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 All right, let's read together from Matthew chapter 5, verses 21 to 26.

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 This is God's Word.

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 You have heard that it was said to those of old, you shall not murder.

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 And whoever murders will be liable to judgment.

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 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.

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 Whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council.

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 And whoever says, you fool, will be liable to the hell of fire.

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 So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

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 leave your gift there before the altar and go.

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 First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

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 Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court,

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 lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.

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 Truly I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.

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 This is God's Holy Word.

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 Tonight, as Cody says, we're carrying on in our series on the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Last week we were looking at this huge claim that Jesus makes.

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 He is sitting on top of the mountain, and he tells the crowds,

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 he did not come to get rid of the law or the Old Testament, but he came to fulfill it.

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 He came, he says, to give the law meaning, to fill it full of meaning.

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 And now tonight, we hit the first of six commands, six Old Testament commands,

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 which we've seen before, which he now elevates and gives their full meaning to, just like he said.

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 So we're thinking about anger tonight, but if you have your Bibles open,

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 you see this list from verse 21.

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 To the end of the chapter, focused on six Old Testament commands,

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 and Jesus says,

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 And when he says that, he's not changing the commands.

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 He's not making them more difficult or harder to observe.

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 That's not what he's doing.

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 He's telling the people that he's talking to in his day that the law has been interpreted wrong.

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 He's telling the crowds, you know, you think you've got it right,

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 focusing on the external acts, focusing on what you do.

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 It's not that at all.

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 It's all about the heart, and it's always been about the heart.

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 Jesus doesn't abolish the law.

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 He fills it with meaning.

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 He says, this is what has always been about, the state of your heart.

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 And why does that matter?

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 Why does that matter?

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 Because that's what God sees.

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 That's what Jesus forces us to see in the sermon.

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 You know, one constant problem throughout the Old Testament,

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 when you see the law being given,

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 and you see how the people respond to it.

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 They become obsessed with the outward.

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 They become obsessed with the external.

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 And by the time we reach the book of Isaiah,

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 what does God say?

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 He says, their hearts are far from me.

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 Their hearts are far from me.

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 Jesus comes, and he gives it its true meaning.

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 He says, this is what the law is all about.

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 It's about your heart.

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 God sees it.

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 He knows what you think, how you feel.

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 He knows your attitude towards him.

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 He knows your attitude towards your neighbor.

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 The law is all about your heart.

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 And thinking about that has brought a lot of questions to the church throughout history.

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 This is a really quick blanket summary.

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 You could read forever about this.

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 I did this week.

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 But some commentators today,

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 and over the last hundred years,

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 have noticed that throughout church history,

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 the church has, in large parts,

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 either evaded the sermon,

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 or become completely obsessed with it.

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 So some have tried to evade it by saying that,

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 you know, these laws are only meant for certain Christians.

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 They're meant for the super holy,

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 the clergy.

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 They're meant for ministers.

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 They're meant, you know, for Corey,

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 not for us.

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 Some have come and said,

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 well, maybe it's for Christians.

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 It's for people in the church.

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 But as soon as you go back to work,

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 as soon as you go back to your family life,

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 it doesn't apply anymore.

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 It doesn't matter.

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 So in that way, you know,

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 people have come and have evaded the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Some obsess over these verses by saying that,

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 how Christian you are,

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 and I think this is quite common today,

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 how Christian you are

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 depends on how literally you obey these commands

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 that Jesus makes.

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 You can never be angry.

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 You must always turn the other cheek.

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 You must never swear enough.

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 And you can see how that gives rise to,

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 you know, certain groups and certain sects today.

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 We want to avoid both.

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 Jesus tells us,

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 when you read the Sermon on the Mount,

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 to avoid both tendencies.

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 This sermon is part of a bigger chapter,

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 part of a bigger section,

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 framed by chapters 4 and 9.

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 And in chapters 4 and 9,

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 Matthew uses exactly the same phrase

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 to say that Jesus has been going about

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 the towns and the villages,

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 preaching about the kingdom of God.

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 And when he uses exactly the same phrase

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 in chapter 4 and chapter 9,

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 that's his way of saying that this whole section

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 is about the kingdom of God.

