The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger

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Anger
Third mes­sage in the series The Seven Deadly Sins
Length: 34:48
Size: 12 MB
For­mat MP3
Speaker: Glen Davis — 2/9/2005

Here’s this week’s hand­out:

Anger: A Sin-opsis
The Sin Clus­ter: Hatred, Impa­tience, Con­tempt, Bit­ter­ness, Pro­fan­ity, Vengeance
The Virtues They Dis­tort: Out­rage, Pas­sion
Bib­li­cal Sto­ries About:

  • Jonah: grew angry because God was mer­ci­ful to Ninevah (Jonah 4)
  • Neb­uchad­nez­zar: flew off the han­dle when 3 men refused to wor­ship him (Daniel 3)
  • Bal­aam: beat his don­key because it didn’t do what he wanted (Num­bers 22:22–35)
  • Uzziah: raged at the priests when they told him to stop sin­ning (2 Chron 26:16–20)
  • David: his anger led him to repen­tance (2 Samuel 12)

Accord­ing to the Bible, Anger

  • is not always a sin—Psalm 4:4, 1 Sam 11:6, Mark 3:5
  • can lead to wrongdoing—Psalm 37:8, Prov 29:22, Prov 30:33, James 1:19–20
  • is a fool’s game—Prov 29:11, Ecc 7:9
  • must not be nursed—Eph 4:26
  • is often pro­voked by rudeness—Prov 15:1, 25:23
  • can grieve the Holy Spirit—Eph 4:30–31

God’s Anger

  • takes a long time to incur—Neh 9:17
  • burns fiercely—Psalm 90:11
  • passes quickly—Psalm 30:5
  • is con­sciously restrained—Psalm 78:38
  • is almost always invoked by idolatry—see whole Old Testament
  • accom­plishes its goal: Jere­miah 30:24
  • is praiseworthy—Psalm 76:10

Some Ques­tions:
When is anger justified?

What should I do when I’m angry?