Adultery ~
Once again, Jesus emphasizes that your motivation - your heart - is more important than your outward actions. Everyone knows adultery is a sin, but Jesus tells us that lusting after someone - imagining the act - is as much of a sin as committing the act.
Motivation, motivation, motivation & self-control: notice Jesus tells us to pluck out our eye or cut off our hand if it causes us to sin. Is he being literal here? I don't think so. I believe He is teaching us about self-control. Would you rather pluck out your eye or would you like to learn to control yourself? We will all come into contact with attractive people; however, it's what you do afterwards that leads to sin. Do you keep moving or do you fixate on a lustful scenario?
Make every effort to ask yourself why you do what you do & start implementing self-control. The effort is worth it!
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