"But
I say to
you that
everyone
who is
angry
with his
brother
shall be
guilty
before
the
court;"
Matthew
5:22
A person
who is
motivated
by the
Holy
Spirit
will
never be
angry at
the
person
who has
sinned
against
him when
he is
trying
to help
remove
the
splinter
from his
eye. He
will not
angrily
point to
their
faults
but in
humility
try to
help
them
overcome.
Why did
Jesus
say that
if we
are
angry
with our
brother
we will
stand
guilty
at the
Judgment?
It is
because
all sin,
even
sins
committed
against
us by
others,
are in
reality
sins
against
a holy
God.
Sin is
a
violation
of His
will and
is
rebellion
against
His
instruction.
Peter
told the
Church
to bear
it when
they
were
treated
unjustly,
-"For
this
finds
favor,
if for
the sake
of
conscience
toward
God a
person
bears up
under
sorrows
when
suffering
unjustly."
Jesus
prophesied
that all
His
followers
would be
treated
unjustly
and
commanded
them to
rejoice
when it
happens,
not
grumble
and
complain.
But for
the
grace of
God we
all
would be
sinners.
We have
no
righteousness
of our
own
making.
God has
forgiven
us of
thousands
of sins
against
Him. He
puts up
with our
imperfections
every
day and
yet
forgives
us. If
anyone
thinks
that he
can hold
his
brother’s
faults
and
imperfections
accountable
and not
be held
accountable
to God
himself,
he is
foolish
and has
deceived
his own
heart.
Sheep do
not
examine
each
other.
The
Pastor
alone is
ordained
to
examine
the
condition
of the
flock.
Everyone
has
bones in
the
closet
of their
life.
When you
dig
around
in your
own
closet
you are
examining
what is
there
that
needs to
be
discarded.
But when
you dig
around
in
someone
else’s
closet
you have
no power
to
discard
anything
but are
only
looking
for
something
to use
against
the
person.
And if
you look
hard and
long
enough
you will
find
something
because
we have
all
fallen
short of
the
glory of
God.
Every
person
on earth
or in
the
Church
of Jesus
Christ
has
issues
and is
an issue
himself.
How you
deal and
handle
those
issues
is what
you will
judged
by. Adam
blamed
Eve, Eve
shifted
the
blame to
the
serpent,
but God
blamed
them
all.
"This
you
know, my
beloved
brethren.
But
everyone
must be
quick to
hear,
slow to
speak
and slow
to
anger;
for the
anger of
man does
not
achieve
the
righteousness
of God."
(James
1:19-20)
