Anger

Purpose of this Purpose of this Series:Series:

NOT Just some head knowledgeNOT Just some head knowledge

BUT an awareness of sinsBUT an awareness of sins

So that:So that:

1. We can confess it and be forgiven.1. We can confess it and be forgiven.

2. We can gain victory over these sins 2. We can gain victory over these sins by the power of the Holy Spirit.by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Previously on 7 Previously on 7 SinsSins

We looked at 3 sins:We looked at 3 sins:

PridePride= wanting to be like God, or to be = wanting to be like God, or to be God. God.

EnvyEnvy = wanting the other person not to = wanting the other person not to have what I don’t have.have what I don’t have.

GluttonyGluttony = wanting to feed the soul with the = wanting to feed the soul with the

body’s food.body’s food.

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Scripture ReadingScripture Reading

Ephesians 4:17-32Ephesians 4:17-32

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Are you angry?

Everyone has a problem with anger!

Your own or somebody elses!

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Anger is not necessarily evil.

26"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down

while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a

foothold.

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3 Kinds of Anger

RageResentment

Righteous Indignation

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Is it Righteous Indignation?

- It can identify a real injustice- It prays, not plots- It points at a condition, not a person- It helps the mistreated- It is unselfish, often reluctant- It refuses vengeance.[Richard P Walters, Anger Yours and Mine & What to do About it,

p.46]

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Righteous Indignation

David’s reaction to Goliath

Jesus turning over the tables in the Temple

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Story of Ralph and Sally

Rage

Anger turned outwardAnger as a sword

Saul throwing the spear at David

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Resentment

Anger turned inwardAnger as a bomb

Story of unexploded bombs

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Resentment is like

Filling your trunk with tennis ballsIt works just fine at first,

but after a while the trunk is so full it takes more effort to keep the lid

closed

Balls fall out!

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Anger is a secondary emotion.What triggers anger?

EmbarrassmentFrustrationRejectionFatique

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Proverbs 30:33““For as churning the milk produces For as churning the milk produces

butter, butter, and as twisting the nose produces and as twisting the nose produces

blood, so stirring up anger produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife." strife."

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1. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you see how you are dealing with anger.

2. Acknowledge Anger and the hurts underneath it.

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3. Ask God’s help to forgive.

4. Ask the Holy Spirit to grow the Fruit of the Spirit in you.

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“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus

have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.”

Galatians 5:22-26Galatians 5:22-26

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5. Learn strategies to help you control your anger:

a. Give yourself the time and

space to think through your feelings and your response.

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James 1:19-20:“My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger

does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.””

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b. Choose your response.

“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” ” Eph. 4:29Eph. 4:29

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c. Daily focus on God and his love for you.

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Eph. 4:32” Eph. 4:32

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I Cor. 13:4-8Love is patient, love is kind. It does not

envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.

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d. Join with others who are striving to overcome this sin.

Proverbs 22:24-25:“Do not make friends with a hot-

tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.””

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“Rage seeks to do wrong, resentment seeks to hide wrong indignation

seeks to correct wrong.”“Rage and resentment seek to destroy

people, indignation seeks to destroy evil.”

“Rage and resentment are forbidden in the Bible, indignation is required.”

[Richard P Walters, Anger Yours and Mine & What to do About it, p.17]

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Walters says:

“Among Christians there is a fear of rage,

a surplus of resentment,and a shortage of indignation.”

[Richard P Walters, Anger Yours and Mine & What to do About it, p.17]