Day 52 - Chapter 9, Verses 42-48

"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe (in me) to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 3 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, where 'their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'

Gehenna was the Jerusalem garbage dump where there seemed to always be a fire burning. We were not made for sin, but for the glory of God. We don’t belong in Gehenna. Look back over this passage and contemplate God’s hopes for you.