How To Deal With Difficult People
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How To Deal With Difficult People
How To Deal With Difficult People
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Luke 20:
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
Is your life different than the people you take counsel with? That you take advice from?
John is talking to
If you don’t know who you are, you will always be miserable when they reject you.
You have to stop changing your behavior because of your environment and change your environment with your behavior.
I’m going to leave out of here the same person I walked in as.
When dealing with difficult people, you have to know your purpose.
Know your purpose but also know their purpose in your life.
To reject John is to reject Christ.
Anytime you reject the message, you reject the messenger.
To reject the preached word, you also reject the one who sent the preacher.
The gravest disease in the world is the rejection of truth.
A person that can not handle the truth is in bondage.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Difficult people keep being difficult to you because they don’t realize they are doing anything wrong.
Quit letting people put a guilt trip on you.
There is nothing in a person’s heart that won’t come out in their conduct.
There is nothing in a person’s heart that won’t come out in their conduct.
When put in the right situation, their true character will come out.
Difficult people are looking for people to confirm what they believe. They only have people around them that agrees with them.
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
You don’t owe difficult people an explanation!
Stop explaining yourself!
The best answer to give to a difficult person is your silence.
You need to be as proficient of distributing your silence as your speech.
Don’t waste your time explaining yourself to someone who’s committed to misunderstanding you.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, Yet he opened not his mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth.
Know their intentions
What are they after?
What are they up to?
Are they fishing?
You have to discern their intentions. Look them in the eye!
Don’t focus on difficult people who don’t want to become developing people.
They will take you away from your purpose.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew 5:
Everybody won’t get along with you.
Don’t let that stop you!
Stay on the Wall!
Give them silence when they want an answer from you.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.