Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Journal: Mortification - Living Without It

"If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.  And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell." - Jesus the Christ (Matthew 5:29-30)


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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