1. It is time to decide
1.1. Do you want to make a point?
1.2. Do you want to make a difference?
1.2.1. Don’t have to be angry to do that! Is it even possible?
1.2.1.1. Didn’t call us to be RIGHT
1.2.1.2. He called us to be LOVING
1.3. Matthew 22:37–39 (NLT) 37 Jesus replied, “ ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
1.3.1. Gotta be angry to fight against injustices in world!
1.3.1.1. Best fighters aren’t angry
1.3.1.1.1. MMA
1.3.1.1.2. Police
1.3.1.1.3. Soldiers
1.3.2. As disciples of Jesus, how do battle against forces of darkness?
1.3.2.1. Lead with love
1.3.2.2. Not anger!
2. How do we learn to let go anger? Overcome offenses?
2.1. Lower your expectations of others
2.1.1. Can’t believe he/she
2.1.2. Shocked they would!
2.2. 2 Timothy 3:2 (NLT) 2 For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.
2.3. 2 Timothy 3:3–4 (NLT) 3 They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 4 They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.
2.3.1. Shocked by people’s sin?
2.3.1.1. Sinful people do sinful things
2.3.2. Jesus is perfect. I will eventually let you down.
2.3.2.1. Not perfect
2.3.2.2. I will let you down
2.4. Jesus was never shocked by sin
2.4.1. Scandalized by immoral behavior.
2.4.2. Jesus
2.4.2.1. Woman married 5X
2.4.2.1.1. Living
2.4.2.1.2. Whoa!
2.5. Keep thinking
2.5.1. Jesus going to lose it on his disciples
2.5.1.1. You kidding me?
2.5.1.2. What’s matter you?
2.5.1.3. Clueless?
2.5.1.4. Forgotten?
2.5.2. Peter
2.5.2.1. Bragged
2.5.2.1.1. Boasted!
2.5.2.2. Lied
2.5.2.2.1. Betrayed
2.5.2.2.2. Denied
2.5.2.2.3. Stabbed back
2.5.2.2.4. Abandoned Jesus.
2.5.2.2.5. Jesus never Quit on me I hope I never quit on a fellow sinner.
3. Lower your expectations of people
3.1. We are all sinful.
4. Raise your gratitude forGod’s grace!
4.1. Lied
4.1.1. Cheated
4.1.2. Looked lustfully
4.1.3. Envied
4.2. Never gossiped friend
4.2.1. Farted in elevator
4.2.1.1. (Not sin)
4.3. Ephesians 2:8–9 (NLT) 8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
4.3.1. They lied
4.3.1.1. He’s so arrogant
4.3.1.2. They stole!
4.4. Don’t want to minimize a hurt you may be enduring
5. I’m right—They’re wrong
5.1. Your anger will justify you in your own mind.
5.1.1. Hurt my child
5.1.2. Let me down
5.1.3. You’re spreading false info.
5.1.4. Vote wrong candidate
5.1.5. Vaccine
5.2. John 8
6. Drop the Stone Give up the right to be offended.
7. Offenses
7.1. Talking in movie
7.1.1. To movie
7.1.1.1. Taking call
7.1.1.2. Dial
7.1.2. Escalated
7.1.2.1. Idiot SM
7.1.2.2. Vax
7.1.2.3. No Vax
7.1.2.4. Mask
7.1.2.5. No
7.1.3. Visible leader
7.1.3.1. Abused power
7.1.4. Who kneels
7.1.4.1. Doesn’t kneel
7.1.4.2. National Anthem
7.1.5. Angry about your issue!
7.1.6. Angry others aren’t angry about issue makes you angry!
7.2. Easily Angered
7.2.1. Hard admit
7.2.1.1. Some like being angry!
7.2.2. Don’t like what made us angry
7.2.2.1. Like feeling angry!
7.2.3. Some have LG’s
7.2.3.1. Some have Anger Groups!
7.2.4. When we feel angry
7.2.4.1. Feel morally superior.
7.2.5. We’re in the right
7.2.5.1. Everyone else
7.2.5.2. Evil or an Idiot!
8. The world has gone crazy
8.1. People easily offended?
8.2. Xians some most easily
8.3. Why
8.3.1. Disciples J
8.3.2. Isn’t it part of our jobs
8.3.3. Be offended!
8.4. Point out sins
8.4.1. Gripe about culture
8.4.2. Angry stand up for Truth
8.5. Really love J
8.5.1. Offended by
8.5.2. Mad about
8.5.3. Sin
8.5.3.1. Injustices!
8.5.3.2. #BeingSarcastic
9. Unoffendable, Brant Hansen
9.1. “You can be unoffendable!”
9.2. Offends me
9.2.1. Crazy people!
9.3. Not easily offendable
9.3.1. Unless hurt Wife
9.3.2. Hurt kid
9.4. Betray friend
9.4.1. Criticize Church
9.4.1.1. Sermon
9.4.1.2. Outfit
9.5. Offend some
9.5.1. Let's get over our anger
10. But my anger is EMPOWERING
10.1. How is that working out for you?
10.2. Making you more like Jesus?
10.3. Does your anger point people to Jesus?
10.3.1. James 1:19 (NLT) 19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
10.3.1.1. How are you doing?
10.3.1.2. People are not doing this
10.3.1.3. 183 Questions
10.3.1.3.1. Answers only 3
10.3.1.3.2. Asked others 307 questions
10.3.2. James 1:20 (NLT) 20 Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.
10.4. Human anger
10.4.1. Small offense
10.4.2. Major betrayal
10.5. Opposing political view
10.5.1. Angry that people are not angered by the same things that anger you.
10.5.2. Many enjoying being angry. Anger can feel empowering.
11. Your human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires
11.1. My anger is a Righteous Anger
11.1.1. Angry over sin!
11.2. Notice
11.2.1. Almost always
11.2.2. Someone else’s sin!
11.3. So it's not really righteous anger...
11.3.1. It's Self-Righteous Anger
11.4. Criticize their
11.4.1. Foul Language
11.4.2. Ignore our own Spiritual Pride.
11.5. We wink at our sin and and call their's abhorrent
11.6. Always think “our anger” is justified because it is ours.
11.6.1. We seek out people and media to justify our indignation.
11.7. How effective is your anger?
11.7.1. Helping make world better place?
11.7.2. Changing people’s minds?
11.7.3. Bringing more joy?
11.7.4. Peace?
11.7.5. Happiness?
11.7.6. More loving?