Pillar DC Church Service - 4/10/2022

Morning, good to be with you all this morning. If you have them, if you have a Bible, please open it up to Matthew Chapter 5 and you don't have them. I will grab one of those hard back on the seat in front of you, and you can find this passage on page 760. 760 Matthew Chapter 5 while you're turning there. I want to remind you that we will be gathering for prayer tonight at 5:30 and then afterwards we will have a potluck. So please bring some food to share for that prayer tonight at 5:30. Matthew chapter 5. Beginning in verse 21.

The words of Jesus.

You have heard that it was said to those of old, you shall not murder and whoever murders will be liable to judgment. But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment. Whoever insults, his brother will be liable to the council and whoever says you fool will be liable to the hell of Fire. So, if you are offering your gift at the altar. And there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the Altar and go first, be reconciled to your brother and then come and offer your gift. Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, less your accuser, and you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard and you'll be put in prison. Truly. I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny, pray together. One more time as we approach the word of God. Oh God, this. Where does challenging too many of us and I pray that it would bear fruit in our lives. I pray that you would show us our need for you and show us that in your independent Grace. We have you that you are ours and it was finished upon that cross. Thank you for that. Good news gone. I pray that we can enjoy it now for an immigrant women.

Many of, you know, a big part of my story is that when my wife and I were first married it was to put it. Delicately a disaster. We were we were Bible College poster children. We were straight A students. We knew the Bible backwards and forwards we were serving in our church on the outside. We live very impressive. We were the kind of marriage that everybody roots for but nobody really it's for because you don't really need to worry about him. And as soon as we got home from the honeymoon, we started fighting. And arguing. I started raising my voice. Selfishness provided every inch of our home. Every second of our days. I was extremely Angry. And selfish.

By God's grace. We didn't stay there. Faithful resources, and and mentors and teachers, and counselors pointed up to the word of God, and they showed us our need to love one another. They showed us that Christ died to save us from dying to save me from my anger and selfishness.

Until I share that story today to illustrate two points. First of all, I'm not the guy with all the answers, but I know the one who has them. And his name is Jesus Christ, and he died for your sins, including anger, and he rose again. So if you're here today and you're saying, I don't even need to hear this sermon about anger, I already feel awful about it, then know that there's Victory available to you because Jesus Christ is not in the Tomb anymore. I share this story to show you that. I'm not the guy with all the answers, but Christ gives life. And I also share this story to show you that anger is deadly. My anger in my own home, brought my wife and I to the end of ourselves. We are ready to give up on each other. On God on faith, on the church, even on life. Anger is deadly. It will wreak havoc on your life if you don't deal with it. Angry is deadly. And yet we celebrated, in our culture. We like to watch people own the lives or crush the conservative, depending on your political preference because we enjoy seeing outrage through people that disagree with us.

We, we celebrate politicians and pundits and podcasters and even preachers for their ramps, which are really just angry tirades. We, we celebrate anger, which is deadly and killing people. Anger is deadly and yet we celebrated, anger is definitely and yet, we justify it. What are the most Insidious things that we do with our anchors? We baptized it and we give it cute little nicknames, and we say things, like, I'm not angry. I'm just impatient. I know you're angry. What does impatient mean? It says a different word for the same thing, but we don't like the word anger. And so we try to come up with different names of town a little bit nicer. Ingrid Dudley and yet we justify it. Christ life. All of the life of that anger is trying to steal and kill destroy Christ, gives freely, because he's not in the Tomb anymore. So maybe there's some people in the room today. This is why I'm not angry. So I'm just going to kind of like check out make my shopping list or you know, whatever for the next few minutes while. I don't want you to tune out because anger is a more private issue than you might realize. Some people think that they don't have an issue with anger because they don't ever explode at someone else and well that is definitely how some people get angry. Some people, get angry by getting really hot and screaming allowed. Some people get angry by being really cold and reserved and they pull away and ignore people, and they give the shoulder, and sometimes that hurts a lot worse than ice cream.

so, maybe you're not a hot boiling over anger, but maybe you've captivated people and hurt people with your cold anger.