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 And one way,

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 one way tonight,

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 maybe we can describe,

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 or we can describe the kingdom of God

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 is by saying

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 that it's the restoration of life

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 as it's meant to be

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 and creation,

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 which will be completed by God

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 out of love.

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 That restoration,

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 which began when Jesus died and rose again,

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 it is ongoing,

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 and it will be completed

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 at the new creation.

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 And if you are a Christian,

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 you know,

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 if you have repented and believed

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 like we were telling the kids,

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 you are tonight a part of that restoration.

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 This is a long introduction, I know,

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 but one summary for this sermon I read,

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 it helped me think about this sermon

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 and these six commands especially.

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 One writer says this,

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 In this way,

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 the kingdom of God

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 is the restoration of life.

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 And it is the Sermon on the Mount

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 which indicates the road

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 towards this restoration.

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 It's not opposed to life,

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 to nature,

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 and to the community,

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 but in truth,

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 it is for

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 and in support

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 of life.

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 The sermon,

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 these six commands

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 aren't for the elite Christian,

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 and they're not commands

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 that you obsess over either,

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 but Jesus

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 preaches to you.

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 Jesus preaches

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 to the church tonight,

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 and he says,

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 to practice the life

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 of the new creation.

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 This world,

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 this city,

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 our lives are broken.

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 They are messy.

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 We are surrounded

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 by disorder and frustration.

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 God's ongoing work

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 is to undo that.

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 It's to undo that.

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 And we are called to partake,

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 to be a faint picture

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 of what is to come.

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 So specifically,

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 when Jesus says,

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 don't be angry,

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 he's not telling you tonight

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 to be a better Christian.

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 He's telling you

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 your purpose in the world.

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 He's telling you

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 what your function is

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 in the world.

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 God cares about

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 the sort of person you are.

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 Jesus has begun

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 this kingdom work,

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 and he says,

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 don't be angry.

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 Will you support life?

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 Jesus asks,

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 and not be angry.

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 So just two points

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 on these verses.

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 Two points

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 thinking about anger.

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 What is anger?

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 Anger,

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 and what do you do

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 about it?

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 So what is anger?

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 It's not hard to define,

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 I don't think.

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 You can look at a day

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 this week probably,

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 or a day this month,

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 or we can easily

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 remember a time at least

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 where we got angry.

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 We can remember a moment

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 that we became antagonizing.

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 We became hostile

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 towards someone

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 in words,

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 or even in thought.

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 It might involve

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 screaming,

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 shouting.

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 It might involve

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 insulting someone.

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 It might all be

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 in our head.

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 It might involve

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 a feeling of resentment

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 that keeps on returning it.

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 In psychiatry,

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 it's called

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 a non-cooperative response.

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 Very professional

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 and kind way of putting it.

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 I think

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 it's a non-cooperative

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 response to something

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 that has been done

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 or said to you.

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 Now,

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 I'm from the Highlands

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 and I know

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 there's some people here

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 from the Highlands.

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 And I know,

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 I know that you know

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 what it means

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 to be driving

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 on a single track road

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 with a camper van

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 coming towards you

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 and it's gone past

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 the passing place

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 and the driver

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 is refusing

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 to reverse

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 and you've got

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 a queue forming

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 behind you

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 and a queue forming

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 behind him

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 and now the driver

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 in that camper van

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 doesn't see you

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 get out and shake your fists

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 but your passenger

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 hears every word

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 you say about

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 that camper van driver.

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 And maybe this driver

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 thinks everything is fine

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 but your passenger

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 knows you're angry.

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 It's a non-cooperative response.

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 What about,

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 you know,

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 this week,

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 I'm trying not to think

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 of too many personal examples

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 to give myself away

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 but in the cafe,

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 you put your order in

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 for your lunch

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 or your coffee

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 or whatever it is

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 and the one person

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 that's working

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 behind that counter

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 is trying to balance

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 three orders

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 and you're saying,

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 just get a move on.

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 Just think about

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 my order here.

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 Short-term examples

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 of anger,

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 long forgotten.

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 What about your colleague

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 or someone in your family,

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 at your family gathering maybe,

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 who says something

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 that really hurts you,

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 says something

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 that angers you

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 and you've got to see

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 this person frequently

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 and often,

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 five days a week?

