All,
I would also like to share something that jumped out at me while I was feasting. Last night while reading to my son this verse caught my eye:
Mat 7:24-27 NIV "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."”
Keep this verse in mind as we look at the beginning of this sermon (the sermon on the mount.):
Mat 5:29-30 NKJV If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. (30) And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
This is as you already know is the verse that talks about radical amputation of all things that hinder us or cause us to sin. We can see that if we “put into practice” the act of radical amputation (meaning being active in our fight), then when the storms of sin and temptation comes we can stand firm on our Rock. We can rest assured that Jesus our Rock will hold firm and we can draw our strength from Him and His word.
I hope that your days is blessed, and that you find a new hope and breath of life in Jesus.