Jesus is going to apply his teaching about anger to selfishness in general. Anybody here selfish know. You don't need to raise your hands as relevant to all of us and he's even going to apply this teaching to conflict, anybody here have a conflict this week. Of course, we all have, we've all out of conflict this week and even have absolutely none of those things. Apply to you. You're completely free from anger and selfishness and conflict in your life. Then at least listen for others. Because there's people in this room people around you, who are you who are drowning in their anger and they need your help. And so anytime we hear the word, we need to hear it so that we can be equipped to make disciples and it killed two others as well. So even if you think you have nothing to do with anger, the people around you that God has placed here, needs your help. We need your help. And sometimes. We get angry because we think that we or someone else has been legitimately wrong. And that's true. There is a lot of evil in the world. And Jesus is going to address that later on in the Sermon, on the Mount. But today, what he's really getting out in the passage, it is the more typical kind of anger. Sometimes we get angry about Injustice, but usually we get angry because of selfishness, we get angry because we think that the world revolves around us and anything that interrupts that is a disaster. But friends, the world doesn't revolve around you. It revolves around Christ, and that's why I anger and selfishness. And any other form is so deadly, because it's literally an up ending of the order of the universe. And it's saying to price your not in the middle anymore. You're not. What's most important. I am. Deadly friends. Anger selfish anger is always rooted in caring more about our self than others. Sometimes that's that comes from a fear that we're not going to be protected or we're not going to get what we need or not, going to have what we want but we don't get angry and selfish sometime that's rooted in a desire for justice because we've been wrong or someone else's been wrong and we respond to that wrong with more wrongs, or anger, selfishness. Sometimes angry just routed simply and desire for Comfort. I want things my way and to go easy on the live, the good life and somebody else is interrupting, Matt.

The world doesn't revolve around us. And so anger is deadly. Buddy Christ here is going to give us a better way. He's going to call us to stop living for ourselves and instead to live radically generously for others and when we do that, we will know true and Lasting. Peace. The main idea, I want you to take home today. Is that the true disciple lives at peace? We've been in the middle of a sermon series, on Jesus's famous, Sermon on the Mount, the true people of the true king. That's the point of The Sermon on the Mount. The true people of the true king. In other words. If you want to know what a follower of Jesus life is really supposed to look like read The Sermon on the Mount. And today, he's going to describe how the two disciples life looks like in relationship with others. The true disciple lives at peace. The first section in Jesus's instruction here. First, he explains the danger of selfish anger, and then he applies that teaching to our conflicts of the first thing. I want to share with you, that selfish anger will kill you. We get angry in an attempt to defend ourselves and harm others, but usually always were hurting ourselves, were hurting ourselves. Be the seven verse 21, you have heard that it was said to, those of old Jesus. Is there quoting. The Old Testament is referring to the traditions of the cultural. You've heard that it was said to, those of old, you shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to judgment that we can all be on the same page here, right? Everybody's like, for that statement. I know some people that like you disagree with commands in the Bible. We are, we all agree with this one, right? Nobody here. Pro murder, don't need to show. Answer that one either, but we will pray for you. But Jesus has more interview here. He says verse 22, but I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment. Whoever insults. His brother will be liable to the council. And whoever says you fool will be liable to the hell of Fire. So Jesus says we're all against murder but anger isn't any different and I want to make clear that Jesus is not contradicting the Old Testament. When he said, you've heard that it was said, but I say to you, he's not contradicting. The Old Testament clarifying, it. He's commenting on it. He's showing us what it's always really meant. As we've said again. And again, in The Sermon on the Mount, God is not after a mere external Conformity. As in you don't kill someone. God is after an inward transformation that your entire heart would be pure and dedicated to loving him and loving others. That's what he's after into. It's not enough to just not murder someone, if you hate them in your heart. Anger is like murder because it's selfish. You murder someone, because you value your life more than theirs and you get angry with someone because you value your life or your comforter or your rights more than theirs. Just think about, we about to get real for DC life. Think about traffic for a minute phone. What what on Earth do we think we're publishing when we say some unsavory words about somebody that cuts us off on 295. What do we think? We're accomplishing? We're defending our rights. We're getting angry in our minds because we believe that we are the center of the universe. And therefore, there's absolutely no way that that person cut us off as anything better to do than we do. We made ourselves the center of the universe.

