off must come the right hands, and out must go the right eyes. Matthew Chapter 6 Verse 24 No one can serve two masters, either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. It is impossible to serve both sin and Jesus. How can a man continue to live in sin and yet be saved from sin? Oh, sirs, be not deceived. Your sins and you must part, or Jesus will have nothing to do with you.

Do you think so badly of my Lord as to dream that He will pander to your passions by giving you liberty to live in sin and yet go to heaven? Has Jesus come to play the lackey to your lusts and let you do the work of Satan and then receive the wages of the godly? Though you never can attain perfection, yet in your desires you must aim for perfection. You must from your heart strive against every single sin, whatever shape it may be and however pleasurable or profitable it may appear.

Off must come the right hands and out must go the right eyes. It would be better for you to go through life maimed and blind than that you should perish in your beloved sins. There must be the full assent of your will to the reigning power of Jesus in your soul or else he does not reign at all. What do you say? Are you willing that Jesus should henceforth rule and reign over your entire nature as your heart's supreme Lord? Until Jesus is received by you as your sovereign King, then you are still under the reign of self, sin, and Satan. Whatever you may think of it, the devil is your master. You say you do not like him, but he is your master and Lord for all that, since he leads you captive at his will.

Until Jesus truly reigns in your heart, you are also in the utmost danger, in danger of damnation and eternal punishment. Let your breath go the wrong way, or let your heart cease beating just for a little, and you will be in hell, my friends, you will be in hell. Every man in the world has a master of some kind. Some principle or another has dominion over him. The worst tyrant a man can serve is himself. Self is the hardest and most contemptible of all despots.

Seeing then that you must have a king, can you have a better king than King Jesus, who is incarnate love? Think of His wondrous character, and of the love He has shown to sinners, and then tell me if you could have a better king. On his robe at his thigh was written this title, King of all kings and Lord of all lords.