1. dist i nctive What Jesus said about … anger Matthew 5:21-26

2. Jesus – more radical than the Old Testament “you’ve heard it said … but I say to you”

3. two courts v21-22 earthly heavenly

4. 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 10:4-5

5. two examples my brother (v23-24) my adversary

6. two angers unrighteous fury righteous indignation

7. handling anger acknowledge it understand it express it constructively learn from it

8. “I have begun with the gospel, I am determined not to end with the law!” Thomas Barnardo

9. dist i nctive