Whatever it takes

In school right now we are studying Matthew 5:30. The passage reads, “If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of they member should perish, and not that thy whole body be cast into hell.” I don’t think Jesus was literally saying “if you sin with your hand cut it off”. If he had, not a signal person should have hands. I think he was showing us a picture of overcoming sin. We have to be willing to take extreme measure to conquer sin. In our school book it have a convicting analogy between an animal caught in a trap, and being caught in the deadly trap of lust. A racoon, when he realizes he is caught in a trap will gnaw his foot off. He will have to live with an everlasting reminder of were his curiosity got him, but he saved his life. A bobcat, on the other hand, rarely even pulls against the trap. He will sit down and hiss, sometimes only caught by a toe. So, he saved his paw, or maybe just his toe, but forfeits his entire life to the trapper. These examples are so true in our life. We need to be like the raccoon, willing to do whatever it takes to save our lives from hell, and to be willing to pay the consequences for where our lust has gotten us. It may be hard, but in the end way less painful. Don’t just sit and hiss when freedom is so close in Jesus.

As always comments are welcome