Nathan Laborie - February 23, 2020
Cut Off Your Hand & Gouge Out Your Eye
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. These words were actually spoken by Jesus. And in so doing He gives us a glimpse at how much our sin offends and grieves the heart God. It’s a hard teaching that sets an impossible standard. One that puts us on a collision course with the cross.
From Series: "Inconvenient Hard Teachings Of Jesus"
Throughout His ministry, Jesus said and taught so many amazing, wonderful, and beautiful things. But the teachings of Jesus were also often uncomfortable, difficult, and downright disruptive. Yet to fully know and follow Christ, one cannot accept the former while neglecting the latter. Over the next several weeks, we will taking a deeper look at the challenging, the inconvenient – the hard teachings of Jesus.
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