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Matthew 5:21-30. Sermon on the Mount. God Looks at the Inside. …anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Murder and adultery are just the external manifestations of an internal problem…
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Matthew 5:21-30 Sermon on the Mount
God Looks at the Inside • …anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. • Murder and adultery are just the external manifestations of an internal problem… • Inappropriate anger does not equal certain eternal condemnation it merely qualifies you for it
Be the Bigger Man… • Making peace is more important than formal worship. • Psalm 51:16-17 16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. 17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. • Be the bigger man… quickly! Vs 25-26
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures • Vs 29-30: Jesus is not being literal! • We must deal radically with sin and cut it off at the source • Don’t just feel sorry for yourself… DO SOMETHING!!! (Joseph) • Genesis 39 10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.