THE ROOT CAUSE

You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, “You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgement But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgement. Matthew 5:21-22

I can imagine the response of the people in the crowd when Jesus said, ‘You have heard that it was said...you shall not murder’(Matthew 5:21).
Many in the crowd probably said, ‘We never murder – we keep the law.’ Then Jesus told them that if they were angry with their brother or sister, even though they would never put a knife in their back, they were already guilty of murder.

Jesus was not changing the law; He was tracing the effect it addresses back to its cause. Behind murder lies anger. He went on to say that behind adultery lies lust. The law can only deal with symptoms, but the work of Jesus Christ was to deal with causes.

It is in the deep recesses of the human heart that the Gospel does its work. It addresses our pride, anger, lust and greed; all of which produce ugly symptoms if not dealt with. Hence Jesus said, ‘I have not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it’ (Matthew 5:17).

The failure of human history does not demand He change the law and make life easier, but that He goes to the heart and deals with the issues that lie at the cause of our sin – our fallen self.


PRAYER: Heavenly Father, please go into the depths of my heart, expose my sin and cleanse me deeply in Jesus mighty name....Amen🙏🏼

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