form of character attacks, revenge, jealousies, lust, greed, deceit, doubts, etc., and succeed in destroying a person's uniqueness and identity and bringing weakness and insecurity to the person and the community. 
The way of Jesus is to  build up, encourage and nurture each other to strengthen our inner sanctum makeup  and bring strength and security to the person and the community . 
Respect the sacredness of each person's inner sanctum as their private domain, a hands off place to others and having an ownership that's not for sale.

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