The Lust of the Eyes

Greetings in the name of Jesus our God & Messiah! I was just sitting here wondering what to write about, and I found something great to write about….the lust of the eyes. The eye is not evil in and of itself. In fact, when the Most High God formed man, the eye was good, very good. The eye receives visual information, but it is the mind that makes a choice if something is good or if it is evil. Many people have sinned against God through the lust of the eyes. It is written in Psalm 101:3, “I will set no wicked thing before my eyes.” The eye is not the problem, the problem is the mind that set the wicked thing before the eyes. When the mind understands what God loves, and what God hates then it is able to accept what is good, and reject what is evil. The only way this can be accomplished is if the mind is renewed. Our apostle told us not to be “conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Before we came to God, we spent years, and years of learning lies (false information), so our only hope is for someone to come and teach us the truth. Jesus said, “you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” When the truth comes it makes everything that is contrary to the truth a lie. It is the truth that renews our minds, and it is the only thing that can free us from the lust of the eyes. Praise God. This is why when we convert to the faith we must be taught the truth from the Ministry in order to renew our minds. We cannot settle for anything less than the truth. There are so many temptations that come through the eyes, for some people it is men/women, for others it is drugs/alcohol, to others it is money, and so forth. When we are taught the truth about what is right and what is wrong we can overcome all these temptations. Many married people today have false information in think they are okay because they have not physicaly committed adultery (laid with someone else besides the one they married), but Jesus said, “whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.” This is the truth, the right information  that can set someone free from committing adultery inside and out, same thing with fornication, and rape. When the mind is renewed with truth it can overcome every lust of the eyes. If you are struggling with the lust of the eyes seek the truth of the matter and God will make you overcome any temptation of the eye. Grace to you from Jesus! Amen, and amen.