‘ANGER’

(CFRA broadcast date: Sunday, February 5^th, 2012 - #664)

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Broadcast Notes:

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Issues of Life Series…‘Anger’

Ephesians 4:17-32

Principle # 1

Don’t take offense

Don’t give offense

Principle # 2

Was the person I’m angry with being intentionally hurtful and harmful?

If you don’t know…

Then give the benefit of the doubt.

If you do know they were being intentionally hurtful and harmful

Then:

Stop – Think – Pray   before saying a word.

Anger is:        A normal emotion!

·         In your anger do not sin

·         Don’t let the sun go down on your anger    Ps. 4:4

There are 4 types of anger dealt with in the Bible.

                                                                   

1   Sudden Anger

Often this is due to learned behavior

Needs to be Controlled

Proverbs 14:17  

"A quick-tempered man does foolish things."

                                                                      

But the bottom line is, if we have a short fuse,

we’re going to do a lot of foolish things.                                                                               

                                                                                                      

Proverbs 15:18 

"A hot tempered man stirs up dissension."

                                                                               

Will Rogers                                                              

"Whenever you fly into a rage, you seldom make a safe landing."

                                                                                      

Proverbs 19:19 

"A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty."                                                              

Listen

You don’t correct this behavior by means of punishment…

You must re-educate

Teach a better behavior

Constant Monitoring is Required

2          Sinful Anger

Needs to be Condemned.

irritation – frustration – anger - resentment – bitterness - rage

3          Stubborn Anger.

Needs to be Conquered

This is more about Emotional  control!

Passive Aggressive

4          Sanctified Anger

Needs to be Channeled

The issues I’m angry about are:

·         Morality or a/morality today

·         Ethically

·         Biblically

·         Emotionally

W R O N G

This my friends is Righteous Anger

April 14, 1988, issue of USA TODAY.

“Have you ever noticed that sometimes we get angry and remain bitter with people and actually forget why we’re so upset?

Take, for example, the notorious Hatfield-McCoy feud.

“It hit newspaper front pages in the 1880’s, when the Hatfield clan feuded with the McCoy clan from across the border in Kentucky.

·         Historians disagree on the cause of the feud—which captured the imagination of the nation during a 10-year run.

·         Some cite Civil War tensions: McCoys sympathized with the Union, Hatfields with the Confederacy.

·         Others say it began when the McCoys blamed the Hatfields for stealing hogs.

·         As many as 100 men, women, and children died.

·         “In May 1976, Jim McCoy and Willis Hatfield—the last two survivors of the original families—shook hands at a public ceremony dedicating a monument to six of the victims.

·         “McCoy died February 11, 1984, at age 99. He bore no grudges—and had his burial handled by the Hatfield Funeral Home in Toler, Kentucky.

Peter Johnson, USA TODAY, 4-14-88

Erwin Lutzer, in his book Managing Your Emotions, writes:

“We all know that Alexander the Great conquered the world.

But what few people know is that this mighty general could

not conquer himself.

·         Cletus, a dear friend of Alexander’s and a general in his army, became intoxicated and ridiculed the emperor in front of his men.

·         Blinded by anger, quick as lightning, Alexander snatched

      a spear from the hand of a soldier and hurled it at Cletus.

Though he had only intended to scare the drunken general,

his aim was true and the spear took the life of his childhood friend.

Deep remorse followed his anger. Overcome with guilt, Alexander tried to take his own life with the same spear,

but was stopped by his men. For days he lay sick calling his friend Cletus, chiding himself as a murderer.”

“Lutzer observes,

“Alexander the Great conquered many cities.

He conquered many countries,

but he failed miserably to conquer his own self.”

                ...(continued, on audio.)

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