Grace to You: Radio Podcast Who Is a Murderer? B
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Mar 5, 2026 
John MacArthur, veteran Bible teacher and pastor known for expository preaching. He explains how Jesus expands 'Thou shalt not kill' to include anger and contempt. He contrasts righteous and sinful anger. He unpacks insults and malicious speech as moral equivalents of murder. He warns about Gehenna, urges reconciliation before worship, and stresses Christ's imputed righteousness.
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Anger Is Murder In The Heart
- Jesus expands murder to include inward anger, making internal attitudes morally equivalent to external acts.
- John MacArthur explains orgidzestai as brooding, nursed anger that, like murder, places one in danger of judgment.
Words That Count As Murder
- Verbal contempt like saying Raka or moron counts as murderous sin and merits grave judgment in Jesus' teaching.
- MacArthur distinguishes raka as a malicious, derisive epithet and moron as a charge of rebellion against God.
Gehenna Is A Vivid Image Of Eternal Fire
- Gehenna (Valley of Hinnom) is Jesus' vivid image for eternal, unquenchable judgment tied to a historical garbage-fire site.
- MacArthur recounts Hinnom's child sacrifices, perpetual burning rubbish heap, and loathsome worms to explain hell.
