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Murder Rightly Understood -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series:  The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 5:21-26
9 April 2017

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1)  In what ways had the scribes and Pharisees subtly weakened and watered down God's truth on the topic of murder?
2)  According to Jesus' definition, are we all murderers?  How does this passage bring out the truth of Romans 3:23 and point us to the Savior?
3)  How seriously do you take your anger?  How does Jesus' words challenge you to rethink it, confess it, and repent of it?
4)  What make Jesus' anger expressed in various places in the New Testament different from what's in view in this passage?
5)  What is Hell?  Read and discuss the following passages on "the hell of fire" (v 22):  Matthew 13:42, 50; 25:46; Mark 9:43, 48.
6)  What does this passage teach us about the priority and urgency of reconciliation?  What are some concrete scenarios in which this can be practically applied in our own lives.