I think about how frustrating it is when your roommate or your spouse doesn't clean up after themselves and maybe that's a reasonable expectation. Why do we get so angry about it? It's because we believe that our comfort in our space is more valuable than their comfort in their time. So we get angry. I don't know. What's one of the most perennial issues is laundry on the floor and everytime. I see laundry on the floor. I get so angry at whoever left it there and I leave laundry on the floor. Way more than anybody else in my house. So ridiculous for me to get angry about that. The only reason I get angry is because I'm the center of the universe until it's okay. When I leave laundry on the floor. It's not okay when somebody else leaves laundry on the floor cuz they're not the center of the universe. I do see how foolish and selfish and really is and those are some trivial examples, but you can apply that to massive issues in your life as well. Behind most of your angry outbursts or implosions. Is selfishness. You value your life and comfort more than someone else. Anger is like murder because it's selfish. And anger is like murder because it's deadly. Anger sometimes harms others, but it always harms us.

It always turns out there's a physical cost anger. I learned this this week. This is really interesting. When you get angry your body actually shunts blood away from your brain. It's like triggering the fight or flight response and we don't even we don't even think right now. We just need to act That's what happens when you get angry blood flows away from your brain towards your muscles. And so this can lead to increased heart rate, blood pressure breathing temperature. It can cause headaches in some high blood pressure and even a heart attack or stroke anger is Dudley and friends. This is just a foretaste of the Eternal judgement that Christ describes in verse 22 and 23, since that I say to you that everyone who's angry with his brother will be liable to judgment. And then he said the same thing two other times to really get the point home. He's not describing three different sins or three different levels of punishment. He's describing the same thing, three times. This is a common thing that you'll do throughout the Sermon on the Mount Hill, say the same thing in a couple different ways to really help you get the point. Everyone who's angry with his brother, will be liable to the Judgment, whatever insults his brother will be liable to the council. And whoever says, you fool will be liable to the house of Fire, And so there's an eternal judgment that's coming against our anger. It's real, and it's got to be addressed, anger will kill you. Maybe you won't have a stroke. But in the eternals judgement is waiting and that is why Christ calls his disciples to live at peace. Do you see how kind and loving that is? His commands are good for you. He is trying to save you from pain.

So, stop trying to justify your sinful anger. Stop saying I'm not angry. I'm just impatient or my favorite. I'm not angry. I was just frustrated. No, the call it what it is. Dragged it into the light so we can travel up like a little vampire. That it is. We're angry and selfish. Stop baptizing your anger. And stop blaming shifting. Stop saying things. Like, will they deserved it? That's not your call to make friend. That's not my call to make because I'm not the judge. You're not the judge. You're not the center of the universe. It's not our call to make who deserves what punishment. Even when we have been rightly wrong, consider these words from Romans chapter 12.

Whether we've been rightly or wrongly and send again.

