It is never the Word of God that destroys faith but that whispering voice of the devil, “Did God really say?”
Too often we are afraid to speak the God’s Word clearly because we are afraid of the fallout. Our greatest fear is that people will leave the church, and this becomes an idol that ends up accomplishing the very opposite of our aim as people drift slowly away. Having no or few sins of their own, the church’s Savior becomes increasingly irrelevant.
To relax the commandments and teach others to do the same (Matt. 5:19) is Satanic work. Christ restored sinners with a spirit of gentleness (Gal. 6:1) while also speaking truth unswervingly. We must not be afraid to speak the Law of God in love, for it is our tutor unto Christ (Gal. 3:24).