How’s your sight? Do you see things as they are or how you want them to be? Jesus spoke about sight and how we view all things. We see His words in Matthew chapter 6 verses 22-23.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
According to the People’s New Testament, the light of the body is the eye. This is not an abrupt transition, but bears on the same subject. If one's eye is diseased, all he sees is wrong. So the mind, or conscience, is the light of the soul. If these be darkened, all is darkness; if these see aright, all is light.
Let’s talk about how we look at say sin. What is sin? Sin is anything, thoughts or actions that are contrary, opposite, and in opposition to the holy, perfect will of God Almighty. Many will deny such a thing exists. Those of us that deny sin is even real in our lives will not see our need for Christ, our need of salvation. Regardless of religious belief or disbelief, all who do not admit and or recognize Jesus as the Savior will think this is a message of foolishness. However, those who call Christ Lord know what I speak. If you don’t know Jesus as Lord, if you’ve never heard the Gospel explained, let me talk directly to you in this message. The Bible says that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. We are made righteous in God’s sight by belief in Christ as Lord. We are made righteous by admitting that we are sinners. We are made righteous in God’s sight when we confess Christ as our Lord. If we do not see that, then spiritually we aren’t seeing correctly even though we are looking. Let me give you an example of this. If a Christian sees a brother or sister in Christ straying from the path, we are to kindly correct that behavior. That is, we are seeing correctly. If we turn a “blind eye” to their behavior then we are as scripture teaches in verses twenty-two and three, then we are being spiritually incorrect.
Regarding Jesus’ words concerning the evil eye, Clarke in his commentary said this: An evil eye was a phrase in use, among the ancient Jews, to denote an envious, covetous man or disposition; a man who repined at his neighbor's prosperity, loved his own money, and would do nothing in the way of charity for God's sake. Our blessed Lord, however, extends and sublimes this meaning, and uses the sound eye as a metaphor to point out that simplicity of intention, and purity of affection with which men should pursue the supreme good. We cannot draw more than one straight line between two indivisible points. We aim at happiness: it is found only in one thing, the indivisible and eternal God. It the line of simple intention be drawn straight to him, and the soul walk by it, with purity of affection, the whole man shall be light in the Lord; the rays of that excellent glory shall irradiate the mind, and through the whole spirit shall the Divine nature be transfused.
We must not be spiritually blinded. Singleness of eye represents singleness of purpose. A divided mind is hard to deal with. A person so afflicted is unstable in all of his ways. Indecision is frustrating, and prevents decisive action. But a person who does not know whether he will serve the Lord, or not, and puts off accepting salvation through Jesus Christ, is making a decision through default! Those who can only see what the flesh and the devil desire will make decisions in the dark! Their decisions will not be influenced by spiritual truths, nor will they be made in the light of eternal interests.
What does all this mean? Paul states that if we mind the things of the flesh, or constantly take care of the flesh, we will become fleshly, if we mind the things of the Spirit, or constantly take care of the Spiritual man, we will become Spiritual. Hank Williams sang a song about seeing the light. Those in The Bible that were blind, but healed often said, ‘I can see.’ Jesus Christ is The Light of The World. If you believe and have made him Lord of your life, you see life differently. You live every day for Christ. If the message of the cross is foolishness to you, and regardless of why you don’t believe, you are blind and cannot see the very concept of being a sinner, why you need Him, and most importantly the saving Grace of Christ that so desperately wants you. If you do see your need and believe in your heart that Jesus is the Lord, that He died for you only to have God raise Him from the dead then all you have to do is accept Him.
How do I do this you may be asking? First there’s no magic formula. You cannot work your way to Heaven. The Bible teaches that come to Christ do so by faith. You just pray to God.
Father God,
Lord I know that I’m a sinner. Lord, I know you love me so much that Jesus took my place on the cross and died for me. I believe that He died, but rose again. God, I’m sorry for living without you. I turn from my sins and ask Jesus to be my Lord. I confess Him Lord. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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