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Real Righteousness

  “Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭11:35-36‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.11.35-36.nkjv If there is no doubt that righteousness is light and any form of unrighteous thought is darkness, the only way the light in anyone can be darkness is the allowance of unrighteous thought in the pursuit of righteousness. Practical righteousness is more than doing right in all relationships with God and man; it also includes thinking right. As clearly exemplified in another passage of the scriptures “ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things (Philippians‬ ‭4:8‬ ...

Sign Shedding

“The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭11:34‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/114/luk.11.34.nkjv Whenever magicians say “the more you see, the less you discover”, they mostly allude to their game of deception. It takes a desperate effort in the science of discolouration and the shedding of details for magic tricksters to rob the innocent audience of their right to the truth. In an effort to save the innocent listeners of the gospel message from the likes of tricks from the Pharisees, Jesus Christ pointed to the importance of the honest use of the human eyes. Instead of acknowledging the evidence of the glory of God in the signs and wonders through the ministry of Jesus Christ, the Pharisees had deceptively asked for ‘sign from heaven’. Whereas, the main intention in their request is sign shedding and a deliberate effort to ignore the approp...