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An Offense. What about me?. An angry person’s favorite verse:. Ephesians 4: 26 Be angry, and yet do not sin ; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not give the devil an opportunity. But we have to keep reading:.
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An Offense. What about me?
An angry person’s favorite verse: • Ephesians 4:26 Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,27 and do not give the devil an opportunity.
But we have to keep reading: • Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. • Eph 4:32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Causes of offense • Injustice • Envy • Misunderstanding
Injustice • Social Injustices • Personal Injustices
Injustice • A Ticket
Envy • If Sharah gets a sucker, so do I.
Envy • Unfair
Misunderstanding • Miscommunication • Ignorance • Thoughtlessness • Cultural Differences
Misunderstanding • Where were you?
Proverbs 19:11 Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Turn it over to God. • Let Him be angry about it. • The desire for vengeance should never last long, and it should not be personal.
God & The Atonement • Not satisfying personal grumpiness • 100% Motivated by Love
Jesus & His killers • Jesus & Peter
13 And the landowner replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me to work for the standard wage?14 Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.15 Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?‘ Matthew 20
15 If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.“ Joshua 24