#7 Fruit of the Spirit - Anger, Pt 3

Foundations Sunday School Fruit of the Spirit - Part 7 Application to Anger, Pt 3 Anger De nition “Our anger is our whole-personed active response of negative moral judgment against perceived evil.”1 Test of Righteous Anger 1. Accurate Perception of Evil 2. Motivated by God’s Glory 3. Godly Response Review the Cause Sinful anger is rooted in our hearts. You do what you do because you want what you want. You want what you want because you worship what you worship (James 4). Identify your Inordinate Desires: • Are you willing to sin to get it? • Are you willing to sin when you don’t get it? Introduction Get to the Heart: Shortcuts and Immediacy: There is no __________ to sancti cation (1 Tim 4:7). Beware of adopting this age’s motto of high ______________________ with minimal ______________________________. 1 Jones, Robert. Uprooting Anger. fi fi 1 Foundations Sunday School Sancti cation’s 3 Stages Sancti cation at its core carries the idea of “______________________.” 1. Positional Sancti cation (_____________) 2. Progressive Sancti cation (________________) 3. Permanent Sancti cation (_______________) The Suf ciency of the Word of God 2 Timothy 3:15-17 The Energy Source • 2 Peter 1:3-11 • Philippians 1:6 • Philippians 2:12-13 • 1 Timothy 4:7 • Galatians 5:16 Homework 1. Read Ephesians. Meditate on how sancti cation is a community project. 2. Read Colossians. Meditate on how Christ and His gospel work are suf cient. 3. From Ephesians and Colossians, write down every identity description you can discover. Who are you in Christ? fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi 2