Broken-Down Emotions - Broken-Down House: The Sinfulness Of Sin (Part 3)

BROKEN DOWN HOUSE SINFULNESS OF SIN Photo: Magnolia677 REVIEW • Message #1 • Message #2 • How bad is it? • Library – Futility of our Minds • Ephesians 2:1-3 • Ephesians 4:17-19 & Romans 1:18, 21 • Spiritually Dead • We suppress the truth • Morally Corrupt • We are hostile in our thinking • Justly Condemned • We are blind BROKEN DOWN HOUSE Photo: Ivy Main Photo: Dmitry G Photo: RedxelaSinnak BROKEN DOWN HOUSE Photo: Dmitry G BROKEN DOWN HOUSE Photo: Arne Groh BROKEN DOWN HOUSE UNTANGLING EMOTIONS by J. Alasdair Groves & Winston Smith NAME THAT EMOTION NAME THAT EMOTION NAME THAT EMOTION NAME THAT EMOTION EMOTIONS CAN BE CONFUSING • “When I feel hurt because I feel my husband has wronged me, then I don’t feel like going to talk to him. Instead, I feel like leaving because I feel he won’t listen anyway. I feel justified in the anger I feel. I don’t feel the Bible applies to our particular conflicts.” (Powlison) THE BIBLE IS FULL OF EMOTIONS • Scripture not only speaks about emotions, it also speaks to and through our emotions. The Bible itself is emotional literature, filled with emotional expression and designed not just to communicate with our rationality but also to stir us emotionally, thus affirming our emotionality. (Evangelical Dictionary of Theology) BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS • Emotions were given in order to energize behaviour and were intended by God to be a catalyst for action. (Evangelical Dictionary of Theology) BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS • Emotions Communicate Value • Fear – something we value is under threat • Anger – something we value is treated unjustly • Grief – something we value has been lost BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS • Emotions Communicate Value • Emotions Help Us to Connect • Emotions Motivate Us BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS • Emotions Motivate Us • Fear – fight or flight • Anger – fix something wrong • Grief – seek comfort and rest • Guilt – confess and make amends • Happiness – celebrate and give thanks BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS • Emotions Communicate Value • Emotions Help Us to Connect • Emotions Motivate Us • Emotions Elevate Us (Groves) HOW SIN CORRUPTS OUR EMOTIONS God’s Purpose for Emotions Communicate Value Relate Motivate Elevate HOW SIN CORRUPTS OUR EMOTIONS Suck It Up God’s Purpose for Emotions Emotions are nothing Communicate Value Tough guy Relate Never trust your emotions Motivate Intellect over feelings Elevate HOW SIN CORRUPTS OUR EMOTIONS God’s Purpose for Emotions Spit It Up Communicate Value Emotions are everything Relate Experience junkies Motivate Express yourself Elevate Feelings determine reality HOW SIN CORRUPTS OUR EMOTIONS Suck It Up God’s Purpose for Emotions Spit It Up Emotions are nothing Communicate Value Emotions are everything Tough guy Relate Experience junkies Never trust your emotions Motivate Express yourself Intellect over feelings Elevate Feelings determine reality A BIBLICAL SOLUTION: ENGAGE YOUR EMOTIONS Psalm 42 • Step #1 – EXAMINE (verse 5) • Step #2 – EVALUATE (verse 9, 10, 3) • Step #3 – REHEARSE BIBLICAL TRUTH (verse 5, 8-9) REHEARSE BIBLICAL TRUTH • On a daily basis we’re faced with two simple choices. We can either listen to ourselves and our constantly changing feelings about our circumstances, or we can talk to ourselves about the unchanging truth of who God is and what He’s accomplished for us at the cross. (Mahaney) • Change and growth does not come from a change in your circumstances. Rather, it comes from what you know to be true in spite of the situation in front of you. (Vroegop) A BIBLICAL SOLUTION: ENGAGE YOUR EMOTIONS Psalm 42 • Step #1 – EXAMINE (verse 5) • Step #2 – EVALUATE (verse 9, 10, 3) • Step #3 – REHEARSE BIBLICAL TRUTH (verse 5, 8-9) • Step #4 – SHARE (context) A BIBLICAL SOLUTION: ENGAGE YOUR EMOTIONS Lamentations 3 • Step #1 – EXAMINE (verse 17) • Step #2 – EVALUATE (context) • Step #3 – REHEARSE BIBLICAL TRUTH (verse 21) REHEARSE BIBLICAL TRUTH Lamentations 3 • God’s Mercy Never Ends (3:22-24) • Waiting is Not a Waste (3:25-27) • The Final Word Has Not Been Spoken (3:31-32) • God is Always Good (3:33) A BIBLICAL SOLUTION: ENGAGE YOUR EMOTIONS Lamentations 3 • Step #1 – EXAMINE (verse 17) • Step #2 – EVALUATE (context) • Step #3 – REHEARSE BIBLICAL TRUTH (verse 21) • Step #4 – SHARE (context) A BIBLICAL SOLUTION: ENGAGE YOUR EMOTIONS 2 Corinthians 1 • Step #1 – EXAMINE (verse 8 & 9) • Step #2 – EVALUATE (verse 8) • Step #3 – REHEARSE BIBLICAL TRUTH (verse 9) • Step #4 – SHARE (verse 8 & 11) WRAP UP 1) Emotions are good and God-given 2) Emotions communicate value 3) Don’t let your emotions control you 4) Share your emotions with God and others in the church CLOSING PRAYER Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil with me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. (Psalm 43:5)