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! Introduction:
If you fail to deal biblically with anger, increasing disobedience to Scripture is inevitable.
This is based on the following Scriptures:
1.
Genesis 4:5-8
2. 1 Samuel 18:7-9
3. Psalm 37:8
4. Proverbs 19:19; 29:22
5. Ephesians 4:26-27
However, God’s abundant resources ad promises enable you to be an overwhelming conqueror as you deal biblically with the problem of anger in your life.
The following Scriptures will support that.
1.
John 16:13, 23-24
2. Romans 8:31-39, /esp.
v.37/
3. 1 Corinthians 10:13
4. Ephesians 4:31-32
5. Philippians 1:6; 4:13
6. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
7. James 1:5
8. 1 John 3:22
!!! 1.
The Anger of God.
!!!! a) While Scripture describes God as angry:
!!!!! (1) Exodus 4:14; 22:24
!!!!! (2) Numbers 11:33; 25:4; 32:10-15
!!!!! (3) Deuteronomy 29:27-28; 32:16, 19-22
!!!!! (4) Joshua 23:16
!!!!! (5) 1 Kings 11:9
!!!!! (6) 2 Kings 22:13
!!!!! (7) Psalm 78:49-50; 90:7
!!!!! (8) Isaiah 30:27
!!!!! (9) Daniel 9:16
!!!! b) He Remains Holy and Without Sin:
!!!!! (1) Leviticus 11:45
!!!!! (2) 1 Peter 1:16
!!!!! (3) Job 34:10
!!!!! (4) Matthew 5:48
!!!!! (5) James 1:13
!!!! c) God Is Slow To Anger:
!!!!! (1) However, simultaneously God is merciful, gracious, compassionate, forgiving, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth (Neh.9:17;
Psalm 86:15; 103:8; 145:8; Nahum 1:3).
!!!! d) God’s Favor Is For A Lifetime:
!!!!! (1) But His Anger Is For A Moment (Psalm 30:5)
!!!!! (2) He Often Restrains His Anger (Psalm 78:38)
!!!! e) The Direction of God’s Anger.
!!!!! (1) Toward rebellion or disobedience to His commands, which are always holy and just.
!!!!!! (a) Deut.29:14-21,
24-28
!!!!!! (b) Psalm 78:21-22
!!!!!! (c) Lamentations 3:42-43
!!!!!! (d) Zephaniah 2:2-3
!!!!!! (e) Romans 2:5
!!!!!! (f) Hebrews 3:7-11
!!! 2. The Anger of Jesus.
Many people have the mistaken idea that Christians should get along with everyone and never become angry with anyone.
But the Scriptures clearly indicate that some forms of anger are not only justified, they are commanded.
You don’t have to read very far in the New Testament before you discover that Jesus didn’t get along with everybody, and that on several occasions, He even became angry with people.
Because Jesus loves us so much, He cannot tolerate evil in our lives.
We should have this same attitude "/Let those who love the Lord hate evil/" (Psalm 97:10, NIV).
Jesus did not get along with everyone, and at times, He had to express holy anger against sin and sinful people.
He has set the example for us to follow in displaying our anger.
He shows us the only reason for becoming angry—sin—and He shows us how to express that anger in constructive ways.
When we look at the life and ministry of Jesus, we see Him expressing anger again and again at three different sins.
Let’s examine several incidents in the life of Christ to discover what sins in particular aroused His holy anger.
!!!! a) The Hardness of Heart (Mark 3:1-7; Luke 6:7)
!!!!! (1) “The hardening of their hearts” (literal translation).
The process of hardening was occurring at that very time and it grieved Him!
!!!!!! (a) Jesus never became angry at the publicans and sinners, but He did express anger toward the self-righteous Pharisees (Matt.
23).
They would rather protect their traditions than see a man healed!
They had no concern for a needy man!
They were only using him as bait in attempt to trap Jesus.
Jesus of course, saw this handicapped man as a person made in the image of God.
He felt compassion for him and healed him.
Nothing is more tragic than when we treat people as a means to an end, in other words, we us them for what we want.
The man, of course, knew little about this spiritual conflict.
He simply obeyed our Lord’s command, stretched out his hand, and was healed.
!!!!! (2) These Men Used A Woman As A Weapon Against Jesus (John 8:1-11).
!!!!!! (a) They cared nothing for true righteousness, because it’s evident that they set her up.
Why?
If they cared for righteousness, where is the man?
!!!!!! (b) It’s possible that the man was one of their own number, and was simply setting the woman up as a pawn in their conflict with Jesus.
!!!!!! (c) The Pharisees are after bigger game, the One who breaks their Sabbath with healings and claims to come from God. Jesus is the prey, and this poor lost woman is only their means to stir Him up.
!!!!!! (d) The Pharisees are willing to entrap and execute a woman in order to discredit Jesus, by using this woman as bait on a hook in order to trap Jesus.
!!!!! (3) Dehumanizing People—Meaning: To deprive of human qualities such as individuality, compassion, or civility:
!!!!!! (a) When we treat people as things, we dehumanize them and destroy something precious inside them.
The scribes and Pharisees were not looking at this woman as a person but as a thing—an instrument whereby they could formulate a charge against Jesus.
To them she had no name, no personality, no heart, no feelings, no soul.
When you use people for your own pleasure or to prove your point, even a religious point, you are treating those people as things to be used instead of human beings to be loved.
And this greatly dishonors the One in whose image they were made!
!!!!!! (b) Back To Mark 3:1-7.
It is always right to do good; and if we do not do good, we do evil (James 4:17).
Jesus knew what His critics were thinking and was angry at the hardening (not “hardness”) of their hearts.
He saw the evil process-taking place within them, and He knew where it would end.
These religious men would actually become murderers of their own Messiah!
!!!!! (4) The Pharisees Motive For Being In The Synagogue Was Wrong.
!!!!!! (a) They were not there to worship God or to learn His Word.
They didn’t believe they needed anymore teaching (John 5:39).
!!!!!! (b) The weren’t there to listen to Jesus, because they had already rejected Him.
They were there to CRITICIZE!
Many today come to church for the same reasons, and are just as guilty of the same sin as the Pharisees were!
They come to criticize and find something to gossip about.
Illustration: After a Sunday service, one of the listeners came up to the Pastor and said, “You know Pastor, on point number 3 in your sermon, you made a grammatical error.”
He then proceeded to point out the error to the Pastor.
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