The Evil Eye
Jesus said…
”...is it not lawful for me to do what I want with what is mine...is your eye evil because I am good..." (Matthew 20:15)
Muslims believe they are the only ones destined for heaven. Christians think the same thing. The reason is that both want their good deeds or faith to determine their salvation. Nevertheless, the world has only one Savior, and his salvation is a free gift, according to the Bible…
“For by Grace are you saved...For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life...For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive...The last enemy that will be abolished is death… so that God may be all in all.” (Ephesians 2:8; Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians 15:22-28)
Christians and Muslims alike have leaders whom they believe are men of God. They follow their teaching and trust and put faith in those men. They may think their faith is in Allah or God, but it is really in what their leaders have told them about Allah or God.
Nevertheless all are destined to hear directly from Jesus, a few in this life and all in the next. And then they will finally understand what God is doing through Jesus His Son, and will declare...
"It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world." (John 4:42)
God saves by "Grace" because God is "good", but religious men see the saving "of the world" by such grace and goodness as "evil".
That is sad...the evil eye.
”...is it not lawful for me to do what I want with what is mine...is your eye evil because I am good..." (Matthew 20:15)
Muslims believe they are the only ones destined for heaven. Christians think the same thing. The reason is that both want their good deeds or faith to determine their salvation. Nevertheless, the world has only one Savior, and his salvation is a free gift, according to the Bible…
“For by Grace are you saved...For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life...For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive...The last enemy that will be abolished is death… so that God may be all in all.” (Ephesians 2:8; Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians 15:22-28)
Christians and Muslims alike have leaders whom they believe are men of God. They follow their teaching and trust and put faith in those men. They may think their faith is in Allah or God, but it is really in what their leaders have told them about Allah or God.
Nevertheless all are destined to hear directly from Jesus, a few in this life and all in the next. And then they will finally understand what God is doing through Jesus His Son, and will declare...
"It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world." (John 4:42)
God saves by "Grace" because God is "good", but religious men see the saving "of the world" by such grace and goodness as "evil".
That is sad...the evil eye.