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 What if that is

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 an ongoing pain

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 in your relationship

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 and your response

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 is either verbal,

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 you retaliate

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 or you keep it inside

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 but even in moments of joy,

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 that feeling of anger,

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 that feeling of resentment

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 takes over,

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 even in a moment of joy.

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 You remember

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 what this person

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 has said to you.

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 In both short-term,

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 long-term,

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 verbally or mentally,

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 we get angry

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 and what does Jesus say

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 in Matthew 5?

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 He says it's devastating.

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 He says it's devastating.

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 So in verse 21,

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 he says,

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 you've heard it said,

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 do not murder

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 for you will be subject

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 to murder.

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 And then he says,

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 no, more than that,

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 don't be angry.

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 Do not be angry

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 for you will be subject

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 to judgment.

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 What is he saying?

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 He's saying that

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 unrighteous,

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 insulting,

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 hurtful anger

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 has the same source

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 as murder.

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 That's what he's saying.

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 He's saying you can't

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 bring this down

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 to whether or not

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 you have caused

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 physical harm.

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 It's not as easy as that.

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 That's what the Pharisees

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 want to say.

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 He says it's not as easy

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 as that.

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 It comes from a heart

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 filled with contempt

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 for someone.

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 If it lasts for a moment,

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 if it lasts for months,

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 God sees the heart.

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 God sees the heart.

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 Anger comes from

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 the same place.

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 If you just look

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 more precisely

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 at the way Jesus

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 describes anger here.

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 In verse 22,

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 from verse 22,

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 there's this movement

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 from anger

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 to insulting

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 to calling someone

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 a fool.

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 And a lot of commentators

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 notice that

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 there's not much difference

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 between these three causes

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 that Jesus gives us,

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 or at least they aren't

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 growing in intensity.

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 In the original language,

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 Jesus uses this word,

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 raka,

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 which means

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 empty head,

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 or we would probably

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 say idiot today.

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 And compare that

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 to a fool,

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 which probably has

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 something more to do

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 with someone's character.

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 So maybe Jesus

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 is saying here

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 there's a difference

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 in the way your anger

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 can be displayed.

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 Maybe you're angry

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 at someone

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 because of the way

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 they intellectually

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 work things out.

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 Maybe you're angry

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 at someone because

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 of their heart,

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 their character.

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 anger.

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 But anger is shown

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 in everyday

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 typical scenarios,

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 if we can call it that.

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 At the same time,

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 in each of these three causes

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 which aren't intensifying,

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 these are each paired

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 with a punishment

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 which is intensifying.

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 So Jesus says,

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 anger generally

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 results in judgment.

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 Whoever insults

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 is brought before the council.

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 If you call someone

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 a fool,

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 he says,

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 your judgment

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 is the hell of fire.

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 Why does the punishment

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 that Jesus describes

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 escalate

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 while the cause doesn't?

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 Why does he speak

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 in that way?

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 What is it about

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 calling someone a fool

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 that is worse

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 than insulting someone?

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 Nothing.

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 Not much anyway.

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 And that's not a point

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 that Jesus is making.

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 He's saying

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 that there can be,

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 there is an anger

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 that we are liable to.

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 And we can treat it

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 very lightly.

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 It can be expressed

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 in different ways.

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 It can be thought or spoken.

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 It can be harsh and hurtful.

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 It can be light

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 and forgotten in a moment.

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 It can be against

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 that driver coming towards me

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 that I'll never see again.

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 It can be against my colleague

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 who I see five days a week.

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 But Jesus is saying

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 when he gives you

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 these three different causes

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 of anger

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 or three different

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 ways you show anger

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 and three different judgments,

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 Jesus is saying

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 that you take lightly

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 what God takes so seriously.

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 That is what he's getting at.

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 That's why the punishment

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 of the hell of fire

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 is so shocking

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 when we reach that point

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 in the passage.

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 We don't expect it.

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 He's telling us

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 how damaging

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 anger can be

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 and how serious it is.

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 What is it

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 to be angry?

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 It's to be antagonizing.

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 It's to be non-cooperative.

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 And it's devastating

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 because where God

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 brings about restoration,

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 where God promises

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 to fix what is wrong

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 in the world,

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 we are going against that

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 in our anger,

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 in our hearts.

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 it's helpful,

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 I think,

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 at this point

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 to say something

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 about righteous anger,

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 something

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 that most of us

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 probably think we have

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 and we probably

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 don't show it

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 very often

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 if we do have it.

