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

Are you a murderer at heart? Matthew 5:21-26

1.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

1.The seriousness of anger2.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

1.The seriousness of anger2.The source of anger3.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.