Now we start over from where we started this study on - The Cost of Discipleship.
Because it's been awhile I'm going to just go into this Chapter all over again.
Chapter 17 - The Simplicity of the Carefree Life
Mat 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Mat 6:23 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!
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Bonhoeffer- 'The life of discipleship can only be maintained so long as nothing is allowed to come between Christ and ourselves-- neither the law, nor personal piety, nor even the world. The disciple always looks only to his master, never to Christ AND the law, Christ AND religion, Christ AND the world. He avoids all such notions like the plague. Only by following Christ alone can he preserve a single eye.'
My thoughts--
A single eye, an eye looking upon the heart's desire. This spiritual eye focus solely on Christ truly is the light of the body.
Remember this--
Talking of New Jerusalem, coming out of heaven to earth-
Rev_21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
And all these amazing verses--
Joh_1:4 In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men.
Joh_1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Joh_1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through HIM might believe.
Joh_3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Joh_3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in GOD.
Joh_8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the LIGHT OF LIFE.
Joh_9:5 As long as I am in the world, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
Joh_11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the LIGHT of this world.
Joh_12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the LIFHT is with you. Walk while ye have the LIGHT lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Joh_12:36 While ye have LIGHT, believe in the LIGHT, that ye may be the children of LIGHT. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
A2Co_4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the LIGHT of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2Co_4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath SHINED in our hearts, to give the LIGHT of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Eph_5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the LIGHT: for whatsoever doth make manifest is LIGHT.
1Jn_1:7 But if we walk in the LIGHT, as HE is in the LIGHT, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1Jn_2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
1Jn_2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the LIGHT, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
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Our Savior is the LIGHT. If our eye is anywhere else it is NOT on our SAVIOR. We have to keep our eye on JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD!
Truly if we take it off Him we do fall into darkness.
We marvel at our lives when we get caught up in things that are upsetting, depressing, hurtful, is it any wonder we are caught up in them because we've taken our eyes OFF CHRIST!
When we CARE more about the things of this world than we do of CHRIST and all thing eternal in HIM, then we are bound to be UNHAPPY, CONFUSED, MISERABLE, ANGRY, DEPRESSED and so on.
WE HAVE to ask ourselves every single time we get caught up in the dark things of this world and I’m not talking only about the extreme evils but ALL evils, the tiniest evil to the greatest, we have to ask ourselves where our EYE is focused. Almost every time we will have to answer- NOT ON CHRIST! Because if we are to say that our eye is ON CHRIST then we would NOT be in the dark!
That trust truly does mean we look to CHRIST for all things! Our FAITH has to be in HIM!
WE HAVE to take our minds OFF OURSELVES!
Our eye must be singly on CHRIST and all that means!
If our eye is NOT singly on CHRIST then we will be FILLED with darkness! The little darkness we think is acceptable is NOT acceptable at all! We have to give everything over to our SAVIOR, everything! We cannot cling to our favored darkness', believing they are harmless. They'll darken a tiny bit of us and then that darkness will grow and grow, and grow until it fills us and there is no light in us at all!
We must look solely to CHRIST!
In all situations! We MUST look to CHRIST and away from everything else!
Please LORD, help us to look ONLY to YOU. Please LORD, let our eye be singly on YOU, our LIGHT! Fill us so that our whole bodies are YOUR LIGHT!
Because it's been awhile I'm going to just go into this Chapter all over again.
Chapter 17 - The Simplicity of the Carefree Life
Mat 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Mat 6:23 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!
*******
Bonhoeffer- 'The life of discipleship can only be maintained so long as nothing is allowed to come between Christ and ourselves-- neither the law, nor personal piety, nor even the world. The disciple always looks only to his master, never to Christ AND the law, Christ AND religion, Christ AND the world. He avoids all such notions like the plague. Only by following Christ alone can he preserve a single eye.'
My thoughts--
A single eye, an eye looking upon the heart's desire. This spiritual eye focus solely on Christ truly is the light of the body.
Remember this--
Talking of New Jerusalem, coming out of heaven to earth-
Rev_21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
And all these amazing verses--
Joh_1:4 In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men.
Joh_1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Joh_1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through HIM might believe.
Joh_3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Joh_3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in GOD.
Joh_8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the LIGHT OF LIFE.
Joh_9:5 As long as I am in the world, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
Joh_11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the LIGHT of this world.
Joh_12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the LIFHT is with you. Walk while ye have the LIGHT lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Joh_12:36 While ye have LIGHT, believe in the LIGHT, that ye may be the children of LIGHT. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
A2Co_4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the LIGHT of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2Co_4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath SHINED in our hearts, to give the LIGHT of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Eph_5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the LIGHT: for whatsoever doth make manifest is LIGHT.
1Jn_1:7 But if we walk in the LIGHT, as HE is in the LIGHT, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1Jn_2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
1Jn_2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the LIGHT, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
*******
Our Savior is the LIGHT. If our eye is anywhere else it is NOT on our SAVIOR. We have to keep our eye on JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD!
Truly if we take it off Him we do fall into darkness.
We marvel at our lives when we get caught up in things that are upsetting, depressing, hurtful, is it any wonder we are caught up in them because we've taken our eyes OFF CHRIST!
When we CARE more about the things of this world than we do of CHRIST and all thing eternal in HIM, then we are bound to be UNHAPPY, CONFUSED, MISERABLE, ANGRY, DEPRESSED and so on.
WE HAVE to ask ourselves every single time we get caught up in the dark things of this world and I’m not talking only about the extreme evils but ALL evils, the tiniest evil to the greatest, we have to ask ourselves where our EYE is focused. Almost every time we will have to answer- NOT ON CHRIST! Because if we are to say that our eye is ON CHRIST then we would NOT be in the dark!
That trust truly does mean we look to CHRIST for all things! Our FAITH has to be in HIM!
WE HAVE to take our minds OFF OURSELVES!
Our eye must be singly on CHRIST and all that means!
If our eye is NOT singly on CHRIST then we will be FILLED with darkness! The little darkness we think is acceptable is NOT acceptable at all! We have to give everything over to our SAVIOR, everything! We cannot cling to our favored darkness', believing they are harmless. They'll darken a tiny bit of us and then that darkness will grow and grow, and grow until it fills us and there is no light in us at all!
We must look solely to CHRIST!
In all situations! We MUST look to CHRIST and away from everything else!
Please LORD, help us to look ONLY to YOU. Please LORD, let our eye be singly on YOU, our LIGHT! Fill us so that our whole bodies are YOUR LIGHT!
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