Murder and Anger
Part of The Ten—Laws of Grace

Exodus 20:13

13 You shall not murder.

Why does this commandment to God?

So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them. —Genesis 1:27

How does this commandment apply to ?

You shall not murder. —Exodus 20:13

Matthew 5:21-26

21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25 Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. 26 Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.

How does this commandment apply to ?

You have anger.

You need to .

- Righteous anger has a righteous cause.

- Righteous anger has a righteous motive.

- Righteous anger has a righteous expression.

You need to .

Name the seriousness of anger.

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment —Matthew 5:21-22a

You need to respond.

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- We express our anger to God first.

- We repent of our anger by releasing it to the Lord.

- We repent of our anger by fighting to be reconciled as quickly as we can.