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You shall not murder

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[Matthew 5:22]

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.
Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' is answerable to the Sanhedrin.
But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.

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The Ten Commandments are commands that God has given us directly.
The sixth of those commands is the command not to kill people.
Murder is a terrible sin that took the life of another man created by God.

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The first person to commit murder after God created the world was Cain.
Cain and his brother Abel offered sacrifices to God.
However, God did not accept Cain's offering, but only Abel's. Because Cain's sacrifice was not offered according to God's law, God did not accept his sacrifice.

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Cain, however, did not reflect on himself, but hated and envied his brother Abel.
Cain became obsessed with the idea that God would have accepted his sacrifice without Abel,
and he began to hate his brother Abel.
The hatred that settled in Cain's heart grew as time went on.

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Cain could not overcome the hatred that had arisen in his heart.
He called his brother Abel out into the field. And there he stoned innocent Abel to death.
Cain became the first murderer after the creation of this world.

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For Cain, who committed the crime of murder, God punished Cain with a great curse and a punishment worse than death.

“What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

God punished Cain, who committed murder, with a more painful punishment than death.

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The Book of Numbers in the Old Testament records what kind of punishment the Israelites received when they committed murder.
[Everyone who kills a person with an iron weapon is a murderer, and such a person must be killed. A person who kills a person with a stone capable of killing a person is also a murderer. Such a person must be killed. A person who kills a person with a wooden weapon capable of killing a person is also a murderer, and such a person must be killed If someone hates another person and pushes them to death, hides waiting, throws something to kill, or punches them to death, he is a murderer, and such a person should be killed.]
A person who intentionally took the life of another that God had given him was judged to pay for the sin with his life.

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Murder is a terrible sin that we must never commit.
But Jesus said that some of our actions are as sinful as murder in God's eyes.
Let's look at what Jesus said together.
["You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brotherwill be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell“](Matthew 5:21~22)

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First, Jesus says that a person who is angry with another person is guilty of murder.
To be angry with another person is to continue to have a special hatred towards someone.
He refers to the behavior that makes him angry just thinking about that person and wants him to disappear from his eyes.

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Perhaps we should see if there is anyone in our hearts that we hate in particular.
If we have such a heart, we must remember the words of Jesus, who said that hatred is a terrible sin like murder. We must overcome hatred by praying to God to take away that heart.

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The second thing Jesus said is like the sin of murder is to call a brother or someone 'Raca' or to say that he is a fool. What Jesus was talking about meant 'Raca(Aramaic) and More(Greek)', two of the harshest profanities used in Jewish society.
The word 'Raca' is an abusive language that has the same meaning as an idiot.
'More' translated as a fool is worse than 'Raca', but it means a person who does not acknowledge God.

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Swearing badly at another person is what you do when your heart is full of hatred towards that person. Swearing abusive language toward another person is the same as killing the character God has given to that person.
Jesus said that this too, in God's eyes, is equivalent to the sin of murder.
He says that if the person who curses does not repent of his sin, he will be thrown into hellfire.

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We must not become guilty of murder with bad language.
God wants us to use our words to give hope and praise to others.
We must always be careful not to use abusive language out of hatred of others.

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After saying these words, Jesus told us what a person who wants to worship right before God must look at before worshiping.
He also said that it is not pleasing to God to break other people's hearts and worship casually.
["Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar.
First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.]
(Matthew 5:23~24)

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Before we worship God, we who have been saved must check whether we have ever done anything that hurt others or caused them to complain about them.
If you remember something you did wrong, you must first apologize for what you did to that person before worshiping, and then worship with reconciliation.

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Jesus told us what the true meaning of the 6th commandment is not to murder.
He taught us that it does not mean only the terrible sin of taking a person's life.
As children of God who have been saved, we must take action with deep understanding of what Jesus said. We must be careful not to develop a persistent hatred of others who are made in God's image. Also, we should refrain from using abusive language that demeans the character of others.

(This is the sample conclusion provided by CTM. Please feel free to change the conclusion to best suit the listeners of your sermon.)