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 Jesus shows us

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 what righteous anger is.

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 And if you keep going

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 in Matthew's Gospel

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 to chapter 23,

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 Jesus is speaking

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 about the Pharisees

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 and he says,

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 these people have

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 shut the kingdom of God

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 in people's faces.

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 They've shut it up

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 in people's faces.

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 And then he says,

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 you blind fools.

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 You know,

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 why can Jesus

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 call the Pharisees

00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:06.879
 fools?

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 Why can he be angry?

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 It's because

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 they are convincing

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 people

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 that the law

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 is about their actions.

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 What this whole sermon

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 is about.

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 They're still convincing

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 people that way.

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 It's about the heart

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 Jesus came to show

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 that,

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 to bring out

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 that truest meaning

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 and the Pharisees

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 say, no, no,

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 it's just about

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 what you do.

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 In other words,

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 they distract people

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 from what a true,

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 restored,

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 beautiful life is.

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 They distract people

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 from the restoration

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 that God is doing.

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 That's why Jesus

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 can get angry.

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 He's angry at sin.

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 That's what

00:15:47.819 --> 00:15:49.259
 righteous anger is.

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 the kingdom of God

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 which restores

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 what is broken,

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 which brings about

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 all that is good.

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 They shut it out.

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 And he's angry

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 at sin.

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 And it's something

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 we rarely

00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:04.080
 get right.

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 I read this example

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 in an article

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 earlier this week.

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 It's from a Christian

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 father

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 talking about

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 anger shown

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 towards his kids.

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 But I think

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 we can apply it

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 in many different ways.

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 He says this,

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 there is a difference

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 between anger

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 and my kids

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 for the way

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 their disobedience

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 invites danger

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 and shows disrespect

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 to their mother

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 versus anger

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 at my kids

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 because the real issue

00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:31.459
 is that I am afraid

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 of how their disobedience

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 reflects on me

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 as a dad

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 in the public eye.

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 The first motive

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 is godly.

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 The second motive

00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.360
 is self-centered

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 and lacking

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 any real concern

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 for the good

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 of my children.

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 Do you get angry?

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 And if you do

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 is it righteous?

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 Or is it self-centered?

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 The kingdom has come

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 Jesus says.

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 The kingdom has come

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 and it will one day

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 come finally.

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 One day

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 there will be

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 no frustration

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 there will be

00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:01.220
 no aggravation

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 there will be

00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:03.600
 no sadness.

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 Are you taking part

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 tonight in that reality

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:08.039
 which has been

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.539
 brought about?

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 Are you supporting

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 life?

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 Are you living

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 a kingdom life

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 as God restores

00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:18.100
 what is broken?

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 Or is your anger

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 stopping you

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 from being the person

00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:23.980
 you are meant to be?

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 Secondly,

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 what can you do

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:30.620
 if anger

00:17:30.620 --> 00:17:31.420
 is your problem?

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 Jesus gives us

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 two scenarios

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 and again

00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:38.819
 in these two scenarios

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 he's heightening

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 the situation.

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 He's making them

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 more serious

00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:43.399
 as he goes along.

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 He talks about

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 dealing with your anger

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 in terms of

00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:48.179
 settling your case

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 with your brother

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 and then with an accuser.

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 And it seems

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 like these two

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 quite random

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 these two pictures

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 are quite random

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 but

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 they capture

00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:00.759
 exactly what you're

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.480
 meant to do

00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.459
 with anger

00:18:02.459 --> 00:18:03.719
 instead of letting it

00:18:03.719 --> 00:18:04.699
 simmer in the background.

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 In the first case

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 we're dealing

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.339
 with a brother

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 or a friend

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 someone that we

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 are bonded to

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 someone that we

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 are close to

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 and the relationship

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 here Jesus says

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 is hurt by anger

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 and Jesus says

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 in verse 23

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 leave the temple

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 leave your sacrifice

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 behind

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 and go and

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 reconcile

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 with your brother.

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 Leave church

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.500
 he says.

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 That's how serious

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 it is.

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 Leave church

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 mid service

00:18:31.459 --> 00:18:32.139
 if you have to.

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 Go home

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:34.379
 and reconcile

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 with your brother.

