Good Eyes Matthew 6:19-23. A Good Eye Sees clearly and effectively Sight is a figure for spiritual perception, Matt. 13:14-15 – EYE: “metaph. the eyes.

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Good Eyes Matthew 6:19-23

A Good Eye Sees clearly and effectively Sight is a figure for spiritual perception, Matt. 13:14-15 – EYE: “metaph. the eyes of the mind, the faculty of knowing” (Thayer, OLB) – An eye is like a lamp that shows the body which way to move and turn, Luke 11:

Good Eyes Focus on heavenly treasures, Matthew 6:19-23 Believe Jesus and be saved from sin, John 9:35-41 To be converted, Acts 26:18 Spiritual discernment is based on divine revelation, 1 Cor. 2:14-16 To know the blessings we have from God, Eph. 1:

Good Eyes Have spiritual perception in order to know: Heavenly treasure from the counterfeit, Matt. 6:19-20 (13:44) That our heart is where it ought to be, Matt. 6:21 (Col. 3:1-4) Conduct which is pure and in truth, Matt. 6:22 (“trained”, Lk. 6:40) 4 4

Good Eyes Perceive and focus on heavenly treasures, Matt. 6:19-23 Good: “simple, single…whole… sound…of the eye” (Thayer, OLB) A focused eye can do great things for God, 6:22; Lk. 11:34-36 A distracted eye is deadly to the soul, 6:23; Matt. 6:

Raise our Spiritual Perception to Know the Value of… LOST SOULS, Lk. 15:8-10 (Jno. 4:35) – How we see the lost determines how we act toward them, James 5:19-20 Discarded or distressed? Inconvenienced or involved? 6

Raise our Spiritual Perception to Know the Value of… THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, Prov. 23:23; Psa. 19:8, 10-11; 119: – Affects how we listen and obey – See the truth with spiritual eyes, we will… Lay it up in our hearts, Psa. 119:11 Contend for it, Jude 3 Live it, Jas. 1:

Raise our Spiritual Perception to Know the Value of… GOSPEL PREACHING, 1 Cor. 1:18-25; Rom. 10:8 (9-17) – Affects whether we want to listen to it and support it with our resources – See gospel preaching as God sees it we will demand it and receive it, 2 Tim. 4:1-5 8

Raise our Spiritual Perception to Know the Value of… THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1 Tim. 3:15; Eph. 1:22-23; 3:21; 5:25-27 – Affects how we treat the church: Respect, love, concern, unity, honor and service – Or, with neglect, selfishness, pettiness, arrogance and boasting – Work for its strength when we see the church for what it is 9

Raise our Spiritual Perception to Know the Value of… HEAVEN, Revelation 21:1 – Affects whether being a faithful, devout Christian is most important to us or not – We can and must see heaven with eyes of faith, Heb. 11:

Good Eyes Keep your eyes on Jesus, Heb. 12:1-2 “to turn the eyes away from other things and fix them on something” “If your eye is good (single, clear), your whole body will be full of light.” (Matthew 6:22) 11