Why does Jesus paint this shocking picture? I believe he wants us to take radical steps, to do whatever is nessesary to deal with sexual temptation.
Now, the hand and the eye are not causes of sin. A blind man can still lust and a man without a hand can still steal. But the eye is a means of access for both godly and ungodly input. And the hand is a means of performing righteous or sinful acts. We must therefore govern what the eye looks at and the hand does.
If we take Jesus seriously, we need to think far more radically about sexual purity.
-Randy Alcorn, The Purity Principle P. 64
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