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* Be Angry…*
*Pastor Eric Schall \\ **November 3, 2008*
*Ephesians 6*
A few weeks ago I started a series dealing with the Supernatural.
(Halloween) We looked at how what cannot be seen is real and needs to be a part of our worldview instead of being dismissed from our consciousness.
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We read in Ephesians 6:
*/Ephesians 6:10-12 (TNIV) Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms./*
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In this foundation verse for this series we see that there are evil spirits at work against us, and that they are very organized in their efforts.
We find their intent towards us from Jesus when we read in John 10:
*/John 10:10 (TNIV) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full./*
How does that make you feel? Knowing that there is a powerful enemy who’s entire goals toward you are your destruction?
Someone who wants to destroy you, your family and everything about you…
Are you angry?
Someone is trying to kill your kids.
Someone is trying frustrate your every move and if given the right opening will come into your life and bring destruction.
Angry?
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But wait…isn’t getting angry a sin? Aren’t we told to get rid of anger?
*/Ephesians 4:31-32 (TNIV) Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you./*
*/Colossians 3:8-9 (TNIV) But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices/*
Where are these verses aimed at?
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\\ */Ephesians 4:31-32 (TNIV) Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you./*
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*/Colossians 3:8-9 (TNIV) But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices/*
*Well what about Jesus?*
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*/Mark 3:4-5 (TNIV) “He looked around at them (Pharisees) in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts…”/*
*/John 2:14-16 (TNIV) In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.
So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here!
Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”/*
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Is it ok to get angry?
Does God get angry?
*/Ephesians 4:26 (NKJV) “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath”/*
*/Ephesians 4:26 (TNIV) “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,/*
So we can be angry, but we can’t let it slip into sin.
What does that mean?
Have you ever known someone in your life that you would describe as an angry person?
Someone who has a really short fuse and people find themselves walking on egg shells around them? Perhaps you had the kind of Dad that would go off at you for getting the slightest thing wrong.
Maybe you had the kind of mom that had to have everything in its correct place, and God help you if you ever spilled something…
Or perhaps you harbor unforgiveness in your heart toward someone and every time their name is mentioned you get this surge of anger within you.
This is not the type of anger that we have permission to embrace in our life.
Everyone is going to get angry.
Everyone is going to blow their stack at some point, but if there is a pattern in your life in this area then you should give attention to it.
As Paul mentions in Eph 6, there is a battle that we face against an enemy that truly is ruthless.
This is not like normal battles or wars.
This enemy wasn’t raised in a difficult home.
This enemy isn’t fighting for a different belief system.
There is no gray area with this enemy.
No moral ambiguity.
The devil and all his angels hate you because you bear the image of God upon you.
As Christians you have been welcomed into the family of God.
He hates God and hates you and wants to kill you.
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Is it ok to be angry about that?
Yes!
In fact you should get angry!
If you are not angry about that, then something is short-circuited within you.
*Channeling the Anger*
There is of course a right way and a wrong way to move in this.
A healthy way and a destructive way.
The Bible teaches us that the joy of the Lord is our strength, not anger at the enemy.
We see Jesus not walking around in anger, but joy.
Though in appropriate situations we see him get angry.
As Christians we would probably use a nice phrase like “righteous indignation,” which does give it context, but really it is anger.
So when we realize that Satan and his fallen angels are in various ways trying to deceive us, to destroy our families, what do we do with this righteous anger?
Do we just scream?
Punch a wall?
A fire focused to a white hot flame is useful.
It can be productive.
It can keep us alert.
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\\ */1 Peter 5:8-9a (TNIV) Be alert and of sober mind.
Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Resist him, standing firm in the faith…/*
Let anger serve as a motivation to spur you beyond what you might normally feel comfortable doing.
Let it motivate you to fight!
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“Resist” How?
*Weapons of our Warfare…*
*/2 Corinthians 10:3-4 (TNIV) For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.
On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds./*
Paul and the other writers of the NT (and OT) consistently use wording that speaks to readiness for a fight, for battle, for violence.
We fight different.
Though there is much debate as to the interpretation of the text, Jesus talks about violence warfare.
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*/Matthew 11:12 (ESV) From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence (NIV-forcefully advancing), and the violent take it by force./*
C.S. Lewis in the Screwtape Lettters
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