“The laws of Moses said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say: Anyone who even looks at a woman with lust in his eye has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your eye—even if it is your best eye!—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. Better for part of you to be destroyed than for all of you to be cast into hell. And if your hand—even your right hand—causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. Better that than find yourself in hell."
I remember when President Jimmy Carter got himself into a heap of trouble when he talked about lust in his life. People laughed at him, almost as if they were saying that, "that is not such a big deal, everyone does that, it is not so bad, don't worry yourself (and us) about that."
How about the next commandments, stealing, lying, coveting (being envious)?
Can I use my dark sunglasses on the beach and not let people know that I am looking at those pretty girls lustfully? Can I use my pious looking demeanor to keep folks from seeing my thoughts of or even actions of stealing, lying or envy?
How much do I really take these words of Jesus seriously?
I'm afraid that I break the laws of God each and every day, in many ways.
People mocked Jesus, they also mocked the President, how much do I mock God himself when I say:
"Everybody does that, it is not really so bad"
Is that what Jesus says, or just my excuse?
And I won't even go into the "gouge out your eye or cut off your hand" thing. Now that is serious.
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