A problem arises, however when we attempt to bring that technique into our spiritual lives. You may be wondering what that passage from scripture has to do with the story I have just told you. Those two statements may seem rather odd together. When one reads them in the biblical text this response by Jesus to the command against killing seems confusing at first. After all killing is an exterior act.
Anger is an emotion and an interior disposition of the heart.
You may also still be wondering what this has to do with my story about successful marketing. The point is that the marketing techniques that we often use quite successfully in our lives do not fool God. God sees beyond the surface to what is in the heart. Therefore Jesus' point was that it is not enough just to obey the law not to kill. It is not sufficient just to outwardly conform to tradition and law.