Jesus' over-the-top
teaching that if my eye causes me to sin that I should gouge it out or if my
hand causes me to sin I should cut it off is meant to impress upon me a
fundamental principle of putting sin to death.
He's telling me that there's something in my life that is leading me
into sin and I think that I can't
live without it. He's also telling me
that I must live without it. And
He's assuring me that I can live
without it. Like a person who has lost an eye or a limb
discovers an increased capacity in what remains, Jesus promises a compensation
for whatever it is that I must lose.
He's telling that when it is gone I will live on. Actually, He is telling me that I will live a
better and fuller life without it.
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