Matthew 5:21-26

Jesus taught that just because your anger may not lead to murder does not mean that your thoughts are unclassified as sin. Unaddressed anger must be confronted in our lives.

• External actions reveal internal attitudes.
• Each of us is known by what makes us angry and how we handle it.

Address Anger (21-22)

• Murder is a symptom; anger is the sickness.
• Insulting others is attempting to empty them of their worth.
• Judging another’s spiritual condition is actually an indication of our own.

Pursue Reconciliation (23-24)

• You cannot fully worship your Father if you permit unresolved conflict with your brothers and sisters.
• If you are aware of the separation, do what you can to pursue reconciliation.

Settle Up (25-26)

• Do whatever is necessary to diffuse relational conflict.
• Drama will always escalate until someone gets intentional about disrupting the pattern.

• If thoughts could kill, every single one of us would be on death row.
• The undeserving grace of Jesus should motivate us to reconcile with those for which He died.