Anger is Murder | Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day 40

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Sam is a native of Spanish Harlem, and was raised by Catholic immigrant parents who came to the Christian faith when Sam was a young boy. Sam came to own the Christian faith for himself in his late high school years. Sam worked as a school teacher in the south Bronx and Brooklyn before graduating from Westminster Theological Seminary (M.Div.). Sam lives in North Jersey with his wife and family, and has few dreams greater than to see all of North Jersey worshipping Jesus Christ as Lord and King over all of life.

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Q&A's

Question 105
What is God’s will for you in the sixth commandment?

Answer
I am not to belittle, hate, insult, or kill my neighbor— not by my thoughts, my words, my look or gesture, and certainly not by actual deeds— and I am not to be party to this in others; rather, I am to put away all desire for revenge. I am not to harm or recklessly endanger myself either. Prevention of murder is also why government is armed with the sword.

Question 106
Does this commandment refer only to murder?

Answer
By forbidding murder God teaches us that he hates the root of murder: envy, hatred, anger, vengefulness. In God’s sight all such are disguised forms of murder.

Question 107
Is it enough then that we do not murder our neighbor in any such way?

Answer
No. By condemning envy, hatred, and anger God wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves, to be patient, peace-loving, gentle, merciful, and friendly toward them, to protect them from harm as much as we can, and to do good even to our enemies.