SPIRITUAL VIEWPOINTS
SPLIT VISION
I bought new glasses about a year ago, and they help with a stigmatism that causes double vision. For a while I had four feet, two noses, eight kids, and two wives. It’s great when new glasses correct that!
There’s something worse that seeing double, it’s living double. New glasses won’t help; a new life corrects this problem. James 1:22-24 says, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.” This is the worse kind of split vision. It’s pretending to be a Christian while living like the world. It’s talking spiritual one minute and profane the next. James continues in 1:26, “If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.” James says God desires a “righteous life” (v.22). Nothing is left to our imagination: “Therefore, get rid of all moral filth, and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you” (v. 21).
I’ve been around for 72 years, so I know the ropes. In the past I’ve lived on both sides of the street, good and bad. I looked in the mirror one Sunday morning and saw myself dressed up and ready for church, then I walked away from the mirror, deceived myself, and allowed my religion to become worthless.
My glasses and my life have had an overhaul. My glasses give me the ability to see only one vision, and now my life gives me the ability to see only One Way.
If you’re living a double life, your religion is worthless and it’s time to quit deceiving yourself. God has some new specs just for you, accept them and enjoy the fantastic horizon!