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January 04, 2007
Suggested Scripture Reading: Luke 11:33-36
"Single-Eyed" Christians
"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be
full of light."
Matthew 6:22
Although Jesus spoke these words long before science and medicine had advanced to a point
where much was known about the function and physiology of the human eye, His conclusions are
in perfect accord with the considered opinions of modern specialists today. In fact, a noted
oculist once had this to say in regard to this very Scripture:
"The seeing power of the body requires two eyes, each receiving its own impressions, slightly
different from that of the other, but apprehended by the brain as one impression. Select an
individual object to look at. With the right eye you see the center and a little of the right
side of the model, and vice versa with the left. By combining the two images, the brain has a
comprehensive idea of the total object. The perception may then be said to be 'single,' and
therefore, in regard to that object the whole body is 'full of light'; but if the two eyes
look in different directions, two separate images are carried to the brain. There is no true
impression. The person having this double impression cannot regard and follow both images
without getting into great confusion."
Jesus made a spiritual application of this physical truth by pointing out that "no man can
serve two masters." A Christian needs an "undivided heart" (Eph. 6:5b-7; Col. 3:22b-24), if
his eye is to be "single" to God's glory!
In South Africa when looking for diamonds, they often find a substance which is half charcoal
and half precious stone. It was intended to be a diamond; but it stopped short and, therefore,
will never get into the king's diadem. Christian, don't be content to be saved "so as by
fire"; don't be part diamond and part slag. Be a jewel for His Crown.
HGB
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