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Anger Unmasked

This week, we begin a new series called, "Hard Sayings of Jesus". We will be looking through the gospel of Matthew at some of the statements Jesus made that are difficult to understand and how they apply to us as His disciples. This week focuses on Jesus' statement in Matthew 5:21-22 regarding anger. What does Jesus mean that calling someone a "fool" is worthy of judgment? We will see that instead of commending merely external obedience to the law, Jesus addresses the matter of the heart in our anger. Certainly murder is wrong, but what about when we cut others down with our words? Our Savior is showing that curbing only the extreme outworking of anger (i.e. murder) is not enough, but our hearts and root desires themselves must be changed by His Spirit's work. Jesus is teaching His disciples what it means that their righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees; namely, that the law must be written on their hearts.