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Hello, calvin here;That's part of the personal relationships within Matthew 5, and is addressing the behaviours of individuals within the gathered body of believers. Sometimes, a person sins and refuses to repent. Our Lord is directing those gathered to banish the person from their midst, in order to not have that person influence negatively the rest of the people.
Unfortunately, in some churches today, the unrepentant sinner is not cast from the body of the membership - even after several attempts to bring that person back into the fold. Instead, it is almost as if the elders in those churches have decided to 'live and let live in society' as opposed to providing leadership and correction when needed.
Hello calvin here, your heading wasMatthew 5:29
Matthew 5:29
Hi
if you put this verse in context with Mathew 27-30
Jesus uses the OT command about committing adultery and compares it to the NT teaching implying even the very thought is enough to hold us guilty before God as having carried out the actual physical act
then he says it is better for as to remove the offending body part that causes us to sin to stop or prevent us from sinning again and only scarfice that part of our body
rather then we keep that offending body part that causes us to sin and the whole body gets held accountable and is
cast into hell instead
so to cut off these offending members (sins)
we have to repent confess and ask for forgiveness to save the whole body from destruction 1 John 1.9
Peace
Don't let anything keep you from the kingdom of God.Matthew 5:29
Hello, calvin here;
So, are you saying that these churches, (lets call them liberal) will all get cast into hell?
Hi Brock & Reba
yes it includes both those principals as well
the offending body part maybe sin, an item, something, anything attacking us, or a habit, addition, behavior, conduct, gossiping, etc
remove or stop doing it so the whole body is saved
repentance confession and forgiveness is used to restore us to our right standing before God again
if its applicable to what we are doing is causing us to offend or sin
it doesn't matter what the cause is, the solution to restore the whole body if its applicable
is repentance confession and forgiveness
i hope this helps
Peace
Hi
if you put this verse in context with Mathew 27-30
Jesus uses the OT command about committing adultery and compares it to the NT teaching implying even the very thought is enough to hold us guilty before God as having carried out the actual physical act
then he says it is better for as to remove the offending body part that causes us to sin to stop or prevent us from sinning again and only scarfice that part of our body
rather then we keep that offending body part that causes us to sin and the whole body gets held accountable and is cast into hell instead
so to cut off these offending members (sins)
we have to repent confess and ask for forgiveness to save the whole body from destruction 1 John 1.9
Peace
Hi Brock
its only symbolic if the body part as an example was your ipad that you were using to access inappropriate material
its not the ipad or the internet thats the problem there only resources
its giving into the temptation is what holds us accountable before God and requires repentance
you don't have to agree with me you may have a completely different view or perceptive and that's ok
its only my point of view
everyone has there own unique perception of things
Peace
Matthew 5:29
Let me ask you this, if you watch porn on an iPad a few times (not an addiction) what do you do, ask God to rescue you from pornagraghy and stop watching it, or get rid of the iPad?
Do you think, when we stand before the Lord, will we get by with our "unique perception" as we describe to the Lord why we did or did not do things because we preceived them differently?everyone has there own unique perception of things
I sounds like you're trying to pass the blame onto the iPad in this example when it is you who is choosing to gaze. If you are finding yourself unable to resist the temptation(s) found on the iPad then maybe getting rid of it is your only alternative first step.Let me ask you this, if you watch porn on an iPad a few times (not an addiction) what do you do, ask God to rescue you from pornagraghy and stop watching it, or get rid of the iPad?
Do you think, when we stand before the Lord, will we get by with our "unique perception" as we describe to the Lord why we did or did not do things because we preceived them differently?