Mark 9:43-47
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,
Tag: Christ is Serious About Sin
Christ is instructing His disciples about sin. He is quite clear about what He thinks of sin: It needs to be eradicated - at all cost. Notice what Paul tells us about sin in our lives:
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
We are told by Paul that we are to “put to death” the deeds of the body (sin). Adding Christ’s words, we see that this might be by “cutting” off the offending body part causing the sin. Since we have no evidence of anyone in the early church taking Jesus’ words literally, we have to assume He meant this metaphorically. Any body part that might cause us to walk into sin, needs to stopped, somehow. Christ is quite serious about sin. We should be as well.
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