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Anger, 7 Deadly Sins (Rough Draft)
Genesis 4
James 1:19-21
Intro to the series 7 Deadly Sins
My hope for us all is not that we will feel beat up as we see what God has to say about these 7 deadly sins.
--- but that we will be encouraged --- and encouraged to find freedom from what may be holding us back in our relationship with God.
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Genesis 4
Illustration
London - Wreck Room (Picture), In New York there is the Rage room.
Places where you pay to go smash things.
Wreck Room you pay to be given a space where a room is set up with computer desk and chair for you to literally beat and destroy with a bat and sledge hammer - everything in that room.
-You are supposed to work out your anger.
All of get angry.
Some of us get angry once every 2 weeks.
Others get angry twice a day.
Some are better than others at controlling their anger.
There are lots of reasons that we get angry, here are a few.
I. What makes me angry?
A. We get hurt - Someone does or says something to us that hurts us
B. Our goals/expectations are not met
Example - Did you ever have a list of things to do - somethings that really had to get done that day & one item was taking way too long - leaving the other items undone - you find yourself angry.
Example - Have you ever struggled in marriage or in your spiritual walk and something throws you off coarse.
Something happens that causes your marriage to struggle or your spiritual walk to get tripped up.
You get angry because your life long goal of a good marriage or a vibrant spiritual walk is in jeopardy.
C. Extreme Fear/Anxiety - Sometimes if things feel out of control - our intense fear or anxiety can turn to anger.
Have you ever seen an infant or child that was scared and then got so overwhelmed by fear that it turned to rage?
Have you ever seen a mom get so overwhelmed with the anxiety producing chaos of the kids, she gets in a rage?
Adults do this too.
D. Gain Control - Dad’s sometimes if things are out of control in our homes or at work we get furious, people fear us, we gain control.
Dad’s sometimes if things are out of control in our homes we get mad, people fear us, we gain control.
You know what?
It works.
If you rage, your family will fear you and you will gain control.
It comes at a cost.
Every time we rage we gain fear and control, and lose trust and respect.
E. Misplaced anger -
Sometimes we get angry at others, but really we are angry at ourselves and project our anger on others.
-There has been more than one time in my 25 years of marriage that Susan made a mistake (a level 2 on a scale of ten), but I got mad like the problem was a level 8.
At least once a week I’ll be in my car by myself and I’ll be thinking … I get really angry and yell out.
-Later I ask myself, why did you get so mad at something so small.
I realize that I had a slow burning anger at myself that came out pointed at her.
Anger at self example -
At least once a week I’ll be in my car by myself and I’ll be thinking … I get really angry and yell out.
Why? Sometimes I’m frustrated with myself that my life doesn’t line up with God’s Word like I want it to.
Sometimes I see all that needs to be done in my job or at home, and know it is more than one person will ever be able to do.
-Later when
Transition - Example Cain’s anger
2. God warns me about my anger
God gives us an example of this in Genesis chapter 4 verse 1
4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel.
Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.
3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions.
And the Lord had regard [favor] for Abel and his offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard [did not look with favor].
So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.
b She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.
b She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock.
The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor.
So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
2. Meekness and self control
-I love the insight into this passage concerning the anger of cain.
Look if you would at verse 5.
-God did not accept Cain, nor his offering.
-Why?
Cain was a farmer.
He was supposed to bring a blood offering/sacrifice as part of his worship, not a vegetable offering.
He knew this.
He knew that he was supposed to trade with Able for a lamb or goat and bring a blood sacrifice to God.
On a side note - We see even as early as , the value of a blood sacrifice, ultimately of Christ.
Cain knowingly brought the wrong sacrifice.
Cain’s heart was disobedient.
God was also not satisfied with Cain.
There was something in the heart of Cain that was wrong.
We don’t know if it was jealousy, anger, control, rebellion …
There was a sin of the heart.
In verse 5, God did not look with favor on Cain.
-We see from early Genesis how God cares about the heart of man.
-We see from early Genesis how God confronts the heart of man.
-For some in this room today, God is confronting your heart.
Example - In my regular prayer time I pray a prayer of purity for myself.
I include in my prayer is help to stay sexually pure.
Also in my prayer for purity is a prayer for pure motives and desires for the decisions I make in life.
Anger is not just an issue of your outward action that God desires to purify.
It is an attitude of the heart.
So, What makes you angry ?
… When you can identify the source of your anger you can surrender that to God and ask for specific help.
Application - Do you get angry because?
-Goals and expectations are not met.
Things did not go the way you had expected them to at work, at work, on the ball field or in a relationship and you get angry.
-Do you get angry when your fear or anxiety become overwhelming.
-Is your anger fuse lit so you can rage and gain control in a situation?
-Do you get angry at someone else and later realize that your angry at yourself and pointing it toward others?
Identifying your anger helps you surrender yourself specifically to God.
Transition - How do I get control of my anger?
Anger is powerful and complex.
However, the scripture speaks to a heart change that has to take place before our anger will be reigned in.
Hang on to the last half of verse 21, “Receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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