Watch out for the Evil Eye

 Matthew 20:1-16- Please Read

Matthew 20:14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’ 16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”

Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’ NLT

Or are you envious because I am generous?’  NIV

Are you going to get stingy because I am generous?’  Message

Am I not permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? [Or do you begrudge my being generous?] Is your eye evil because I am good?  (Amp)

15 Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Or do you resent my generosity towards others?’  - God’s Word Translation

Matthew 6: 22  The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light. 23  But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness! (Amp.)

We Have An Evil Eye When

Our generosity doesn’t match His.

Our mercy is not extended when He wants to extend mercy

We view God’s goodness as something bad.

Our love doesn’t match His love.

Our giving doesn’t match His giving.

Our compassion falls short of what he wants to offer.

We don’t see things from His point of view.

Are we mean spirited when He wants kindness extended

How Can I Avoid The Evil Eye?

1.Submit to the sovereignty of God. God’s sovereignty is the attribute by which He rules His entire creation, and to be sovereign God must be all-knowing, all powerful, and absolutely free. If one point of knowledge, however small, was unknown to God, He rule would break down at that point. If one atom or molecule of power was outside of His power, it would end His reign and undo His Kingdom. His sovereignty requires that He be free to do whatever He wills to do anywhere at any time to carry out His eternal purpose in every single detail without interference. Were He less than free, He would not be sovereign.  We insist that God does . . .as He pleases, only as He pleases, always as He pleases!

EXAMPLE : Mark 10: 13 The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. 14 The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus was irate and let them know it: “Don’t push these children away. Don’t ever get between them and me. These children are at the very center of life in the kingdom. 15 Mark this: Unless you accept God’s kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you’ll never get in.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         "But our God is in the heavens--He has done whatever He has pleased!" Psalm 115:3

Here is my humble view of God's sovereignty and man's free will working together: 

God sovereignly decreed that man should be free to exercise moral choice, and man from the beginning has fulfilled that decree by making His choice between good and evil. When he chooses to do evil, he does not contradict the sovereign will of God but fulfills it, for the eternal decree decided not which choice a man should make but that he should be free to make it.  If in His absolute freedom God has willed to give man limited freedom, who are we to speak against it. Man’s will is free because God is sovereign. 

Illustration: An ocean liner leaves NY headed for England. It’s destination has been determined by proper authorities. Nothing can change that. This is a faint picture of sovereignty. On board are many passengers. They are completely free to move about as they will. They eat, sleep, play, lounge on the deck, read, talk, altogether as they please, but all the while the great liner is carrying them steadily onward toward a predetermined port.  Both freedom and sovereignty are present here and they do not contradict each other.   So it is with man’s freedom and God’s sovereignty. 

The mighty liner of God’s sovereign design keeps it’s course over the sea of history. God moves undisturbed and unhindered toward the fulfillment of those eternal purposes which He purposed in Christ Jesus before the world began.  (A.W. Tozer)

2. Learn to See things from His point of View- 

Colossians 1:9  For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make [special] request for you, [asking] that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things--

Be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

The ability to see things from His point of view

Comprehensive insight into the ays and purposes of God

Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord.

Your outward life will bring credit to the name of Christ

The way we live and conduct our lives.

Be fully Pleasing To Him.

Desiring to please him in all things

Be fruitful in every good work

To bear genuine  Christian fruit. 

Increase in the knowledge of God

To have a fuller, deeper, and clearer insight and recognition of who He is.

Be strengthened with all might according to His glorious power. 

To be able to exercise every kind of endurance and patience with joy. The joy of the Lord is my strength

8 Truths From Genesis 1:1

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

There are eight truths revealed about God in this verse:

1. God exists – Hebrews 11:6 Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

2. God existed before there was a universe – Hebrews 1:10-12 And: In the beginning, Lord, You established the earth, and the heavens are the works of Your hands they will perish, but You remain. They will all wear out like clothing. You will roll them up like a cloak and they will be changed like a robe. But You are the same, and Your years will never end.
 
3. God is the main character in the Bible.
 
4. God is a being of action. He is the subject of the first verb in the Bible and performs a wider variety of activities than any other being in the Bible.
5. God is the creator. The Hebrew word for created is bārāʾ. In the active form of bārāʾ there is never a human subject, thus the verb indicates a work that is uniquely God’s.

6. God is mysterious. Though the Hebrew word for God is plural, the verb form of which "God" is the subject is singular. This may refer to the trinity of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. There are three God heads, but one divine purpose.

7. God is the Creator of heaven and earth.  Psalms 33:6-9 The heavens were made by the word of the Lord and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap; He puts the depths into storehouses. Let the whole earth tremble before the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke, and it came into being; He commanded, and it came into existence.

8. God is not dependent on the universe, but the universe is totally dependent on God.     Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact copy of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

At the Cross

Important Recall Notice

RECALL NOTICE:

The Maker of all human beings (GOD) is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and central component of the heart.
This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units code named Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all subsequent units. This defect has been technically termed "Sub-sequential Internal Non-Morality," or more commonly known as S.I.N., as it is primarily expressed. 

Some of the symptoms include: 
1. Loss of direction
2. Foul vocal emissions
3. Amnesia of origin
4. Lack of peace and joy
5. Selfish or violent behavior
6. Depression or confusion in the mental component
7. Fearfulness
8. Idolatry
9. Rebellion

The Manufacturer, who is neither liable nor at fault for this defect, is providing factory-authorized repair and service free of charge to correct this defect.

The Repair Technician, JESUS, has most generously offered to bear the entire burden of the staggering cost of these repairs. There is no additional fee required.

The number to call for repair in all areas is: P-R-A-Y-E-R. 
Once connected, please upload your burden of SIN through the REPENTANCE procedure. Next, download ATONEMENT from the Repair Technician, Jesus, into the heart component. 
  No matter how big or small the SIN defect is, Jesus will replace it with: 
1. Love
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Patience
5. Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self control   Please see the operating manual, the B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth) for further details on the use of these fixes. 
WARNING: Continuing to operate the human being unit without correction voids any manufacturer warranties, exposing the unit to dangers and problems too numerous to list and will result in the human unit being permanently impounded. For free emergency service, call on Jesus. 
  DANGER: The human being units not responding to this recall action will have to be scrapped in the furnace. The SIN defect will not be permitted to enter Heaven so as to prevent contamination of that facility. Thank you for your attention! 
  - GOD 
  P.S. Please assist where possible by notifying others of this important recall notice, and you may contact the Father any time by 'Knee mail'!  
  Because He Lives!

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