Whether we really have or not, we need to remember that. We entrust ourselves to the justice of God. Romans chapter 12, says repay. No one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is Honorable in the sight of all if possible so far as it depends on, you live peaceably with all beloved never avenge ourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God for it is written. Vengeance is mine. I will repay says the Lord. Two friends, you are not the judge. And again later on in the Sermon on the Mount we'll get into how do we respond to evil and Injustice committed against us and others. But for now just know that you aren't the judge. It's not our responsibility to write the supposed wrongs committed against ourselves. We trust God. Stop trying to justify your sinful anger and stop trying to vent your sinful. Anger. One of the most best selling books on Anger. Of all time. We boil down to one phrase, anger is a signal and it's a signal worth listening to. Anger is not a sin signal to be listened to. It's a sin to be killed. The goal is not to merely stop boiling over and exploding. The goal is to have your heart transformed, so that you love others. So that you're willing to lay down your life to serve others after your external Conformity. Stop murdering. He's after of total life transformation that you would live for others and not yourself, but you would step out of the center of the universe that you never rightly can have the philosopher, Blaise Pascal, describe that, as a copernican revolution of the Soul. You know, who could print a kiss? Is he? He's the the first astronomer who realized, the Earth wasn't the center of the universe to sunwise, all the planets weren't revolving around the Earth, all the planets revolving around the sun. It's the copernican revolution, the Earth, not the middle of the universe, the son of the middle of the universe and Blaise Pascal the philosopher. Revolution in your life, you need to realize that you're not in the middle of the universe. The Son of God is at the center of the universe. Stop trying to justify your sinful anger and event. Your sinful anger. Selfish anger will kill you and Jesus goes on. So, and conflict quickly. It's easy to say. I'm done with anger, done. It's really hard to apply in the face of conflict. And Jesus, give two examples of this. The first one, he gives his conflict in the church conflict. In the family of God verse 23. So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there, you remember that, your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the Altar and go. First, be reconciled to your brother and then come and offer your gift. So Jesus says that reconciliation with one another is more urgent than external worship. When we receive us throughout the Bible earlier in our service, we heard from Isaiah chapter 1 and that's the main thrust of Isaiah chapter 1 or God condemns the people because they're doing all the right religious offerings and services on the outside. They're checking all of the boxes and got this. I'm tired of you guys trampling. My cords and giving me offerings when your hands are stained with blood because they claimed to love the God who is above them. Well, ignoring and depressing the poor around them. This is a huge theme throughout the Old Testament, especially in the prophets. And it was also a huge theme in Christ's day where the Pharisees we're all about checking the boxes and specifically making sure they brought all of the right offerings in what kind of like kicking the people that they didn't like. Your Jesus is condemnation of the Pharisees in Matthew 2:23, your scrubs and Pharisees hypocrites. For you tithe mint and Dill and cumin some fancy spices that the Pharisees are offering perfectly. Everything's great. According to the letter of the law. But Jesus says, you have neglected, the weightier matters of the law, Justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others. You see the point here, claiming to love God while refusing to serve, others is a lie.

How does this apply to what he said about anger? We get angry because we value ourselves more than others. And hear Christ. Just saying that, if you value yourself, more than others, you don't love him.

Again, he's not calling you to Mere external church activities. He's calling you to something a lot bigger in a lot harder than yield. Your whole heart to selflessly love others. So, don't live with one another. In this church, especially if you're a member of this church, or if you are a Christian, you have a responsibility to be reconciled quickly. Do not give anger time to Stew. Do not give anger time to Stew when someone sends against you be quick to forgive them. And if you give a time to steal, then you'll spend all this time justifying and being like what, you know, I'm really work.

Evil of them. Bitterness friends. It's nasty, cut it out. Cut it off, don't give anger time to Stew. Be quick to forgive. And when you sin against someone else, be quick to repent. And if you get angry time to Stew after you sin against someone else and you start to justify. What's really been that bad? You know, they really should have, they really shouldn't have taken out. So seriously, you're so personally, so that's not, that's not fair. That's a loving. So we cut it off before, there's any chance for that to happen.

We could conflict off. We don't give it time to Stew. And some friends, if there's someone in this room that you are having a conflict with this morning. Don't stand up and sing that last song Run to them. And confess your sin and repent.

Because claiming to love God while refusing to love. Others is a lie.

