One of the main problem why there is darkness in people lives is because of their eyes.
Your eyes determine the darkness that you have in your lives.
Eye is the lamp of the body.
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew 6:22-23 NKJV
God is Light and in Him there is no darkness at all.
God is Light and in Him there is no darkness at all.
For a room, if the lamp gives light to the whole room,
then eye is actually the lamp of the body.
What you see and how you see matters a lot for your spiritual life.
just like we say words casually, we also see things very casually.
There are different ways you can look at.
you can have a haughty look or proud look on others
you can have a jealous look at the prosperity of others.
you can have a pity look on yourself
how you get light through eye.
When you think about the eye you think about one of the marvels of the human body. The human eye is a very complicated organ, a perfect and interrelated system of about 40 individual subsystems. For example, the retina has approximately 137 million special cells that respond to light and send messages to the brain. About 130 million of these cells look like rods and handle the black and white vision. The other 7 million are cone shaped and allow us to see in color.
If the tongue can set a whole forest on fire,
the eye can actually give light to whole body or can give complete darkness.
The first time eye was mentioned in bible is
Genesis 3: 4-6
serpent said when you eat the fruit your eyes will be opened.
what does that mean are Adam and eve blind, no,
its not physical eyes.
It is how and what you see the things.
Till then Ignorance ruled their lives.
Adam and Eve were innocent of sin. They don't know what sin means.
That is how God designed us to be innocent of sin.
And there was complete light in their bodies. There was so much light in
that they can fellowship with God.
they can fellowship with each other
they have dominion over all that is created.
In Verse 6, the moment woman saw - that was a critical moment in history.
It about your seeing - this decides whether she is going to get light or darkness in her life and as a result for all humanity.
What she saw that -- this is her vision
your vision is what you understand when you look at something.
Eves vision :
this tree was for good food.
tree was pleasant to the eyes.
tree can make wise. so she took of its fruit and ate and gave to husband.
So 2 are physical aspects - good food, pleasant to eyes.
and wise is spiritual aspect.
but the wisdom of the world is foolishness in Gods sight. it is not in line with Gods commandment.
So the vision that Eve received when she saw gave her darkness. and how great was that darkness.
Heard - Saw- Spoke.
When it says the eye is good-
The goodness of eye can depend on what your eye sees.
It means
what you see in God
what you see in around.
what you see in yourself.
How do you see God?
There are many believers who see God as
Need based God.
some look God as who fulfills their needs.
someone as ATM card.
whenever there is need, they will use the card. otherwise just stays in pocket.
For some God is just theoretical.
Although with physical eye you don't see , but what is your vision of God.
what do you seek Him.
Psalm 27:8 says
My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”
Your face, Lord, I will seek.
Your face, Lord, I will seek.
His face means the Hebrew translation for the face is presence.
Seek His face all the time. when you seek Him all the time,
God is Light and in Him there is no darkness at all.
and when we start seeking Gods face, our vision will receive the absolute Light.
Vision of Isaiah 6.1
I saw the Lord, high and exalted.
Seated on the throne: Have the vision that Lord Jesus is seated on the throne.
He is victorious God. Victory belongs to Him.
God is Holy.
Have the vision that God is Holy. and we should be holy. The vision of holiness of God gives light to us.
Today if there is any darkness in our lives, seek His Face. see that God is exalted above everything else in your lives. darkness will run away.
you buying, your spending, your giving, your everything - see that God is exalted above everything.
Today what we need is vision of Isaiah , that we should see God is high and exalted.
What you see around.
Judgement
Matthew 7:3-5 NKJV
And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Correct yourself first.
1. We always try to see how others eyes are.
2. Whether others eyes are looking at me
Never crave for others attention, whether it is in Church and work place or friends or families.
You should always look for attention of God. whether God is looking at me.
Can we change this vision.
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To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
Joseph ,
When everybody else was seeing a beautiful ,lustful woman, Joseph was seeing a master's wife who belongs to his master.
When everybody else might be looking as beautiful woman, he looked at her as
Masters wife who should be respected.
if we are pure, then what we see will be pure.
if our thoughts are defiled and unbelieving then nothing is pure,
you complain about everybody, you lust after the things, your mind and conscience are defiled.
8 But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. 9 No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” 10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.
For everything in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--comes not from the Father but from the world.
Matthew 5:27-29 NKJV
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 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.
Psalmist says Refrain from seeing profane things
When you look at the others, make a covenant with your eyes.
Job makes a covenant with his eyes.
Job 31:1 NKJV
“I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?
what you see in yourself.
Whether you are a wealthy man , or a poor man.
There it's one thing common.
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
Proverbs 29:13 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/pro.29.13.NKJV
But how you see yourself matters.
The rich is wise in his own eyes.
Don't think you are somebody when you are nobody.
Galatians 6:3-5 NKJV
For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load.
Just because God has placed you in some position, don't think you become some body. Have the humility.
Sons of korah became proud .
Numbers 16
Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the Lord , and to stand before the congregation to serve them;
Numbers 16:9 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/num.16.9.NKJV
Always look at your lives watch out.
for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
James 1:24-25 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jas.1.24-25.NKJV
Your looking at yourself should be constant.
How you should look at yourself
Law of liberty.
Many people are bound by the law of bondage that brings fear.
But the Bible says we should look into our lives at the standard of law of liberty,
Law of the Spirit of life.
There are 2 types of hearers
The hearer who remembers what he hears and does it.
The other is hearer who forgets. Many come Sunday excited hear , but forgets.
And because they don't remember they don't see into their lives.
That is why it says continue in it.
There it's one thing common.
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
Proverbs 29:13 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/pro.29.13.NKJV
But how you see yourself matters.
The rich is wise in his own eyes.
Don't think you are somebody when you are nobody.
Galatians 6:3-5 NKJV
For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load.
Just because God has placed you in some position, don't think you become some body. Have the humility.
Sons of korah became proud .
Numbers 16
Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the Lord , and to stand before the congregation to serve them;
Numbers 16:9 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/num.16.9.NKJV
Always look at your lives watch out.
for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
James 1:24-25 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jas.1.24-25.NKJV
Your looking at yourself should be constant.
How you should look at yourself
Law of liberty.
Many people are bound by the law of bondage that brings fear.
But the Bible says we should look into our lives at the standard of law of liberty,
Law of the Spirit of life.
There are 2 types of hearers
The hearer who remembers what he hears and does it.
The other is hearer who forgets. Many come Sunday excited hear , but forgets.
And because they don't remember they don't see into their lives.
That is why it says continue in it.
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