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Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, August 27, 2023
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Cut Off What Cuts You Off From God
Today, Pastor Michael discusses Jesus’ teaching on cutting off (symbolically / hyperbole) things that cause sin and lead to spiritual separation. Here, Jesus tells His followers to cut off limbs that lead to sin, for example, their hand, if it causes them to sin. Jesus is not teaching mutilation; He is teaching that sin originates in the heart. One can lose a hand or an eye and still be a terrible sinner!
The gist is that we must control anything that takes us away from God! Cut off here is getting things out of your life that take you away from Him.
(CSB Notes) 9:43-48 The body parts and admonitions are figures of speech that warn disciples to guard their sight and actions against participation in evil, for recklessness here can lead to spiritual downfall (cp. Jb 31:1,5,7). This is the only place where Mark used the word for hell (Gk gehenna). The imagery for hell developed from the Hinnom Valley southwest of Jerusalem. This valley was used for pagan human sacrifice (2Kg 16:3; 21:6; Jr 7:31), hence the association with unquenchable fire and perpetual rot (their worm does not die).
Verses can be found in Mark 9: 43-48.
Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.
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