Conflict in our church, WIll disrupt worship. It will disrupt worship. Jesus goes on, to give another example. Conflict, with our enemies, come to terms quickly. With your accuser, while you are going with him to the court, less your accuser hand, you over to the judge and the judge, the garden to be put in prison, truly. I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last painting. So in Jesus day, there was a, a cultural norm that when someone was in debt and refusing to pay or behind on payments, they could be thrown into prison until their entire debt was paid down to the very last sent. Jesus saying don't put yourself in that situation instead. Repent quickly when you wrong someone else even outside of church, you really want to make ripples in your workplace. For Good Start repenting quickly when you're wrong someone and everything around you will tell you know, you don't do that at work, like maybe you can do that kind of weird thing at church, but no not at work. Like this is like professional or whatever. God is calling you to this kind of radical countercultural lifestyle everywhere. Everywhere and it will shock people. When you repent to them. Honestly, if you weeks ago, somebody was criticizing the way that I, you know, I was taking care of my kids and I snapped at him. I was angry and I drove home. So awful about it and I repented of the Lord and I called that person up that I snapped at 9, even called him. Somebody else who had heard me. And I apologize to them and they didn't even know how to respond and it's a shock people.

When we show how life giving repentance is when we show how humble we are, and we're able to do that because we're not the center of the universe. It's okay for us to Humble ourselves. The true disciple lives at peace, instead of being controlled by a selfish anger. We must be characterized by Humble repentance before God. And before others hear this from Colossians chapter 3. And above all these. The Apostle Paul's been given the Colossians instructions, telling them how to live some positive things to do and he summarizes it and verse 14 and 15 put on love. Which binds everything together in Perfect Harmony, and Let the Peace of Christ rule in your hearts, which indeed you were called in one body and be thankful. The Christ is calling you to put off anger. And to put on love and thankfulness. You want to stop being angry with your spouse? Start your day everyday, I'm serious. Start your day everyday, by making a list of at least five things that are praiseworthy about them. What you're doing is you're putting on thankfulness and you're putting off anger and pride that's almost always have the Bible instructs us to change. Then I just kind of like White Knuckle and figure it out. No to put off and to put on to replace not just like stop being angry. Fix yourself a loser put on love. Replace do something better. But where does this piece come from Colossians? 3 says Let the Peace of Christ. Rule in your hearts. Let the Peace of Christ rule in your heart is only in Christ that we could conquer our deadly anger. The third point, I want to share with you, is that Jesus kills, deadly anger, Christ, Alone can deliver us friends. Here's the thing. So many people come to church and they think I've got to get my act together. Like finally this is going to be the time that I get it all together and clean everything off. But I turned over a new leaf. And that is the opposite of the message of Christ's. He's not saying just like stop being angry, figure your life out. He's not saying that to you today. He's saying I have Grace, come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. He says, every command that Christ gave to give the grace to follow to obey. That's what we talked about last week. Every time Christ gives a command. He gives the grace to his people to obey. Command.

Christ lived free from selfish anger, even though he literally was the center of the universe. You didn't live like it, he lived to serve others. He lived with Mercy compassion. Have you ever seen Jesus Christ? Superstar, you know, the musical there's a movie. I think it's like there's a, there's a scene in that movie. That's a grossly inaccurate with all the sick people come to Jesus. Now, I can let such as it's fine and she screams and we just leave me alone. That's not Jesus. Is he lives completely free from selfish anger. Completely free from selfish anger. So don't get your theology from that. He was merciful and kind, he never saw someone and sent them away. He never once did. Even when his disciples like Jesus were so tired. Just please send me through the way Jesus like you'll be really cool. But we got all these people, even a sick person that was ceremonially unclean. I'm going to the broken places. I love that guy. I want to show Mercy to that guy. I want to help people that have nothing to offer. Jesus live, completely free from selfish anger, even up to the end, from the cross. Jesus prayed, father, forgive them. The people that were hitting him and beat him with a humiliating him all day, but a cycle that abandon him and betrayed him. He prayed, father, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. He live free from selfish and you're even to the very end even when it cost him his one life. And Jesus died to pay for our selfish anger. He took all of the punishment that we learned for our selfish anger. It was poured out onto himself. So there's no punishment left for your selfish, anger. If you He has freed you from the penalty of your sin. You don't have to pay the price for your selfish anger anymore. If you trust in Christ, do you see how radical this is? It was finished call Matt cross. It's over. It's done. It's paid for what did Jesus tell to cross? It is finished. It's finished. That's what we're going to celebrate on Good Friday. So I hope you'll join us. He live free from selfish anger. He died to pay for our selfish anger, Heroes to conquer our selfish anger. He's not in the Tomb anymore. And that means you don't have to. Friends, you are freed from the power of sin. You don't have to be controlled by anger. Any more anger is such a pervasive sin that we feel like there's absolutely no way we could ever do anything about it. True friends. If you are in Christ, there's absolutely something that you can do about it because Christ is not in the Tomb, he is alive. And if you believe in him, he has raised you up with him Christians. Don't live this moralistic life. We live the Resurrection Life. That's why we celebrate Easter that sways such a big deal because our old self died with Christ and our new cell froze up with him, not able to obey able to not since Christ empowers. You in a quince you to do that, friends Heroes to conquer your sinful anger, and he sends you to replace your selfish anger to put off anger, and to put on love. Christ calls you to stop living for your own comfort and instead live to make disciples among all nations.

