That Makes Me ANGRY! | Emotions
“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV
Often our ANGER creates space for
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. Matthew 21:12-14 NIV
Jesus is known for his
But, when Jesus did get
1) It was for
2) Flipped
a. Focused on the
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a. Anger is often because we are
The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.
Matthew 21:14 NIV
…for he [God] forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross. Colossians 2:13-15 NLT
How angry have you been?
In view of what you just heard, do you believe that this anger has been one that is a RIGHTEOUS (anger for what is RIGHT) or another kind of anger?
What makes you angrier—when you’re mistreated, or when someone you love is mistreated? Why do you think there’s a difference between the two? How might remembering God’s forgiveness of your sins change the way you approach people who have hurt or mistreated you or those you love?