Be Ye Angry

Week 3

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Topic: Anger

Big Idea of the Message: Anger is an emotion that will always be an option in our life.

Application Point: It is not a matter of IF we get angry; rather, it is how we respond WHEN anger rises.

INTRO:  Back in July we did a Sermon teaching on “flirting with disaster”

towards the end of that series anger was one of the things that we flirt with.

Well since we are in Ephesians and we’re discussing being creatures of habit

it would benefit us all to build on the sermon in July.    

I prayed this last week and I knew what God was giving me and of course I argued for a moment not really argued but had a dialogue  ....

But  God I just preached on anger back July 20 and He said

“well have you been angry since July 20”

and I told him yes I was angry yesterday actually… So I stopped for a second and realized OK God point taken. 

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Growing anger epidemic 

“Recently, the Mental Health Organization launched a report

Called ‘BoilingPoint’ about problem anger, how it affects individuals,

families and communities, and what we can do to minimize the harm it causes. ...

Sixty-four percent say that the world is becoming an angrier place.

Almost a third of people polled (32%) say they have a close friend or family member who has trouble controlling their anger.

More than one in ten (12%) say that they have trouble controlling their own anger.

More than one in four people (28%) say that they worry about how angry they sometimes feel” 

In a secondary survey, participants were asked,

“About how often do you hear or read something in the news that makes you angry?”

Thirty-one percent responded, “A few times a day”;

37%, “Once a day”;

20%, “Once a week”;

5%, “Once a month”;

and

6%, “Rarely”.

Now its a point of interest here for me to mention that those percentages and answers were fairly equal to the amount of time participants actually watched the news.

So we must ask ourselves How does our discipleship interact with our response to the news?

There are forms of anger that are righteous and actually holy.

Anger is a God given a motion that we are supposed to use.

Our heavenly father, the Almighty God, Jehovah himself gets angry  

Anger is one of those things that is at the core of our being so much so we see it throughout Scripture. 

But all things made by God will be perverted by Satan…

So Anger is also  A habit that we get into of bursting out at people.

Anger is a defense mechanism to our insecurities and abandonment issues of our heart.

We were never created to have a disposition of anger, yet we allow influences that are not of God to run, so rampant through our society and our being that there are many of us  that come off as or become creatures of angry Habit 

Big Idea today: Anger is an emotion that will always be an option in our life.

Application Point: It is not a matter of IF we get angry; rather, it is how we respond WHEN anger rises.

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Eph 4:26 And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 for anger gives a foothold to the devil.

26 And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 for anger gives a foothold to the devil.

Sermon Talking Points:

1.BE ANGRY

(FSB): 4:26 Be angry and do not sin Paul quotes from the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation of the ot).

Paul seems to acknowledge that anger can be unavoidable,

Realize the Routine

but he also recognizes that it can quickly develop into an occasion for sin.

Application Point: It is not a matter of IF we get angry; rather, it is how we respond WHEN anger rises.

Paul presupposed that anger would take place

(Ephesians4:26);

thus, he gave two cautions to be used in that time of anger:

A. don’t take it to bed with you (v. 26) B. don’t give the adversary a foothold (v. 27).

 Or   4:27 nor give place to the devil....

Believers are free from the devil’s  rule (), and they should not allow him to cause division or influence their actions

MANNA.

“There are three words for ‘anger’ in the Greek New Testament.

Thumos speaks of a turbulent commotion, the boiling agitation of the feelings, passion, anger forthwith boiling up and soon subsiding, which is forbidden in .

Parorgismos, translated ‘wrath’ in is also forbidden. It refers to anger that is accompanied by irritation, exasperation, embitterment.

And 

Orgē is an anger which is an abiding and settled habit of the mind that is aroused under certain conditions.

This is the anger spoken of in the words, ‘be ye angry’” 

Our passage relates to those unhealthy and settled habits that bring out the angry outbursts which need to be changed.

2. Sin Anger vs. Righteous Anger

So what exactly is Sinless anger and sinful anger?

Cambridge Theological Studies defines “Anger, as the mere expression of wounded personality, is sinful; for it means that self is in command… BUT Anger, as the pure expression of Repugnance to wrong in loyalty to God, is sinless, where there is true occasion for it.

meaning that Due to your loyalty to God, anger towards evil or an intense disgust towards wrong is sinless. When it is truly called for.

 The Apostle practically says, let anger, when you feel it, be never from the former motive, always from the latter”,

3. Weigh Thyself  

In giving the devil a foothold,

“The spirit behind such bitter jealousy, selfish ambition,

quarrels, conflicts, envy, anger, bitterness, and rage... is a demonic spirit. 

No, ridding oneself of said spirit will not usually involve deliverance. 

But It will always involve obedience.

Directly out of The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare I know that:

I, as a man of God, must judge myself at this point.

I must cease from the rationalizations I have been pursuing as a cover-up for my sins” ,

Owning up to our personal rationalizations, then repenting and submitting them to the Lord will keep us from giving room to the devil ().

4. Realize the Routine

  (NLT): 1 A gentle answer deflects anger,                                                              but harsh words make tempers flare

Another tool in averting or defusing anger is the proper response: 

“Two things are here to be observed []: 

A. an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and that answer should be gentle . ... 

Thus Abigail quelled the excessive anger of David by her judicious submission (, etc.). 

B.The answer must not be harshly given.

But grievous words stir up anger. A word that causes vexation makes anger rise the higher” 

closing

Music my nickel, music .

Illustration: Angry at people in church: 

A lady went to her Pastor and said “Pastor, I won't be going to your church anymore.” The Pastor responded “But why?” The lady said

“Ah! I saw a woman gossipping about another member;

a man that is a hypocrite;

the worship team living wrong;

people looking at their phone during service;

among so many other things wrong in your church.”

The Pastor replied “OK. But before you go, do me a favor: take a full glass of water and walk around the church three times without spilling a drop on the ground.  Afterwards, leave the church if you desire.”  The lady thought: too easy!  She walked three times around the church as the Pastor had asked.  When she finished she told the Pastor she was ready to leave.  

The Pastor said, “Before you leave I want to ask you one more question.  

When you were walking around the church, did you see anyone gossipping?”

The lady replied “No.”  

“Did you see any hypocrites?"  The lady said "No."

  "Anyone looking at their phone?” “No.”

  “You know why?” “No.”   “You were focused on the glass,

to make sure you didn't stumble and spill any water.  It's the same with our life. 

 When we keep our eyes on Jesus, we don't have time to see the mistakes of others.  We will reach out a helping hand to them and concentrate on our own walk with the Lord."

“Why would you leave a church because of another person if that person wasn’t the reason you came in the first place.”

Anger is Compared to a Shotgun Going Off

A lady once came to Billy Sunday and tried to rationalize her angry outbursts. “There’s nothing wrong with losing my temper,” she said. “I blow up, and then it’s all over.” “So does a shotgun,” Sunday replied, “and look at the damage it leaves behind!” Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order.

Lincoln Tells His Secretary of War How to Handle Anger

Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, was angered by an army officer who accused him of favoritism. Stanton complained to Lincoln, who suggested that Stanton write the officer a sharp letter. Stanton did, and showed the strongly worded missive to the president. “What are you going to do with it?” Lincoln inquired. Surprised, Stanton replied, “Send it.” Lincoln shook his head. “You don’t want to send that letter,” he said. “Put it in the stove. That’s what I do when I have written a letter while I am angry. It’s a good letter and you had a good time writing it, and feel better. Now burn it, and write another