Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
Matthew 5:29 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. 30 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.
I have heard entire sermons that use this passage to show how serious we should take sin. However, I think the passage was not teaching us about the severity of sin, but rather that we should not shift the blame AWAY from us. After all, taken ultra literally, we would have a ton of eyless and handless people in this world.
So the discussion at hand is: How do you blameshift? Who (or what) do you burden with the guilt of your mistakes (sin)???
I have heard entire sermons that use this passage to show how serious we should take sin. However, I think the passage was not teaching us about the severity of sin, but rather that we should not shift the blame AWAY from us. After all, taken ultra literally, we would have a ton of eyless and handless people in this world.
So the discussion at hand is: How do you blameshift? Who (or what) do you burden with the guilt of your mistakes (sin)???