Book Of John
Righteous Anger
Pastor Hal Mayer
June 28-29, 2025
John 2:13-17 English Standard Version
13The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” 17His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
What makes
angry?
Proverbs 6:16-19 English Standard Version
16There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, 19a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
Religious Hypocrisy
Amos 5:21-24
Matthew 23:27-28
Idolatry
Deuteronomy 32:16
Disobedience and Rebellion
Numbers 11:1
Psalm 78:56-58
Pride
Isaiah 2:11
Jeremiah 17:5
Injustice and Oppression
Isaiah 10:1-3
Zechariah 7:9-13
What makes
angry?
James 4:1-4 English Standard Version
1What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
What are
going to do about it?
John 2:18-22 English Standard Version
18So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
James 1:27 English Standard Version
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
James 1:27 English Standard Version
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Question to Ask:
What burdens or injustices in the world stir something deep within you? Is there a passion or concern God has placed on your heart that you’ve been avoiding or pushing aside? Who might God be calling you to see, serve, or stand with?
Application:
This week, take time each day to ask God to break your heart for the things that matter most to Him. Pray for clarity on the people or causes He’s calling you to care about. Then take a step—reach out to someone in the church or a local organization where you can begin exploring how to get more involved.
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