{"id":8058,"date":"2024-07-18T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T10:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/?p=8058"},"modified":"2024-07-18T10:25:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T10:25:44","slug":"our-sense-organs-in-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/our-sense-organs-in-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Sense Organs in Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Sense Organs in Christianity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Humans express feelings through the sense organs when in various situations. Happiness, anger, fear, pain, love and alike are our feelings. We express these feelings by the eyes, hands, legs, mouth, face and physical emotion.<\/p>\n

Holy Scriptures warns us to be careful in the use of the sense organs. For Instance, The Wise King Solomon says, \u201cHe who winks with the eye causes trouble\u201d: (Proverb 10:10) \u201cHe purses his lips and brings about evil.\u201d (Proverb 16:30)<\/p>\n

The consequence of feelings is abundant if not utilized cautiously. It is necessary to be careful in time of excitement or agony, respite or anxiety as well as anger or good humor. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ says, \u201cBut those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.\u201d (Matthew 15:18)<\/p>\n

The insult we express through the mouth is the feedback of our emotion. Murder is also our response to the harmful act that people have done to us. We shall also realize the act of fornication is the answer we give to our feeling of sensuality. The story of King David\u2019s son Amnon and his sister Tamar, can be mentioned as an example here. \u201cIn the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.<\/p>\n

Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her. Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David\u2019s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. He asked Amnon, \u201cWhy do you, the king\u2019s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won\u2019t you tell me?\u201d Amnon said to him, \u201cI\u2019m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom\u2019s sister.\u201d \u201cGo to bed and pretend to be ill,\u201d Jonadab said. \u201cWhen your father comes to see you, say to him, \u2018I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, \u201cI would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.\u201d \u201cDavid sent word to Tamar at the palace: \u201cGo to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.\u201d So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it. Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat. \u201cSend everyone out of here,\u201d Amnon said. So everyone left him. Then Amnon said to Tamar, \u201cBring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.\u201d And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, \u201cCome to bed with me, my sister.\u201d \u201cNo, my brother!\u201d she said to him. \u201cDon\u2019t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don\u2019t do this wicked thing. What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.\u201d But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.<\/p>\n

Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, \u201cGet up and get out!\u201d \u201cNo!\u201d she said to him. \u201cSending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.\u201d But he refused to listen to her. He called his personal servant and said, \u201cGet this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.\u201d So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate robe, for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore. Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went. Her brother Absalom said to her, \u201cHas that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don\u2019t take this thing to heart.\u201d And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom\u2019s house, a desolate woman.<\/p>\n

When King David heard all this, he was furious. And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.\u201d (2 Samuel 13- 1-22)<\/p>\n

Absalom Kills Amnon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two years later, when Absalom\u2019s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king\u2019s sons to come there. Absalom went to the king and said, \u201cYour servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?\u201d \u201cNo, my son,\u201d the king replied. \u201cAll of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.\u201d Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.<\/p>\n

Then Absalom said, \u201cIf not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.\u201d The king asked him, \u201cWhy should he go with you?\u201d But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king\u2019s sons.<\/p>\n

Absalom ordered his men, \u201cListen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, \u2018Strike Amnon down,\u2019 then kill him. Don\u2019t be afraid. Haven\u2019t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.\u201d So Absalom\u2019s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king\u2019s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.<\/p>\n

While they were on their way, the report came to David: \u201cAbsalom has struck down all the king\u2019s sons; not one of them is left.\u201d The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.<\/p>\n

But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David\u2019s brother, said, \u201cMy lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom\u2019s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar. My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king\u2019s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. Now the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told the king, \u201cI see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side of the hill.\u201d Jonadab said to the king, \u201cSee, the king\u2019s sons have come; it has happened just as your servant said.\u201d As he finished speaking, the king\u2019s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly. Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.<\/p>\n

After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years. And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon\u2019s death. (2 Samuel 13- 23-39)<\/p>\n

This story illustrates the evil harm that the falling for our feeling and emotions bring on our lives. We ought to always be alert and cautious in being safeguarded by our Lord; do not surrender to our corporeal desire but live for the will of the pure soul. It is the temptation of the worldliness that influences humans to only listen to the will of feelings of emtoions.
\nThe world\u2019s deviousness tempts the eye to watch the physic and beauty of the body; the mouth to admire it; the legs to walk towards reaching it and the tongue to taste its poisonous. Then, it is likely to be trapped in the devil\u2019s nest.<\/p>\n

Dear Brethren! It is better to control physical desires, feelings and emotions now, rather than to be put to punishment in everlasting fire at Judgment day. Prayer is the first weapon to defeat infidelity; diligence in fasting and prostration aside alms giving, are another way of triumphing on the enemy.<\/p>\n

May God\u2019s mercy, benevolence and benediction be with us, Amen!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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