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 Make right

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 the relationship

00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:39.560
 the relationship

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 that has been

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 broken

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 by anger.

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 What's Jesus

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 wanting you to do?

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 At the least

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 he's wanting you

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 to understand

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 that coming to church

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 every week

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 coming here

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 every week

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 does not remove

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 the fact

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.980
 that we have

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 a moral duty.

00:18:59.840 --> 00:19:00.759
 Coming here

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 worshipping God

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 is

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 the best thing

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 you can do

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 in the week

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 and yet

00:19:07.800 --> 00:19:08.200
 it doesn't

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.720
 take away

00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.279
 the fact

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 that you

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 cannot

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 leave anger

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 unresolved

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 outside that door.

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 That's what

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.580
 Jesus is saying.

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 If you're angry

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 with someone

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 that is near to you

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 and that person

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 knows it

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 or

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 as much as

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 that breakdown

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 is dependent

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 on you

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 Jesus says

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 you need to

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 heal

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 your relationships.

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 Church does

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 not substitute

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 the need

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 to fix it.

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 be reconciled

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 whether you

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 need forgiveness

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 or your

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 brother does

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 Jesus

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 fix it.

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 Fix it.

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 And the

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 second picture

00:19:44.580 --> 00:19:45.300
 it's different

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 in that

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 it's talking

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 about being

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 taken to

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 court by an

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.120
 accuser.

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 An enemy

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 different situation

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.680
 it's building

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 on the same

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 case.

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 If you are

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 walking to

00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.120
 court with

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:56.759
 your accuser

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:59.039
 you better

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 be urgent

00:19:59.600 --> 00:20:00.440
 in settling

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 this matter

00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:01.640
 quickly.

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 And not

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 rashly

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 not insincerely

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:07.460
 but properly

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 before they

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 throw you

00:20:09.540 --> 00:20:09.920
 in jail.

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 In the

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 same way

00:20:12.560 --> 00:20:13.840
 Jesus

00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:14.340
 says be

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 quick to

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.460
 reconcile

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 be quick

00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:17.020
 to mend

00:20:17.020 --> 00:20:17.820
 what is

00:20:17.820 --> 00:20:18.140
 broken

00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:18.460
 in your

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.120
 relationships.

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.380
 Be

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.759
 urgent

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.080
 Jesus

00:20:21.080 --> 00:20:21.540
 says.

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 King

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 Solomon

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 he gives

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 us one

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 reason I

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 have many

00:20:27.580 --> 00:20:27.840
 in the

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:28.080
 Bible

00:20:28.080 --> 00:20:29.160
 why we

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:29.380
 ought to

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:29.500
 be

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:29.800
 urgent.

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 One

00:20:31.520 --> 00:20:32.080
 reason I

00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:32.500
 have many.

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 He says

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 this in

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:33.720
 Ecclesiastes

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 7.

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 Be not

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 quick in

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:35.659
 your

00:20:35.659 --> 00:20:36.159
 spirit to

00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:36.419
 become

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 angry

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.079
 for

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.559
 anger

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.659
 lodges

00:20:38.659 --> 00:20:39.119
 in the

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:39.440
 heart.

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.119
 Anger

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.720
 left alone

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.159
 he's saying

00:20:43.159 --> 00:20:43.960
 begins to

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.259
 make a

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.559
 home

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:46.139
 in you.

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.259
 It

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.819
 lodges in

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.200
 the heart

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:48.940
 and soon

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:50.039
 an increasing

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.519
 amount of

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:50.659
 your

00:20:50.659 --> 00:20:51.200
 relationships

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.639
 will be

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:52.940
 threatened

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.339
 by this

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.619
 anger

00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:56.379
 which

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:56.779
 becomes

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.259
 more and

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.619
 more at

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:57.980
 home in

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.179
 you

00:20:58.179 --> 00:21:00.039
 and which

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.339
 becomes

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.839
 something

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:04.199
 is alive

00:21:04.199 --> 00:21:04.740
 more and

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:04.980
 more.

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.339
 There will

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:07.619
 be more

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:07.839
 to be

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.299
 angry at

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:08.579
 you'll

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:08.919
 remain

00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.319
 angrier

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:10.099
 for longer.

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.399
 Jesus

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:10.899
 says no

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.319
 settle

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.519
 this

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:11.939
 urgently.