He's replacing your anger put off anger. Put on love. Put off selfishness put on intentional discipleship.

And remember, throughout all of this. Christ, does not angrily save you from anger.

I was with a group of guys this week and we all can get to one another that there's times that we get angry with our wives and we're we're serving or like making it really obvious that we're serving like washing the dishes little too hard that we can swim in the dishwasher to make a really loud noise. We begrudgingly serve others and that is never never how Christ serves us. Humble and selfish. It is hopeless. Here, these words from Philippians chapter 2, the one of the earliest Christian hymns. The Paul quotes in Philippians chapter 2. Adopted the same attitude as bad as that of Christ. Jesus who existed in the form of God. Did not consider equality with God, something to be exploited. Instead, he emptied himself. By assuming the form of a servant. Taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Christ. Even though he was the center of the universe, never acted like it. He does not angrily save you from your anger. He does not selfishly save you from yourself vicious. He is not going to roll his eyes at you this week, friends. He's not going to do it.

He's the he's not you're never going to get to the bottom of his grace. Because it's an ocean deeper than the sea.

You're never going to get to the bottom of it. Christ. Was murdered for murderers.

For his murderers. Because it wasn't just happenstance that placed Christ on the cross. It was my sin. It was your sin.

Christ was murdered for his own murderers.

What an astoundingly Good gospel.

That while we were yet, sinners Christ died for us. While we were yet, sinners Christ died for us. Just hear these words from Romans chapter 5. If you think that Christ is going to get tired of you, hear these words. Romans 5:6 for while we were still helpless. At the right. Time Christ died for the ungodly. When was the right time after we've got to, like, fix ourselves a little bit, like got ourselves. Like 50% of the way that was not the right time and the right time was while we were still helpless Christ died for the, for the kind of, okay, people know Christ died for the ungodly. So if you feel like you're messed up, if you feel like anger has a stronghold on your life. That's never going to let go of your exactly. The people that Christ came to save your exactly. The people that Christ came to save already quote, one time from Charles Spurgeon. He said, Satan said that I am unworthy and says that I am a sinner, that's good news because Christ came to save Sinners. If you are a sinner today, if you are feeling helpless today, if you are feeling like you're drowning today, you are exactly the kind of person that Christ has come to save. And just in case you didn't get it, all goes on in Romans chapter. Five are Lee, will someone died for a just person do for a good person for her. Someone might even dare to die. But God proves his own Love For Us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. It just makes it so abundantly clear that you had nothing good to bring to the table. That's the whole point is not about how strong you are. It's not about how good you are. It's actually about how we can help with and sinful, you are and how Great and Mighty and strong Christ is the friends. Do not be a slave to selfish angry anymore because Christ is not in the tube until you can throw yourselves anger in there and walk in Freedom. Some of you don't know this Christ today, so if you don't know him, you haven't been raised to life with him, but you can today. And soak in just a few minutes. We're going to sing one more song. And during that song. There's going to be a few people in the back of the room who will be willing to pray with you to talk with you about what it means to be raised to life in Christ. Don't let anything stop. You friends for Dad to let anything stop you. Because anger is deadly and it's going to kill you. So, come to the Christ. Who lived free from selfish. Anger died to pay for our selfish. Anger Rose to conquer our selfish anger, and sends us to replace our selfish anger. Enclosing just one more thing. What do we actually do? When faced with sinful anger, hearing all this good stuff about Christ. Will what is it actually look like to put legs on this this afternoon when we get angry at someone.

