Episode 62: Stop Thinking with Your Eyes

<p class="p1">In Podcast Episode 62, “Stop Thinking with Your Eyes,” Kim discusses the danger of allowing the cravings for what we see to lead us to sin and fall short of God’s purpose.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">The primary scripture text for this episode is Judges 14:1-4, with the focal scripture 3b:</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">1 One day when Samson was in Timnah, one of the Philistine women caught his eye. 2 When he returned home, he told his father and mother, “A young Philistine woman in Timnah caught my eye. I want to marry her. Get her for me.”</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">3 His father and mother objected. “Isn’t there even one woman in our tribe or among all the Israelites you could marry?” they asked. “Why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife?”</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She looks good to me.” 4 His father and mother didn’t realize the Lord was at work in this, creating an opportunity to work against the Philistines, who ruled over Israel at that time.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">“For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.” (1 John 2:16)</p> <p class="p2"></p> <p class="p1">Other Biblical Texts:</p> <ul class="ul1"><li class="li1">Not to marry outside the Israelite nation (Exodus 34:15-17; Deuteronomy 7:1-4)</li> </ul> <p class="p2"> </p> <ul class="ul1"><li class="li1">““You have heard the commandment that says, ‘You must not commit adultery.’ But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your eye—even your good eye —causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your hand—even your stronger hand —causes you to sin, cut it off and throw i