Remove The Plank From Your Eye

 

It is God’s light alone that can take away our blindness, exposing the nature of our sin so that we may repent and seek cleansing from the precious blood of Jesus. As our sin is washed away and we are embraced by His love, we are set free from the darkness to walk in the light of Jesus, serving Him and our brothers and sisters with love and humility.

 

When I was young, my brother told me that when I point a finger at another person, there are three fingers pointing back at me. Therefore, we should not be swift in finding fault and making wrong judgments, but be mindful that the finger of God is our eternal Judge and we will, one day, all stand accountable before Him.

 

Let us be mindful of His grace in our lives and humble ourselves before one another, because before God, there is none righteous except for our Saviour, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Let us follow His example, doing unto others as we would have them do to us, forgiving one another, as Christ forgave us.
Dear Lord,
Thank You, Jesus, that You are the light of the world. May Your light shine on me, so that I may see clearly to take the plank out of my own eye. Amen.

God bless you,
Theo and Manju
There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you’ll stand firm if you stand on His love. Charles Stanley

 

Remove The Plank From Your Eye

Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?”   Matthew 7:3-4

When a foreign object enters our eyes, our vision becomes obscured and we are unable to see clearly; if the object is very large, our sight becomes more impaired. In the above verse, Jesus was warning against being critical of a brother’s faults when we, ourselves, are blinded by a much bigger fault in our own lives. Pride and self-righteousness are two common ‘planks’ which cause spiritual blindness, affecting our walk and causing us to stumble.

 

In 1 John 1:5-7, the apostle writes, “that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practise the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”

 

It is God’s light alone that can take away our blindness, exposing the nature of our sin so that we may repent and seek cleansing from the precious blood of Jesus. As our sin is washed away and we are embraced by His love, we are set free from the darkness to walk in the light of Jesus, serving Him and our brothers and sisters with love and humility.

 

When I was young, my brother told me that when I point a finger at another person, there are three fingers pointing back at me. Therefore, we should not be swift in finding fault and making wrong judgments, but be mindful that the finger of God is our eternal Judge and we will, one day, all stand accountable before Him.

 

Let us be mindful of His grace in our lives and humble ourselves before one another, because before God, there is none righteous except for our Saviour, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Let us follow His example, doing unto others as we would have them do to us, forgiving one another, as Christ forgave us.
Dear Lord,
Thank You, Jesus, that You are the light of the world. May Your light shine on me, so that I may see clearly to take the plank out of my own eye. Amen.

God bless you,
Theo and Manju

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