Mark 9:43-47
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell
Satan would like nothing better than to keep me cozy in this world and comfortable with with a little sin. But Jesus shows just how serious sin, any sin, is by these radical words. To what do I aspire, keeping my body intact even if if it means going to hell or living in such a way that I will eliminate anything in my life that causes me to sin? There is no fence sitting. There is no compromise when it comes to holiness and purity. The choice is clear and plain. There is no middle ground. Live as if this world matters most and spend eternity in torment. Or completely turn myself over to God and let Him use what He will and cut off that which hinders me from pursuit of His kindgom.
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