FREEDOM FROM LUSTS IN THE MIND

'And if your right hand leads you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have all of it go into hell.' - Matthew 5 vs 30 {GW}

Greetings to you dearly beloved of God in Christ Jesus. If you have been battling with lust in your mind, and you don't know how to permanently overcome having lusts in your mind, the Lord has sent His word to you right now to free you completely and forever. This is the word of the Lord. Read with an open heart. Amen.

Let's take a look at our opening Bible passage again;

'And if your right hand leads you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose a part of your body than to have all of it go into hell.' - Matthew 5 vs 30 {GW}

• if your right hand leads you to sin, cut it off and throw it away

The Good News Bible translation uses the phrase "causes you to". Let's see it;

'If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose one of your limbs than to have your whole body go off to hell.' - Matthew 5 vs 30 {GNB}

• If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away

Waow! The Spirit of God showed me what the Lord taught by those words: the Lord simply addressed 'the source'. What that means is, every sin that a man commits, has a source that inspires it in him. - Think about that. So the Lord clearly gave us the way out of the dominance and control of sin over our lives and minds; cut off the source! and you will be free from that sin completely.

The right hand that causes a man to sin according to the words of the Lord Jesus in the verse above, simply means, the source that inspires that sin in a man. Cutting off the right hand that causes you to sin means, cutting off the source or channel that inspires that sin in you. Let me give you a practical example or scenario of this explanation: Many persons struggle with sexual thoughts in their minds, sexual actions in their minds, and many have carried that struggle with them for a long time; they are fed up, they know it's not right to be thinking those trash, but they can't just help themselves stop having those thoughts, they can't help themselves stop those sexual imaginations. But you know what, that's a simple thing to achieve, according to the teaching of the Lord Jesus which we read in our opening Bible verse. So how does such a Believer overcome that mental situation? It's simple! Observe the source or sources of the sexual inflammation in your mind! What are those things that stirs up the imaginations? Spot the source of the sexual inflammations in your mind. When you find it out, cut if off from your life! Meaning, do away with it completely. Did you notice that the Lord did not just say "cut it off", but He also added "and throw it away!" That means, don't spare that source of immoral inspiration in your life! Don't take it mildly, rather, eternally discard it from your life.

A Friend or Company

If you observe that when you are in the company of a certain friend or friends, the things they discuss and their mannerisms kind of cause you to also say the wrong things, do the wrong things, and stir up ungodly imaginations in your mind, What did the Lord say? He said cut off that hand that causes you to sin, and throw it away! So therefore, cut off that friend or friends, forever! Throw them away! It's a stern instruction given by the Lord. Throw them away! Yes.

Movies or TV Programme

If you observe that after watching movies or a TV programme, you find yourself imagining ungodly things, you find yourself having erotic thoughts, What did the Lord say? He said cut off that hand that causes you to sin, and throw it away! So therefore, cut off watching movies or that TV programme, forever! I tell you, you will observe the change in your mind or life the moment you cut off that source that inspires ungodliness in you. Try this, practice it! You will come back rejoicing in your liberty! Amen.

Internet Contents

The internet is one place where gross ungodly is cheaply (if not freely) posted for anyone to feed his eyes with. So therefore, if you observe that your eyes are seeing too much (sexually erotic contents) on the internet, and you are having ungodly imaginations of sexually erotic pictures or motions, What did the Lord say? He said cut off that hand that causes you to sin, and throw it away! So therefore, cut off your content viewing presence on the internet, forever! Stop viewing internet contents! It's a discipline, and it's possible, it's achievable. I'm not saying that you should stop using the internet. Rather, stop scrolling through its contents. If you have something to do on the internet, go and do it; when you're through, exit the page or application. It's that simple. No scrolling through contents to view or to watch, no! So your usage of the internet becomes on a strict standard: you go there to do what you want to do, and when you're done, you log out from the application. You will notice the change in your imaginations.

See, if we live our lives according to the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ, we will be fine, we will not have issues. I tell you. Decide to live by the Word! The Word is the true liberty and deliverance your life needs. The Word!

'So if your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose one of your limbs than to have your whole body go off to hell.' - Matthew 5 vs 29 - 30 {GNB}

• if your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away
• If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away

The message is simple and clear: cut off completely from your life any source that inspires ungodly imaginations and lifestyle in you.

The Lord give you peace. Amen.

- Jenning U. Angel