00:00And as we sing praise to Christ, because He is God and is worthy to be praised, served, and honored.
00:12He is the head of the church, the one who gave his life for each one of us here.
00:17He is the owner of the church, He is the great shepherd and the shepherd of shepherds, the scripture tells us,
00:23No?
00:24He is the one who gave his life for us, brother.
00:26And every Sunday I think, what am I going to say, right?
00:33I go before the offering to present it, and the Lord guides me.
00:40And today I have a part that has nothing to do with, many times I say things that have nothing to do with
00:48That has to do with the offering, right?
00:49Because we're going to talk about the offering, we already know that we need it to maintain that and it's a fair offering.
00:57We all know that, the Holy Spirit teaches us that, doesn't he?
01:00But today I want to talk to you about two verses in Matthew 5, Matthew 5:28 and 29, where it talks about plucking out our eyes.
01:13No?
01:14It says here, Matthew 5, 28.
01:17But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to sexually assault her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
01:23Therefore, if your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away, for it is better for you to keep it from sinning.
01:29that one of your members may be lost, and not that your whole body be thrown into hell.
01:43And here the Lord does not speak about madness and the importance of cutting it off from sin, because he does not
01:53It refers to self-mutilation.
01:54It's rhetoric, isn't it?
01:58It's hyperbole, that's what he says when you empathize, like, I've told you a million times.
02:05Oh, what a weight!
02:07It weighs a ton.
02:08It's to emphasize something, right?
02:10To emphasize the seriousness of sin and the importance of being radical about sin from the beginning.
02:20It comes out through the eyes.
02:22Temptation comes, it enters through the eyes.
02:24And step aside, because the Lord tells us something very clear here.
02:29Therefore, if your right eye causes you to sin.
02:33Sin can be one occasion, but at other times, in other contexts, it's not just madness that comes, right?
02:41Sin occurs in the heart, in the mind, within us.
02:44And when it starts, that's when you have to cut it off completely.
02:49But radical is like taking out an eye.
02:51Be radical, because otherwise, you will fall.
02:54He tells us.
02:55Otherwise, it's a chance to fall.
02:58And he tells us, the law is an occasion to fall.
03:00Take it out and throw it away, for it is better for you to lose one of your members than not to.
03:06Your whole body feels like it's going through hell.
03:08And if it is better for you that I do not suffer spiritual ruin and that I spend an eternity apart from you.
03:14Take it out, it leads you to sin, it leads you to practice sin.
03:18Be radical about sin.
03:20With pleasures contrary to God's principles.
03:24With sinful desires that violate the word of God.
03:28Be radical about it, because if you're not radical about it, you're going to fall, you're going to lead yourself into sin.
03:34And you're going to have eternal spiritual ruin, aren't you?
03:37As it also says in verse 30, and if your right hand gives you that opportunity to fall, cut it off and cast it out.
03:43you.
03:44If that hand leads me to steal, he says, cut it off and cast it away from you.
03:49As I said before, in a figurative way.
03:52Empathize with something very serious.
03:53If the thought comes, let me give you an example, steal, cut it out of you.
03:59And your mind might tell you, if you steal you'll be better off in the end, right?
04:04How does the mind think about the Lord?
04:06No, radical with sin, says Christ, because if we are not radical with sin, he says, it is better that it be
04:15radical and pay the price in this world, suffer the sin, deny yourself to sin,
04:21Deny yourself, and I will lose you eternally.
04:25He emphasizes, brother, very clearly, that is, he tells us about gouging out the eye and cutting off the hand to focus.
04:33and to see the importance of cutting it off from sin from the beginning, and that it is something very serious, that
04:42leads to ruin.
04:43Therefore, let us be wise in the word of the Lord, and no one can be without the Lord's help.
04:50But Christ tells us, clearly, radically from the beginning, cut it out, remove it, he doesn't play with sin, he doesn't play like that, no.
05:00No, you don't play with sin, brother.
05:02We must reject it from the very beginning because, as Christ tells us, it is better to cut off our eyes than to perish eternally.
05:09So, let us be holy because God is holy; that's what I want to encourage you to do, and let us have that desire to live in holiness.
05:16holiness because holiness is the same as making us like God.
05:22That is holiness, it is the same for becoming like God, that is holiness.
05:26Holiness produces in us—that is, holiness itself—joy, peace, eternal life, and genuine communion with God.
05:36Because He says, be holy because I am holy, be holy in all your ways of living.
05:43So, holiness brings joy and eternal life to us, brother.
05:47It's not about religious, ritualistic holiness, putting on a sad face and pretending to be sad and walking around.
05:55I can't even walk around like a saint.
05:56It is a lifestyle according to God's principles.
06:00Holiness is what God demands of us, and I encourage everyone to be holy because He says
06:06The Bible tells us that we are a people chosen by God to show what He is like.
06:12The virtues of him who called us out of darkness into light, brother, to show his...
06:17But if we are not radical about sin, if we do not address it from the beginning, how can we show its virtues?
06:24No?
06:25Because we must be radical from the beginning, see sin as something evil, abhor it, and be radical with it.
06:32sin.
06:32Because sin is injustice, it is doing wrong, it is doing something contrary to God's will, which is good.
06:40pleasant and perfect.
06:42Lord, we give thanks to you for that afternoon, Lord.
06:46Praise be to your name, Lord.
06:48I ask you, Lord, to bless the gathering, the praise, Lord.
06:52May the word, Lord, be blessed, the offering, and every heart that is here.
06:57In the name of Jesus.
06:59Amen.
06:59Amen.
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