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Does it seem like our world is getting angrier by the day? Conflict after conflict.

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2. How do we live in a world filled with anger and conflict and not be consumed by it in our own hearts?
3. In 1 Corinthians 12:31, the Apostle Paul declared that there is a “more excellent way”, it’s love.
4. In Matthew 5:21-26, we will discover how to overcome anger and avoid it consequences by taking the “more excellent way”.

Matthew 5:21-26

Context
1. In Matthew 5:1-20, Jesus declared the standard for being His disciple and entrance into the kingdom of heaven.
2. What is that standard? Perfection. He said in Matthew 5:20, “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.”
3. That was a radical statement. In that day, the scribes and Pharisees were hailed as the definition of righteousness.
4. Then Jesus exploded their world view and said their standard was not good enough because they only stressed an external obedience to the Law. God has a different standard, for God looks at the heart!
5. God desires a deeper righteousness where obedience flows from a heart that is filled with faith because it has been transformed by His love and grace through Jesus.
6. In verses 21-26, Jesus applied the kingdom of heaven standard to the sixth commandment, once again taking it to a deeper level by examining the heart of man. What did His teaching reveal?

I. The Anger of Man Misses the Mark (21-22)

• In verse 21, Jesus quoted Exodus 20:13.
• The “ancients” mentioned by Jesus were the original recipients of the Mosaic Law at Mount Sinai.
• This wasn’t the first prohibition against murder. God gave the first command to Noah after the flood.

Genesis 9:6, Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made man.

• God made murder punishable by death because each person is made in His image; life has value.
• The scribes and Pharisees taught that if a person did not commit the physical act of murder, all was well, no command was broken.
• But Jesus elevated the standard when He said, “But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court;” (22)
• What was Jesus saying?


A. Do not let anger master you
1. The word “anger” means a “settled anger”, “a malice that is nursed inwardly”.
a. There is a righteous anger. The Reformer, Martin Luther, called it the “anger of love”.

Martin Luther, “An anger of love [is] one that wishes no one any evil, one that is friendly to the person, but hostile to the sin.”

b. The Apostle Paul also spoke of a righteous anger but warned that it can easily turn fleshly and sinful.

Ephesians 4:26-27, Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.

c. In Matthew 5, Jesus was speaking of an unrighteous anger, an anger driven by pride, vanity, hatred, malice, and revenge.
2. Jesus was saying that while murder is forbidden, so is the anger that prompts the thought and leads to the act. When we’re angry with someone, it’s like committing murder in our hearts because we want to get rid of the one who gets in our way.

1 John 3:15, Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

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