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“The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness” (Luke 11:34).
This verse might seem to be a bit complicated to us, but it means that when we really want to look at something closely, we give it our full attention. If we look only at one thing, our whole person is taken up with it. Suppose we are looking at a pretty bird outside, and wanting to know what kind it is. We look very closely at it, perhaps even with some binoculars, to see it as well as possible.
It is the same in spiritual things. If we are really interested in following the Lord Jesus, we give Him our whole attention, and our whole body is filled with real light from God. But if we do not want the things of the Lord, our eye is evil, and we look at evil things. Then our whole being is full of darkness. Even as Christians our whole body can be full of darkness, if we get away from the Lord, and set our minds on sinful things instead of good things. Do we want our bodies to be full of light, or full of darkness?
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