The Savior is “the Rock” (Deuteronomy 32:4).

But the real question is what kind of rock is he to you?

For you, is he “the rock of my righteousness” and “my rock and mine everlasting God” (2 Nephi 4:35) as Nephi called him? Do you “remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation . . . which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall” (Helaman 5:12)?

Or is he a “stone of stumbling” for you and a “rock of offense”? (2 Nephi 18:14)

How is this really possible? Why would Christ be a stumbling block for some?

Perhaps an answer is found in something best summed up by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland:

“At the zenith of His mortal ministry, Jesus said, ‘Love one another, as I have loved you.’ To make certain they understood exactly what kind of love that was, He said, ‘If ye love me, keep my commandments’ and ‘whosoever … shall break one of [the] least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be … the least in the kingdom of heaven.’ Christlike love is the greatest need we have on this planet in part because righteousness was always supposed to accompany it. So if love is to be our watchword, as it must be, then by the word of Him who is love personified, we must forsake transgression and any hint of advocacy for it in others. Jesus clearly understood what many in our modern culture seem to forget: that there is a crucial difference between the commandment to forgive sin (which He had an infinite capacity to do) and the warning against condoning it (which He never ever did even once)” (Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Cost—and Blessings—of Discipleship“, Ensign, May 2014).