"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness." Matthew 6:22-23 (NIV)
As part of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said that ones eyes are the lamp and light to the body. If ones eyes are good and look at good, then the whole body is filled with light. However, if the eyes are bad and look at that which is bad, then the whole body is full of darkness.
Physically, the eyes allow light to enter the body if they are functioning properly. If they do not function properly and do not allow light to enter, then we live in darkness. Spiritually, that which we look at and see enters our mind through our eyes. If what we see is good, then good thoughts are produced. However, if what we see is bad, evil, or sinful, then that is what we think about. Philosophically, our eyes are the windows to our soul and we are what we think. (Proverbs 23:7) So, be careful what you look at, look at good things, read The Good Book (the Bible), think good thoughts, and do good.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Judge Not
"Therefore judge nothing before the time, until The Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise of God." 1 Corinthians 4:5
Judge no man, not even yourself. Often we are too hard on ourselves. When we sin and do wrong, we should confess it, ask for forgiveness and the strength not to repeat it, and move on. At the appointed time God will judge all of us. All that was done in the dark will be brought to light. Our deeds, words, thoughts, and motives will be judged.
This is a New Testament prophecy, The Lord God, Jesus The Christ, is coming back. When He comes, those of us who believe will meet Him in the air, the rapture. And when we meet Him we will be judged. That which gave God glory will be rewarded. And we will have to give an account for everything else that did not give God gory.
So, "let's get right church and let's go home."
Judge no man, not even yourself. Often we are too hard on ourselves. When we sin and do wrong, we should confess it, ask for forgiveness and the strength not to repeat it, and move on. At the appointed time God will judge all of us. All that was done in the dark will be brought to light. Our deeds, words, thoughts, and motives will be judged.
This is a New Testament prophecy, The Lord God, Jesus The Christ, is coming back. When He comes, those of us who believe will meet Him in the air, the rapture. And when we meet Him we will be judged. That which gave God glory will be rewarded. And we will have to give an account for everything else that did not give God gory.
So, "let's get right church and let's go home."
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