MARK 9:43, C. H. Cayce “And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off, it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched.”
The Saviour is giving instruction in discipline in the church. No matter how important the place a member of the church may occupy, if he acts in a disorderly manner he should be dealt with. It is better to lose the important member than for the whole church to suffer, and the candlestick to be finally removed. We are too apt to be ready to deal with a member who acts disorderly if he does not occupy what is deemed an important place or position in the church, and at the same time pass unnoticed a crime of equal or greater magnitude if committed by the member holding the important position. The church should be as strict with the latter as with the former. If any difference is made, the member occupying the important position should be held to account more quickly than the other. The Primitive Baptist, May 31, 1910.