Sermon Tone Analysis

INTRODUCTION

There are two ways to view the next part of the Sermon on the Mount:

Jesus focused on the spirit of the laws of God, instead of the letters.

The Pharisees and Scribes focused much of their attention of the letter, without any regard to the spirit of the law.

In fact, they focused so much of their attention on the letter of the law that they added over 600 laws to God’s word.

So there were the Mosiac laws and equal to them were the Pharisaical laws.

To change the way they thought about sin and God’s commands, Jesus transformed the Jewish understanding of God’s Laws to the inner man.

So, it is possible to murder someone or commit adultery with our hearts, whether or not we ever act upon them.

The Jews believed sin was an act of the flesh but Jesus rebuked this idea by reminding them that sin is an act of the heart that may or may not be fulfilled in the flesh.

Jesus gives the genesis of how sin is committed in the flesh.

Outward appearances of sin starts in the heart.

A person will never murder anyone without first being angry with that person.

Even unmeditated murder requires anger to accomplish the task.

The fruit of anger is murder.

Murder or any other sin always starts in the heart.

Even in righteous anger, do not go to bed with the emotions of anger lingering.

Proverbs 29:11

The idea is not guarding your emotions (to include anger).

Ecclesiastes

(In March of 2004) the American Medical Association released the results of an interesting study teenage anger.

The study was conducted at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.

It found that teenagers, who don’t manage their anger, are at a higher risk for weight gain than those who do.

The study concluded that regardless of whether teens mismanaged anger by suppressing their feelings of anger or went to the other extreme and simply lost their temper –either way they were at a higher risk of weight gain.

Jesus would say that an angry person is more likely to murder.

Therefore, sin is an activity that takes place in the heart regardless if the sin never materializes in the flesh.

However, no sin can ever materialize in the flesh without first being in the heart.

In effect, From - through the end of the chapter He taught His disciples what the righteousness of grace looks like as oppose to the righteousness of the Pharisees and Scribes.

To teach what the righteousness of grace looks like as oppose to the righteousness of the Pharisees and Scribes

One other point to emphasis: Jesus said six times in - “But I say.”

This phrase as an emphasis of His authority.

He does not need to quote another rabbi or teacher of the past to validate His statements.

The statements stand upon His authority, not the authority of others.

The I is emphasized in the Greek ("Ego" is first word in sentence).

It was this probably that, more than anything else, led to the feeling of wonder expressed in .

The scribe in his teaching invariably referred to this Rabbi and that; the new Teacher spoke as one having a higher authority of His own.BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ANGER

BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ANGER

The Biblical understanding of anger

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The Biblical understanding of anger

One woman went to the doctor.

He looked grave.

She said, "What's wrong?"

He said, "Madam, you have hydrophobia.

You have rabies."

She got out a pencil and started to write.

He said, "What are you doing—making your will?"

She said, "No, I'm making a list of people I'm going to bite."

I believe I met her sister on one occasion.

Even in righteous anger, do not go to bed with the emotions of anger lingering.

The idea is not guarding your emotions (to include anger).

Proberbs 15:18

Examples in the Bible of people who struggled controlling their anger

Cain was angry with God and Able, which led to him killing Abel - Genesis 4

Moses hit the rock twice out of anger - (Although the bible does not explicitly say this was done out of anger, the context will reasonably lead a person to this understanding as the root of why Moses struck the rock twice)

Balaam was angry with his donkey, even though his donkey saved his life -

Ahab was peeved and angry with Naboth for not selling to Ahab his vineyard.

This led to Naboth’s murder -

Esau’s anger for what Jacob did - “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever.”

JESUS MESSAGE ON ANGER V.21-26

Jesus redefines murder

In redefining murder He did not remove the law of God but expanded upon the understanding of the law of God.

Jesus broadens murder to an emotional state of anger and words or thoughts produced by this emotional state of anger:

He who is angry with his brother without a cause - the Idea is not that a just cause should produce anger; instead, the anger should equal the cause.

A person should not be level 10 on the angry scale with the offense is 2 or 3.

So just cause does not justify anger; rather, determines the degree of anger to be expressed.

Therein lies the problem - the anger we usually express extends beyond the cause that created the anger.

This usually occurs because we are dealing with anger before the cause ever happened.

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The person who calls someone “Raca” flows from an angry heart.

“Raca” means viewing someone as worthless or empty.

In Rabbinic writings, it was viewing someone who thought like a Donkey.

“In that sense Raca expresses dehumanizing contempt which seeks to strip the person of their dignity by viewing them as worthless!”

Solomon referred to this as a sin coming from proud wrath:

Solomon referred to this as a sin coming from proud wrath:

God does not view people as worthless.

Even though Jesus said it was better for Judas not to be born, this does not mean He viewed him as worthless.

does not apply to just the saved but the world.

God gave His son because He loved the world.

Every single person has value with God.

To view someone as worthless is an intensifying step up from being angry without a cause.

Why is simply saying "raca" or "you fool" a sin that makes one guilty enough to even go to hell?

The answer in short is that every man is made in the image of God and God does not say "raca" or "you fool".

Instead what God does is say I love you and to show you how much I sent my only begotten Son ().

The person who calls someone a fool flows from anger.

The person who calls someone a fool flows from anger.

The word Jesus used in the Greek for the word “fool’ is where we get our English word “moron.

A fool is someone who lives their life as if God does not exist.

He or she is a person who is morally bankrupt.

A foolish act is an act done without considering God.

Remember the key: to say “thou fool” out of an angry heart is wrong.

When the Psalmist penned the words of what he wanted was redemption and salvation:

Thou fool, is a spiteful word, and comes from hatred; looking upon him, not only as mean and not to be honoured, but as vile and not to be lovedIn redefining Israel’s understanding of murder, Jesus does not put all anger on the same playing field.

Yet, in each case the punishment fit for the sin is capital.

His words were not said in anger but a broken of heart.

In redefining Israel’s understanding of murder, Jesus does not put all anger on the same playing field.

Yet, in each case the punishment fit for the sin is capital.

The lesson is it is not just our actions but our hearts and words.

The sins of anger without a cause has different layers of intensity and punishment.

Though there are differences in punishment, each punishment is capital in character.

The Jews had three capital punishments: