Proverbs 5:22-23

To sin without being bound is impossible…The cords of sin get stronger the more we sin, yet sin deceives us into thinking we’re free and can quit sinning whenever we please.

-Warren Wiersbe

See also John 8:34 ans Romans 6:16

Matthew 5

Check yourself to see if you are starting to focus on external action. Jesus is about the attitudes and intents of the heart.

So you didn’t give someone the finger, did you call them an “a**hole” in your heart? Is there hate in your heart instead of love for that person, or any person for that matter? That person who God made in His image and who Jesus died for?