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Spiritual Astigmatism 

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Spiritual Astigmatism 

Dave Riddle - 8/21/22

Key Passage: Matthew 6:22-23

“Eyes are the windows to the soul” - Shakespeare… or Cicero… or someone else

 “The eye is the lamp of the body” - Jesus in Matthew 6:22a

“The Evil Eye”

  • Matthew 6:23

  • A concept found in many world cultures and elsewhere in the Bible

    • Deuteronomy 28:54, 56

    • Proverbs 28:22

  • A person who lacks generosity. A person who looks out for their own self-interest. Narcissistic, self-consumed.

  • Matthew 20:15 - literally translated “is your eye evil because I am good?”.

The Single Eye (Healthy Eye)

  • Matthew 6:22

  • haplous (ἁπλοῦς) - simple, single, whole

    • haplos: bountifully, liberally

      • See James 1:5

    • haplotes: singleness. Subjective Meaning: sincerity, without pretense or self-interest), or Objective Meaning: generosity.

      • See 2 Corinthians 8:2