Another thought about this physician. What would you do if your doctor told you to cut off your arm if it was giving you trouble or poke out your eye if it was offensive to you? I might find another doctor though sometimes amputation is the only way to save the whole body. Jesus makes such bold statements in the Sermon on the Mount. "If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of our body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. it is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell, (Matthew 5:29-30)." Pretty tough prescription! I am sure some there did not want to hear, much less do, what the physician was prescribing.
Not to take anything away from Jesus' teaching, but we need to understand that Kingdom living was going to take, and does take, some real commitment. There can be nothing in the way or cause distraction for Kingdom dwellers. This was straightforward teaching for a straightforward commitment.
However, I am glad that the doctor offered another solution to some with eye problems. The Laodiceans could buy a healing salve for their eyes from the doctor, (Revelation 3:18). It's one thing to have the diagnosis and quite another to be the source of healing. He has got what we need for Kingdom living.
If our eyes are focused on the physician then healing will always be nearby.
Call the doctor - apply as needed!
L.T.
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