06/24/2026
Mat 6:22 The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Mat 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
Mat 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
For your eye to be single means it is properly focused. In other words, you have it focused on the right thing. In this context, that right thing is the Kingdom of Jesus and not on laying up treasures on earth. The lamp of the body is the eye, and if we are focused on the Kingdom, then our body is full of light.
A damning statement by Jesus on much of Christendom is when he says that if your eye is evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. This is because of the single-eyed focus on wealth and laying up treasures on the earth. Just look at how many Christians live their lives, enjoying one pleasure after the next and living materialistic lifestyles. The Son of God says these so-called Christians who live like that are full of darkness, not saved.
The King of Israel, Jesus, made it clear that we cannot serve his Father Jehovah and mammon, as we will hate the one or love the other. Therefore, a Christian has a choice to make: serve wealth and lay up treasures upon the earth, yet go to the lake of fire, or be content with food and clothing and serve Jehovah God and inherit the new heavens and new earth. The modern Christian is trying to serve both mammon and God, but that is impossible according to Jesus. If you have treasures upon the earth, then you are not serving God, and your lamp has been put out due to your eye being evil and your body full of darkness.