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𝗗𝗿𝗚𝗲𝗼4𝗥𝗢𝗠-12:1&2

My dear spiritual friend in our spiritual meditation, let us reflect on God's words in 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰𝐬 5:27-30: "You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not 𝐂ommit 𝐀dultery.’ But I tell you that 𝐀nyone who 𝐋ooks at a woman 𝐋ustfully has 𝐀lready 𝐂ommitted 𝐀dultery with her in his 𝐇eart. If your right eye causes you to stumble, 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 stumble, 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.”

𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐓akes 𝐒𝐈𝐍 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐘 because sin is what initially broke the relationship between 𝐆𝐎𝐃 and 𝐌ankind and can even affect our relationships with other people. 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 and 𝐈nvites 𝐘ou 𝐓o 𝐀bide 𝐈n 𝐇im 𝐃aily, 𝐓𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.  So let's ask 𝐆𝐎𝐃 to 𝐄xamine 𝐎ur 𝐇earts and to let us know if there is anything that may get in the way of our 𝐕ertical and 𝐇orizontal 𝐑elationships.  𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐓alking to those who won't come to 𝐇im, who put their eye on 𝐇is people to 𝐇arm them like 𝐖olves, it would be better they plucked their own eye out, than do evil or cause even one of his little ones that 𝐓rust 𝐇im to 𝐒tumble. To that one, 𝐂ausing 𝐎ffense, God's 𝐕engance 𝐈s 𝐒et 𝐀gainst 𝐓hat 𝐎ne, 𝐎ne 𝐖ho 𝐈s 𝐅ighting 𝐀gainst 𝐆𝐎𝐃, and 𝐂ausing 𝐎ffense 𝐓o 𝐎ffend 𝐇im.  Better you cut both your legs off and arms, too, and gouge both your eyes out vs. you offend his people… because it's the same thing Satan did, and Satan is already judged to a Lake of Fire to be cast into there for eternity for doing this same thing, accusing the brethern, railing accusations. Rather, rather better you cut your own tongue out vs. rail against him and the work God himself  is doing in his people…  Although 𝗧reated 𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐀ntiquated 𝐂oncept in much of 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐬 𝐕ery 𝐌uch 𝐀 𝐂oncern 𝐓o 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭. Sin is dangerous because it harms us in our walk with God. Sin is dangerous because, through us, it can cause others to sin. Sin is dangerous because our sin can directly hurt others. Sin is disastrous because it separates us from God. Jesus wanted to get his disciples' attention. He wanted us to know that sin is horrid and dangerous. So he used language that is best described as hyperbole to shock us into realizing that we must deal with sin in our lives.

We must deal with it seriously and get rid of it. Jesus emphasized that sin is what comes from the heart and causes the actions on the outside (Matthew 15:17-20). It seems to me unwise to think he is speaking literally here about maiming ourselves since he went to great lengths to emphasize that mere external changes don't create lasting changes in us. What is needed is an internal change that works itself out into the external lifestyle. Just because God is gracious doesn't mean he takes sin lightly.  We must 𝐍ever 𝐏resume 𝐔pon 𝐆race and 𝐔se 𝐈t 𝐀s 𝐀n 𝐄xcuse 𝐓o 𝐊eep 𝐅alling 𝐁ack 𝐈nto 𝐓he 𝐒ame 𝐎ld 𝐒inful 𝐅ailures (Romans 6:1-2). 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐔𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐧 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲. 

𝗚𝗢𝗗'𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗥𝗢𝗠-12:1&2 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘀 𝐓𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲- “𝐀𝐬 𝐀 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞—                                       
12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not 𝗖onform to the pattern of this 𝗪orld, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will”.
           May 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐔𝐬𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡
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