Riding for The brand
The Sermon on the Mount!
Sermon 6, The law to a Whole NEW Level
Matthew 5:21-26
Murder where does it
start? It's a heart issue!
Matthew 5:21–22 (NIV)
21 “You
have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not
murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I
tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister, will be subject to
judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable
to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of
hell.
Let’s unpack this a
little!
Vs 21a
“You have
heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,
The Mosaic law
Deuteronomy 5:17 (NLT) “You
must not murder
·
Pretty
straight forward
·
Nothing
new
·
Our
court system was based on this law
Vs 21b
and anyone
who murders will be subject to judgment.
Numbers 35:30 (NIV) “ ‘Anyone
who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of
witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one
witness.
·
This
was nothing new
·
He
was setting the ground work for a different way of thinking
The new law! Jesus
ushers in a new way of thinking!
Vs 22a
But
I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister, will be subject
to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is
answerable to the court.
·
anyone who is angry with a brother
or sister, will be subject to judgment
o He is setting the
frame work for how we need to be to change a world
o Brother and sister
refers to other Christians
o The judgment he is
talking about is Gods judgment
o He is telling His
followers it's a heart issue, not the act
o By the time you act
(outward aggression) you have already sinned!
·
Again, anyone who says to a brother or
sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court.
o The court He is
speaking of is the church
o Raca means “good for
nothing”
o He is explaining
that we are to hold each other accountable, in love, for our inward (heart
issue) sins
o When we go around
talking about others accusing them of all sorts of things it's the same as
murder!
Vs 22b
And anyone
who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
·
It
starts with the heart
·
And
the sins of the heart lead to Hell
·
Sins
of the heart can’t be seen by man , but God sees EVERYTHING
·
Hell!
o géenna [Gehenna]
o a place where body’s
were burned
o false sacrifices are
made
o A Very real place,
to describe a Very real place, HELL!
Ok so what is this anger that Jesus is talking about? Let’s
explore that for a minute!
Let’s set the record
straight, there is Righteous Anger!
Ephesians 4:26 (NIV)
26 “In your anger do
not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
There
is good anger, Jesus got angry. But it's how you deal with and your intent in
your heart that makes it good or bad!
·
Jesus
was pissed off at the religious people of his time
·
He
flipped over tables and rebuked them
·
He
called Peter the devil!
·
But
his heart was pure through it all!
·
Anger
should not lead us into sin.
·
It
should not lead us into gossip.
·
It
should not lead us into violence.
·
It
should not lead us into retribution.
It
should motivate us toward justice, and the pursuit of repentance and
transformation of the sinner
So what is “bad” anger?
what does un-righteous anger look like??
Some examples for us
to follow!
Matthew 5:23–26 (NIV)
23 “Therefore,
if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something
against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them;
then come and offer your gift.
25 “Settle
matters quickly with your adversary
who is taking you to court. Do it while you
are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to
the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be
thrown into prison. 26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you
have paid the last penny.
Jesus
is saying her that we need to settle matters first with our brothers and
sisters
This is why we are
all called Hypocrites
·
The
world sees how we act
·
The
world does not care that you go to church every Sunday
o They don’t care
about your holy hardware
o They don’t care if you’re
here every time the doors are open
o They care how you act
o They care what you
say
o They are watching
you to see if you walk the walk that you talk
o Our job is to be
Jesus to a dark world!
4 types of anger
that get us in the most trouble!
Pride
Proverbs 16:18 (NIV)
Pride
goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
·
All
anger starts here
·
This
is a Self-Righteous Ego
·
Pride
is a un-willingness to give-in
·
The
world (Satan) thrives on our love of self
·
The
original sin was Pride (we wanted to be like God)
·
Jealousy
James 3:16 (ESV)
For
where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every
vile practice.
·
Gossip
lives here
·
People
lives can be destroyed here
·
We
might convent what they have
·
Or
be mad about a promotion
·
And
the anger is held in and we use words to hurt
·
Judgmental
1 Corinthians 4:5 (ESV)
Therefore
do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring
to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of
the heart.
Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
·
When
we judge others we are playing God
·
It
is not our place to be judge and jury that is God’s job alone
·
Anger
builds form pride, turns in to Jealousy and ends in us playing God
Matthew 7:1–2 (NLT)
“Do not judge others, and you
will not be judged. 2 For you will be treated as you treat others.* The
standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.*
Un-forgiveness
Matthew 6:14–15 (NLT)
“If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly
Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father
will not forgive your sins.
·
When
anger turns to un-forgiveness Satan takes hold
·
The
anger and bitterness takes deep root
·
It's
grieves Gods heart that we won’t forgive
·
There
is nothing anyone can do that you can’t forgive
·
We
have to be able to forgive so that God can work in our heart
·
We
can’t effectively minister to others with a unforgivin, grieved spirit
We
live in a cruel unfair world, we will be offended, we will be mistreated, we
will be hurt and we will hurt others. We will lose friends and we will walk
away from people we love.
That’s
why Jesus tells us we must forgive! Without forgiveness we will live in a sea
of anger that will consume us. Don’t get caught up in this bait that Satan uses
to keep us bond up!
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