00:21:12.639 --> 00:21:13.000
 Settle

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.199
 it

00:21:13.199 --> 00:21:13.519
 urgently.

00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:13.799
 Don't

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.119
 let it

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:14.399
 happen.

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.220
 You're

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.639
 living

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:16.319
 separately

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.619
 he's

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:16.799
 telling

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:16.939
 the

00:21:16.939 --> 00:21:17.179
 people

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:17.859
 to

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.019
 the

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.359
 way

00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:19.399
 life

00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:19.579
 is

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:19.759
 meant

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:19.859
 to

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:19.980
 be

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.279
 lived.

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:21.359
 You're

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.759
 denying

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.000
 the

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.519
 restoration

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:22.759
 that

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:22.980
 God

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.139
 is

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:23.439
 working

00:21:23.439 --> 00:21:23.759
 out.

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:26.059
 So make

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.720
 amends as

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.299
 urgently as

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.660
 you can.

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.779
 Don't even

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.180
 let your

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.579
 Sunday

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.079
 worship

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:31.019
 take away

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.480
 from that.

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:33.960
 But fix

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.339
 things

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.779
 quickly.

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.200
 I know

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:38.180
 that this

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.680
 is difficult

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:40.460
 and

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.759
 for some

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.960
 people

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.259
 here

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.220
 relationships

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:46.599
 have been

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.059
 broken for

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.480
 years.

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.099
 Maybe.

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.539
 Anger

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.220
 or resentment

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:52.140
 or frustration

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.859
 has meant

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.740
 that you're

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.380
 relationship

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.759
 with your

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.319
 close friend

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:55.620
 or your

00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:55.940
 brother

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.660
 is not

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.019
 what it

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.319
 used to

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:57.559
 be.

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.740
 And hearing

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.339
 Jesus say

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.599
 you need

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:00.960
 to fix

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.180
 that,

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.500
 it doesn't

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.779
 make it

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.059
 easy.

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.599
 It doesn't

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:02.859
 make it

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.200
 easy at

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.460
 all.

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.120
 We open

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:05.660
 with words

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.160
 from Romans

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.640
 5,

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.880
 right at the

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.240
 start of the

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.599
 service,

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.099
 where Paul

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.740
 says that

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:11.299
 we were

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.039
 once enemies

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.880
 with God.

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.299
 And see

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.099
 that picture

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:17.579
 that Jesus

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.099
 gives us

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.640
 of walking

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:18.980
 to the

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.240
 court.

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.380
 The law

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:21.660
 is the

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.180
 accuser

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.440
 here.

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.240
 When

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.259
 we're told

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.579
 that we're

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:24.859
 enemies

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.259
 with God,

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.640
 the law

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:25.900
 is the

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.339
 accuser.

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.200
 We walk

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.420
 on a

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:31.039
 path and

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.599
 the law

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:31.880
 says,

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.599
 you know,

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:33.559
 you've not

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:33.920
 been able

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.220
 to keep

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.500
 one of

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:34.640
 these

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:35.019
 commands.

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.380
 Don't

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.920
 be angry.

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.460
 Don't

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.120
 lust.

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.700
 Keep

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.200
 your word.

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.599
 We are

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.039
 not able

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.359
 to do

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.700
 any of

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.000
 it,

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.440
 the law

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.819
 says.

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.700
 And

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.420
 you know,

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.140
 the hell

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.880
 that Jesus

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.500
 talks about

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.500
 here is a

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.059
 reality

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.179
 sin.

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:51.799
 Off

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.099
 that.

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.679
 And yet,

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:57.059
 and yet,

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.659
 in the

00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:58.000
 court,

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.740
 Jesus,

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.639
 who is

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:01.179
 not a

00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:01.419
 sinner,

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.379
 walks in

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:02.619
 and what

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:02.839
 does he

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.059
 say?

00:23:03.159 --> 00:23:03.519
 He says,

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.839
 you'll pay

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.379
 every penny.

00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:06.379
 He says,

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:06.679
 you'll pay

00:23:06.679 --> 00:23:07.179
 every penny.

00:23:08.679 --> 00:23:09.579
 Christ was

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.099
 blameless.

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.619
 No one

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.000
 could point

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.460
 the finger.