The first thing is to call anger what it is. Stop baptizing it calling it frustration or impatience. No, it's thin. It's selfish. Its anger, call it. What it is. Number to repent, turn from sin towards God. That's what it means to repent. Listen to this word. This is how the Apostle Paul describes your pain, since the first Thessalonians 1. He says the Thessalonians, you turned to God from Idols to serve the living and true God. An idle is a false god and they never compare to the true God. And when we get angry, when we get selfish, there's an idol. It play. Right? Is us. We are the center of the universe in our own minds. When we feel angry. And and crisis turn from that Idol, that penial Idol and serve the living and true. God, the one who's able to save you. And worshiping yourself. Repent turn from your sin towards God. Number three. Remember that Christ died to forgive your anger. The penalty is not on you anymore, and friends. That means that you can always come to God in Christ. He's not going to get tired of this guy again. Like the same problem. Never going to be his reaction because it's paid for. He's removed your sin from you as far as the East is from the West. Remember that Christ died to forgive your anger number for. Remember that Christ Rose to conquer your anger. You don't have to be angry anymore. Christ has purchased this. He's purchased it if he's in chapter 4 says little bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and slander be put away from you along with all malice. Be kind to one another tenderhearted. Forgiving one, another as God in Christ. Forgave you. How are we able to forgive? How are we able to put our finger and put on love? It's because Christ has forgiven us. It's because Christ has loved us. Number five, put off anger and put on love the very next vs. Forgive one, another as God God in Christ, forgave you if he's inside, therefore be imitators of God as beloved children. And walk in love as Christ, loved us and gave himself up for us. A fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Chris Rose and sent you out, he gave you something better to live for to take yourself out of the center of the universe and to put him there to live for his glory and DC around the world.

You finally Revel. In the fact. The Christ will never. Be angry at you. His grace. Really is. End exhaustible.

You will not get tired of you. You will not regret saving you he will never say you got one more chance, tough guy. You in it? For the Long Haul.

The true disciple. With the peace.

To be at peace with God. But being reconciled through Christ who died to forgive your sins Rose. To raise you up with him. Be at peace with God and be at peace with others, by laying your life, down to love them, as Christ loved you. ask the music team to come back up now, and as we sing this last song I want to challenge you to do two things. If you are having a conflict with someone in this room. go to them during this last song because If you claim to love God, while refusing to love others.

Go to them during this last song. You might think. Why? I don't want to interrupt. Your lunch is already interrupting. So go to them. Be reconciled friends. And you might be realizing today that you never been raised to life with Christ. You've been a slave to anger or selfishness or maybe some others in the we haven't even talked about but I God laid on your heart. Maybe you realize that you are asleep too. Since you haven't been raised to life with Christ, if that's your story today. I want you to come to the back of the room today and we're going to be there to pray for you and to talk with you and that helped you to talk with you about what it means to follow Christ to pray for you. That God would give you victory over your selfish anger. Again, you might think that might be embarrassing. Friends. Angry is deadly. So let's cut it out. Let's cut it out Christ, live free from selfish anger. He died to pay for selfish, anger, Heroes to conquer your selfish anger, and he sends us out to replace our selfish anger. He is a God who is Rich and mercy, inexhaustible, and Grace, to come to him today and be reconciled. Let's pray together. God. I thank you so much for your word and your mercy. Go God, it's just so kind to us. And your mercy.