IN A NUTSHELL - CONTROL YOUR EYES – BRO. PRITHVI RAJ
Channel: Tamil Christian Sound Doctrine Resources-King of King's Christ Jesus Vision Inscribed InTouch
Date: 2019-02-22

IN A NUTSHELL - CONTROL YOUR EYES – BRO. PRITHVI RAJ
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In Mt 6:22, 23 we read that the eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!  The eye is the physical organ of sight, one of the chief channels of information for us.  It enables us to see things, but it must be a healthy eye to fulfill this function. Jesus seems to be teaching that His followers need to maintain a clear, healthy sight to live a life acceptable to God. The effectiveness of our spiritual life depends on how well, we manage our eyes. In Mt 18:9, we read that if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. Here, Jesus conveys that our eyes have the potential to drag us to sin. If we are not controlling the lust of our eyes and think that we are doing well in our spiritual life, we are simply deceiving our selves.
Eyes are not only the windows through which we see the world but they are also the door for the filthy and lustful wicked things of the world to enter our life. Eyes are influenced by lust.  Satan uses the lust of the eyes as an avenue for temptation. The lust of the eyes is the desire to possess what we see or to have those things which have visual appeal. We are often entrapped by our lustful look.  The lustful look is different from passing glance, it is a willful, calculated stare that arouses ungodly desires. The coveting of money, possession, or other physical things are not from God but from the world around us.
In the Bible, we read about many persons who ended up on the wrong side because of their failure in managing their eyes. In Gen 3:6 we read that Eve looked at the forbidden fruit and saw that it was pleasing to the eye and this triggered the desire in her to go with the suggestions, offered by the Satan, which in turn caused the fall. Satan used a visual image to entrap her. In Genesis, we read about the wrong deceptive look of Lot that drove him in making a wrong decision to go and live in Sodom. In Joshua 7:21, we read about the confession of Achan, narrating how he was carried away by the covetous look that led to his destruction and the failure of Israelites in a tiny battle. In 2 Sam 11:2, we read how David was driven into various sins when he failed to control the lustful look initially. At times, we promote our pride through our haughty look. In Pro 6:17, we read that haughty eyes are an abomination to God. 2 Pet 2:14 says about the class of people whose eyes are full of adultery and they never stop sinning. 
    In Proverbs 20:27, we read that our eyes are never satisfied with what they look for. In 1 Jh 2:16, we read that those who are controlled by the lust of eyes are not from God. In Titus 2:12, we are told to say No to ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age. Let the prayer of Psalmist in 119:37, be our prayer as well. O Lord, turn our eyes away from worthless things. Amen.

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Saying Yes Jesus:
Many people believe they are Christians because they were born in a Christian culture, go to Church regularly, try to do their best, or live a good life. However, the Bible teaches that these things cannot make you a Christian. You become a Christian by taking the following two important steps:
1. Acknowledge that you (along with all people) have sinned and fallen short of God’s standards.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%203%3A23&version=NIV;ERV-TA
2. Personally believe that Jesus Christ, who was God in human flesh, died for your sins on the cross and rose again. 1 Corinthians 15: 3 – 4
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15%3A+3+–+4&version=NIV;ERV-TA
You may express your belief through prayer, asking Jesus to come into your life, and receiving Him as God’s gift to you. John 1: 12; Romans 6: 23 and Revelation 3: 20

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1%3A+12&version=NIV;ERV-TA
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+6%3A+23+&version=NIV;ERV-TA
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith…it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2: 8 – 9
Walk with the LORD Jesus and proclaim Him wherever He leads!