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.220
 But he

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.119
 became sin.

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.859
 He walks

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.179
 in the

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:16.119
 courtroom and

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:16.519
 he says,

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.039
 he'll pay

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.480
 for it.

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.799
 He'll pay

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.440
 every penny.

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.039
 When you

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.539
 think about

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:21.980
 your broken

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.559
 relationships

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:24.019
 and how

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.779
 devastating

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.140
 they can

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.460
 be,

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.140
 something

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.580
 that no

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.180
 one else

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.580
 here could

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.380
 even understand

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.920
 and something

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.740
 that you

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.140
 don't know

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.400
 how to

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:32.720
 deal with,

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.360
 do you

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:33.680
 remember

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.259
 tonight that

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.820
 Jesus came

00:23:34.820 --> 00:23:35.220
 to you?

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.019
 That Jesus

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.480
 came to

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.700
 you?

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.080
 Do you

00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:40.580
 remember that

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.700
 through taking

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.380
 your punishment,

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:42.900
 through his

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:44.160
 death and

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.880
 rising again,

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.240
 he has

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.059
 promised to

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.720
 restore goodness

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.160
 to you

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:49.340
 and give

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:50.059
 you life as

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 it is meant

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.819
 to be?

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.220
 Do you

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.500
 remember that

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.980
 it was your

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:58.139
 anger and

00:23:58.139 --> 00:24:00.240
 my anger that

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.779
 put him on

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.299
 the cross in

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.619
 the first

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:01.960
 place?

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.339
 The cry to

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.279
 free Barabbas

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.579
 and the cry to

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.319
 put Jesus on

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.819
 the cross was

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.679
 my angry

00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:09.059
 cry.

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.679
 It was

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.179
 because my

00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:13.279
 sin that he

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.720
 went there.

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.599
 That's how

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.879
 far God has

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.299
 gone to

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.139
 reconcile you

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.500
 with him.

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:20.180
 Jesus doesn't

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.000
 reconcile with

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.500
 you or with

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.740
 me through a

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.500
 conversation.

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.060
 No, he

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:24.920
 reconciles with

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.300
 us through

00:24:25.300 --> 00:24:25.960
 death, his

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.560
 own death.

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.259
 Do you

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.740
 believe that

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.040
 though you

00:24:29.040 --> 00:24:29.700
 stand accused,

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:32.020
 Jesus paid

00:24:32.020 --> 00:24:32.720
 the cost for

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.140
 your anger

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:33.940
 and for

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.200
 mine?

00:24:35.820 --> 00:24:36.440
 Have you

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.700
 trusted in

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:39.180
 him for

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.500
 that?

00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:41.060
 And if you

00:24:41.060 --> 00:24:43.180
 have, will

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.480
 you take

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.800
 part?

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.860
 Will you take

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.199
 part in

00:24:45.199 --> 00:24:45.339
 that

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.679
 restoration?

00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:47.679
 If you're

00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:48.139
 a Christian,

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:50.059
 will you live

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.379
 out your

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:50.979
 kingdom life?

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.319
 Will you

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.240
 support life

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:54.019
 and not

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.579
 be angry?

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.159
 Just to

00:24:59.159 --> 00:25:00.019
 finish, a few

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:02.519
 things we can

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.079
 think about,

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:04.000
 a few things we

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.539
 can do this

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.000
 week maybe.

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.259
 Ask yourself

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.579
 the hard

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.079
 questions.

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:09.679
 You know,

00:25:09.699 --> 00:25:10.000
 when I get

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.059
 angry, is my

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.679
 anger

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.339
 righteous?

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.539
 Righteous?

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.899
 Am I

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.359
 angry at

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.099
 this because,

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:18.259
 you know, it's

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.879
 done directly

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.879
 against God and

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.539
 his restoration?

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.179
 Or am I

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:23.179
 angry because

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:23.719
 it's upsetting

00:25:23.719 --> 00:25:24.019
 me?

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.159
 And because it

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:27.279
 offends me or

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.719
 my needs?

00:25:28.219 --> 00:25:29.659
 Is my anger

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.759
 slow to appear?

00:25:31.439 --> 00:25:32.199
 Is it quick to

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:32.539
 disappear?

