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PREACHING!. Are you a murderer at heart? Matthew 5:21-26. Are you a murderer at heart? Matthew 5:21-26. Are you a murderer at heart? Matthew 5:21-26. Israel are the “People of the Law”. Are you a murderer at heart? Matthew 5:21-26. Judgement.
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PREACHING! Are you a murderer at heart? Matthew 5:21-26
Are you a murderer at heart? Matthew 5:21-26 Israel are the “People of the Law”
Are you a murderer at heart? Matthew 5:21-26 • The seriousness of anger • If you find someone has an issue with you – go! (v23-24) • If you have an issue with someone else – go! (Matthew 18:15) • Do not let disputes get out of hand (v25-26)
Are you a murderer at heart? Matthew 5:21-26 • The seriousness of anger • The source of anger • It starts in the heart • Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil. • Matthew 12:34 For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Are you a murderer at heart? Matthew 5:21-26 • The seriousness of anger • The source of anger • The solution for anger • Recognise our problem is worse than we realised • We need a new heart • Jesus can do that • Ezekiel 36:25-27 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.