Jesus is Being Overdramatic with this Saying (TMF:1419)

Thursday, July 23, 2020
Peace to Live By: Jesus is Being Overdramatic with this Saying (TMF:1419) - Daniel Litton
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       For are next hard saying, we don’t have to go very far. If we jump down in Matthew chapter 5 to verse 29, we read: “If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell” (Matthew 5:29, 30, ESV). At first glance, this passage of Scripture may seem scary to some. However, I want us to realize that really it isn’t scary it all. Surely, Jesus is being overdramatic here in order to get his point across. He is using right eyes and hands in order to represent many things. He is not actually telling people that they should actually tear out their eye, or cut off their hand. Remember, Jesus clearly taught that it is from the heart that sin comes. Let’s consider that passage quickly. Jesus said, “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person” (Matthew 15:19, 20, ESV).