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.759
 How often, you

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.179
 know, how often

00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:35.699
 does the Bible

00:25:35.699 --> 00:25:36.799
 say to be slow

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.219
 to anger?

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.339
 Is that really,

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.299
 really the case

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.639
 for me?

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.219
 Ask the hard

00:25:43.219 --> 00:25:43.839
 questions.

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:46.919
 Anger,

00:25:47.199 --> 00:25:48.639
 anger can be

00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:49.819
 hard to deal

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.939
 with for some

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.699
 and others.

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.359
 Some people

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.899
 rarely get

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.559
 angry, for

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:56.539
 some, you

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.859
 know, it's a

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.099
 bit more

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.019
 natural and

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.819
 it's a habit

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.259
 that needs to

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.559
 be worked

00:25:59.559 --> 00:25:59.979
 out of.

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.479
 One thing

00:26:01.479 --> 00:26:03.979
 to do, to

00:26:03.979 --> 00:26:04.959
 gradually work

00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:05.740
 yourself out of

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.079
 an angry

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:07.519
 heart, is

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.979
 pursue love

00:26:08.979 --> 00:26:09.539
 in your

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.199
 relationships.

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:12.700
 no matter

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.279
 how long

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.680
 or how

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.279
 short the

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.700
 encounter.

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.559
 You know,

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.120
 ask, how

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.740
 can I love

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.279
 this person?

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.279
 How can I

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.860
 interact with

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.360
 this person

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.920
 in a way

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.880
 that is

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:23.180
 good for

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.380
 them?

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.440
 Maybe

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.220
 anger is

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:27.460
 what defines

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.759
 that current

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.299
 relationship.

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.299
 Settle it,

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:30.880
 Jesus says.

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.539
 Settle it.

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.519
 And pursue

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.539
 love in your

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.519
 relationships.

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.660
 relationships.

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.279
 Imitate your

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:40.579
 God who

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.359
 went to the

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.139
 cross for

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:42.339
 you.

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:45.079
 And lastly,

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.980
 one more

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.259
 thing.

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.019
 Remember you

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.480
 have a kingdom

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.879
 life.

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.700
 You have a

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.200
 kingdom life

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.599
 if you're a

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:50.900
 Christian.

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.079
 It's not about

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.559
 being a better

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:53.980
 Christian.

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.480
 It's just about

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.279
 living the life

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.599
 you've been

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:56.839
 given.

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.180
 Will you

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.579
 pursue

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.160
 restoration?

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.460
 Will you

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.940
 pursue what

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.639
 Jesus has

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.160
 died for?

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.480
 Will you

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.360
 support life

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:09.559
 and not

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.539
 be angry?

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.900
 Let's pray.

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.480
 Lord, we

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.460
 thank you for

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.880
 your word.

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.920
 It's

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.599
 difficult,

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:17.920
 Lord.

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.460
 We acknowledge

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:20.279
 that when

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.720
 we are so

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.160
 quick to

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.819
 become angry,

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.180
 when it

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.620
 becomes a

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.059
 part of who

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.380
 we are.

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.440
 We ask

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.779
 tonight,

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.360
 Lord, that

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:27.400
 by the

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:28.099
 Holy Spirit,

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.640
 by his

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.200
 strength,

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.200
 by his

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.599
 power,

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.360
 we would

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:34.519
 become less

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.099
 and less

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.660
 angry in our

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.019
 day-to-day

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.359
 lives,

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.759
 whether it

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.619
 be short-term

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.500
 encounters,

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.019
 whether it

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.740
 be with

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.680
 our brothers

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.139
 and our

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.720
 friends,

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.019
 where

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.559
 relationships

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.920
 have been

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.460
 so hard.

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.259
 Lord, we

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.619
 thank you

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.000
 that even

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.700
 despite our

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.359
 angry cries,

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.220
 yet Jesus

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:49.619
 walks into

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.200
 the courtroom

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.539
 and he

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:51.980
 says he'll

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.500
 pay every

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.779
 penny to

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.460
 be reconciled

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.839
 to us.

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.339
 We thank

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:55.539
 you for

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.400
 his sacrifice.

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.339
 Help us

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.799
 to reflect

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.039
 on that,

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.379
 we ask

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.759
 for Jesus'

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.139
 sake.

00:27:59.639 --> 00:27:59.900
 Amen.

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.000
 Amen.