The Christian walk is influenced much by the way the eyes 'see'. Some biblical case study hints are shared in this presentation.

1. TAKE CARE LEST YOUR
LIGHT BECOMES DARK !!
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2. Eyes are God’s gift to us
 Eye the window to the environment
 Mt. 7:3 Shapes the perception of a
person
 Influences the behavior pattern
 Gen Ch1.God saw what He created to
be ‘good’
 Job 31:1 Job made a covenant with
his eyes not to look lustfully
 Pro 4:25 Eyes must look straight
ahead to avoid trouble
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3. Jesus’ teaching Mt 6:22,23
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Eye the
lamp of
body
Good
eyes
light
the
body
Bad
eyes
put out
the
light
within

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Lust of
eyes is not
of God
It is
from
the
world
It is the
‘greedy
longing of
the mind’
(Amp.Bible)
I John 2:16

5. Biblical Case Studies
1.EVE IN EDEN
2. LOT IN SODOM
3. SAMSON IN PHILISTIA
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6. ADAM AND EVE in the garden of Eden
Gen. Ch.3 :5-7
 The couple fell to the deception of Satan
 Entertained the serpent on their own
 Wanted to get their ‘eyes opened’
 Eve found the forbidden fruit to ‘be
delightful to the eyes’
 Eyes ‘opened’ to their nakedness
 God’s glory LEFT / perishable leaves
adorned them
 Spiritual and physical death followed
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7. LOT chose the valley of Sodom Gen.
13:10
 Not under Abram’s / God’s protection
 Chose to separate for the sake of wealth
 Wrong choice led by his eyes
 He ‘looked and saw’ the valley of Sodom
and Gomorrah well watered
 Pitched his tent facing / near the wicked
people’s land Ps.120:5
 God showed mercy for Abram’s sake
 Had to escape destruction by a hair’s
breadth
 Lot’s wife ‘looked back’ and became a pillar
of salt
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8. SAMSON the last judge of Israel
Judg. Chs.13, 14, 16
 Promised son of Manoah
 ‘Nazirite’ from birth : does not refer to a
place but to a life style
 Set apart for God and to lead a holy life
 Fallen from the Nazirite vow
 Always misled by his eyes
 Saw a philistine girl pleasing to his eyes
 Saw a harlot and befriended her
 Saw Delilah and fell prey to her evil plans
 Got his eyes plucked off by enemies
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10. AUTHOR
Mrs. Kalaneethy Christopher M.Sc., M.Phil., B.C.S
 Retired Collegiate Professor
 Formerly College Chaplain
 Formerly Vice-Principal
 LADY DOAK COLLEGE , MADURAI , INDIA
 The presentation was exclusively made for Sunday messages in a
local church community at Madurai, India
 No part of this can be reproduced without permission from the
author