Moment of Meditation: Throw It Away (Matthew 5:29)

"It is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell."
(Matthew 5:29)

Throw It Away

"You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48). Perfection is perfection. Everything that hinders you from attaining perfection needs to be thrown away.

If your eye can't help its lustful stares, tear it out of its socket and throw it in the trash can. If your hand can't stop sinning, cut it off and throw it away in the trash can. These extreme measures are necessary if you want to try to keep the commandments and earn Heaven by yourself.

But thanks be to God that we have the forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ. That He fulfilled the Law perfectly where we cannot. By His grace we are saved. "He was pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5). He was thrown away in the tomb so that you might live forever. Amen.