Matthew 5:21-26 / Anger: trash fire of the soul – Thad Norvell

After insisting that he came to fulfill God’s law, Jesus launches into several examples, beginning with the law against murder. He goes a step further, telling his hearers that anger is just as destructive and consequential to the soul as murder is to the body, comparing anger to the smoldering trash fires of Gehenna. His goal, as always, is to invite us to be reshaped by grace into people who both bear God’s image and see His image in others.