Sermon Tone Analysis

INTRO

Anger is a very powerful emotion !!

Ares = greek god of war and battle lust

Skanda = hindu god of anger and war - leaper or attacker

Dude Perfect = Rage monster

Marvel Universe

Punisher

Wolverine

Hulk…

The Incredible Hulk = Bruce Banner - “You won’t like me when I’m angry”

No one likes you when your angry !!

Anger weakens a man.

It puts him at a disadvantage in every undertaking in life.

When Sinbad and his sailors landed on one of their tropical islands, they saw high up in the trees coconuts which could quench their thirst and satisfy their hunger.

The coconuts were far above the reach of Sinbad and the sailors, but in the branches of the trees were the chattering apes.

Sinbad and his men began to throw stones and sticks up at the apes.

This enraged the monkeys and they began to seize the coconuts and hurl them down at the men on the ground.

That was just what Sinbad and his men wanted.

They got the apes angry so that the apes would gather their food for them.

That is a good illustration of how by indulgence in anger we play into the hands of our foes.

—C.

E. Macartney

MESSAGE

Righteous Anger

God expresses righteous anger against sin

God is Holy and cannot stand Sin

Do you remember the story of Moses and the people of Israel in the wilderness when they made the golden calf?

Even in our fallen sinful state our hearts cry out against the conduct of Israel… Imagine then the Holiness of God!!

Jesus expressed righteous anger

Jesus cares more about people then policy

These who are supposed to be the religious elite cared more about ceremony than sickness

Jesus cares more about your spiritual life then your religious duties

Sacrifice your hearts not your salaries

Right relationship not religion

You can express righteous anger

Sin should make us angry

Our hearts cry for truth / justice / goodness / righteousness

We have a God shaped hole in our hearts !!

Anger against the sin and not the sinner

Anger on behalf of God and not self… for who are we

Righteous Anger = a heart that is consumed by the holiness of God and right worship of Him for His glory

Sinful Anger

Anger is listed as sin

Anger is hated by God

Most of the time we have no cause for anger

often we are angry because of our selfishness

Anger is a loss of self control

Scripture calls it a messenger of death = Pro 16.14 “14 A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.”

Jesus makes it equal with murder = Matt 5.22 “22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.”

Anger just makes the situation worse

People who fly into a rage will always make a bad landing - Will Rogers

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason - Publicius Syrus

A good thing to remember is that you cant save face when you lose your head - Wash Longview

No-one ever looks back at a situation and says, if only I had been a little angrier !!

Anger is bondage to our souls

Job 36:8–13 “8 And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction, 9 then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.

10 He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity.

11 If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.

12 But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

13 “The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.”

It traps us and brings us to our own death!

We are not to associate with angry people

Their anger will be turned on you

You will be tempted by their anger

You will be harmed by the blows meant for them

Where words abound sin will increase

Responding to Anger

Process slower

Practicing gentle responses

James 1.19-26 “19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.

24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.

25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.”

Ephesians 3:14–21 “14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever.

Amen.”

Think before you speak, and when you speak do so in a way that will bring honor to God and grace to the hearer!

Pray that God would prevent anger in your heart and protect you from temptations

Pray that God would work in your heart to give you this grace

Deal with it

Matthew 5:23–26 “23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go.

First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

25 Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.

26 Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.”

We can be assured that God will help us when we ask for help

We can be assured that in Christ we can deal with situations without succumbing to sinful anger

CLOSE

Practical Steps

Evaluate and write down the kind of situations that push you toward anger.

Then seek biblical solutions to help.

Seek mature, godly accountability to help you.

decide ahead of time to respond in a godly way

Do not attempt to reason with someone when he or she is angry.

Wait until you both can communicate with reason.

Every time you begin to become angry confess your anger to God (and others you have affected), redirect your energy toward a solution to the problem.

Confession and Repentance go hand and hand with our sanctification process

Write James 1:19–20 “19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” on a card.