What Jesus said about

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What Jesus said about anger
distinctive

• Matthew 521-26

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Jesus more radical than the Old Testament

• youve heard it said but I say to you

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two courts v21-22

• earthly
• heavenly

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• The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of
  the world they have divine power to demolish
  strongholds.
• We demolish every pretension that sets itself
  up against the knowledge of God, and we take
  captive every thought to make it obedient to
  Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 104-5

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two examples

• my brother (v23-24)
• my adversary

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two angers

• unrighteous fury
• righteous indignation

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handling anger

• acknowledge it
• understand it
• express it constructively
• learn from it

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• I have begun with the gospel, I am determined
  not to end with the law!

Thomas Barnardo
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