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Take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare (Luke 21:34). Note the term life in Jesus words. In the Greek New Testament three words are commonly used for life: zoe, spiritual life; psuche, psychological life; and bios, biological life. The last is the word used here, appearing in its adjectival form, biotikos, of this life. The Lord is warning us to beware lest we be unduly pressed with this lifes cares, that is to say, with anxieties regarding quite ordinary matters such as food and dress which belong to our present existence on the earth. It was over just such a simple thing that Adam and Eve fell, and it will be due to just such simple matters that some Christians may overlook the heavenward call of God. For it is always a matter of where the heart is. We are exhorted not to let our hearts be overcharged or laden with these things to our loss. That is to say, we are not to carry a burden regarding them that would weigh us down. We are to be in a true sense detached in spirit from our goods in the house or in the field (Luke 17:31). Love Not the World Watchman Nee Chapter 7 worldinvisible/library/nee/lovenottheworld/chapter%207.htm
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 18:22:43 +0000

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