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Matthew 5:21-26 Sermon Slides -- Jesus talks about anger
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Jesus Connects anger with murder From the Sermon on the Mount Jesus expands the “murder” commandment
Presenting offering with anger in your heart is not an acceptable offering to God Cultural lesson: dealing with a dispute before a judge in Jesus day
Anger DESTROYS the church • 48 CE Council • 1096 CE Catholic and Orthodoxy • 1517 CE The Reformation • 2018 CE 1000+ denominations • 2019 CE Hopefully not the UMC
Why? Anger won’t let us be together and disagree • What happened to “love your neighbor?” • U.S. society today influences the church
We need to disagree in love REMOVE THE ANGER