"You have heard that it was said, `Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell."
LECTIO & MEDITATIO
Jesus focus on another of the 10 commandments – Do not commit adultery and even deepen the application of adultery. Even sight and imaginations will cause a person to fall into sin. From this application, Jesus brings to me that it is not just doing the physical action but even in thinking and looking… It is what is in the inside that matters. Sin begins not on the outside but the inside. Sometimes it is so difficult to live this standard Jesus has set, because it means every single second and minute, we need to be cautious of not just our behaviour but our thoughts and words.
To be true to ourselves, where your heart is there your treasure will be also. So the only way to have victory over sin is to surrender totally to His will and to allow Him to help us live this life of holiness.
CONTEMPLATIO / PRAYER
Lord Jesus, help me to live to the standard of holiness you have set through Jesus. Though it may seem humanly impossible to control our thoughts and words every moment, every minute and every second, it is divinely possible. So take control of my mind, mouth and being. Amen.
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