“It’s been said, “Either you learn to control our anger or it will control you.”
Sermon Title: ANGER MANAGEMENT
Scripture Text: VARIOUS TEXT
Sermon Notes:
PROVERBS 16:32 ESV
32 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
GENESIS 4:3-7 ESV
3 In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground,
4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering,
5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
6 The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”
“It’s been said, “Either you learn to control our anger or it will control you.”
PROVERBS 16:32 ESV
32 Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
slow to anger
literally means “a person who is long in the nose”
LESSON 1. ANGER IS A NATURAL HUMAN EMOTION.
GENESIS 4:3-5 ESV
3 In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering,
5 but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
EPHESIANS 4:26-27 ESV
26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and give no opportunity to the devil.
EXODUS 34:6 ESV
6 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness
“First, righteous anger arises from an accurate perception of true evil – that is, as a violation of God’s moral law. It focuses on God and His will, not on me and my will. Second, righteous anger is always self-controlled. It never causes one to lose his temper or retaliate in some vengeful way.” – Jerry Bridges (Respectable Sins)
“Most of our anger is a lot of man and very little God and does nobody any good and brings no glory to God.” — John Piper
LESSON 2. ANGER TELLS US SOMETHING IS WRONG.
“Oftentimes when we’re mad, it actually means that something is wrong with us.”
GENESIS 4:6 ESV
6 The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?
PROVERBS 14:29 ESV
29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
“One root cause of anger is when things don’t go our way.”
– We are angry because we’re hurt.
– We get angry is because of fear.
MARK 4:40 ESV
40 He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?”
“We need to realize that no one causes us to be angry.”
LESSON 3. ANGER PRESENTS US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
GENESIS 4:6-7 ESV
6 The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”
1. Choose to trust in God’s sovereignty.”
PROVERBS 21:1 ESV
1 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.
JAMES 1:20 ESV
20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires.
2. Choose the way of wisdom.
JAMES 1:19 ESV
19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
PROVERBS 29:11 NIV
11 A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.
ECCLESIASTES 7:9 ESV
9 Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
PROVERBS 14:17 ESV
17 A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.
3. Choose to love.
1 PETER 4:8 ESV
8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
1 PETER 4:8 ESV
8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
“Till on that cross, as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied.
For every sin on him was laid,
Here in the blood of Christ I live.”