Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire (Matthew 5:21-22).
The Old Law said “Thou shalt not kill,” but Jesus says that even to want to kill, nay, event to be angry with your brother, is sufficient to keep you out of the Kingdom of Heaven. It was a distinct gain when primitive people could be persuaded not to murder but to develop sufficient self-control to master their anger. Spiritual demonstration demands that anger itself be overcome. It is simply not possible to get any experience of God worth talking about, or to exercise spiritual power until you have gotten rid of resentment and condemnation. You can have either your demonstration or your indignation, but you cannot have both.
That which we carry in our hearts, will be that which we live in our lives. If we are bearing resentment, anger or hatred in our thoughts, we will express them in our words and deeds. Then our lives will be condemned to demonstrate those inner experiences in our outer reality. In other words, we will ourselves poison our gardens with the very things we hate and which lock us out of the garden God created for us.
It is this writer’s prayer that each of us will honestly face our resentments and declare them to be our mortal enemy; and, that we will rid ourselves of them. Then, each us us can free ourselves of this burden that denies us peace and the presence of God in our lives, so we can walk with God in the joy and love God wants for us.
Free at last,
Z gardener
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