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How dangerously misleading is this quote, when it is heard without the proper context?
How dangerously misleading is this quote, when it is heard without the proper context?
"If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast [it] from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast [it] from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell." (Matthew 5:29-30, NKJV)
"If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast [it] from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast [it] from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell." (Matthew 5:29-30, NKJV)
It absolutely does not mean that anyone can avoid hell by performing mutilations of their body.
It absolutely does not mean that anyone can avoid hell by performing mutilations of their body.
The New Testament (NT) explains that won't work. Only faith in Jesus can put a person in safety from hell.
The New Testament (NT) explains that won't work. Only faith in Jesus can put a person in safety from hell.
No one needs even to consider mutilation! The NT makes clear that a person is set free by faith in Jesus, something that includes obedience to doctrine (i.e. the teaching of the NT), and receiving the Holy Spirit.
No one needs even to consider mutilation! The NT makes clear that a person is set free by faith in Jesus, something that includes obedience to doctrine (i.e. the teaching of the NT), and receiving the Holy Spirit.
"Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin [leading] to death, or of obedience [leading] to righteousness? But God be thanked that [though] you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness." (Romans 6:16-18, NKJV)
"Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin [leading] to death, or of obedience [leading] to righteousness? But God be thanked that [though] you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness." (Romans 6:16-18, NKJV)
There are many modern and current testimonies by Christians of precisely this deliverance from slavery to sin. Jesus mentioned it first of course.
There are many modern and current testimonies by Christians of precisely this deliverance from slavery to sin. Jesus mentioned it first of course.
"Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, [but] a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." (John 8:34-36, NKJV)
"Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, [but] a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." (John 8:34-36, NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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