Episode 47 - The Bondage of Anger

Hello everyone, Welcome back. Today. We're going to be talking about something

that most of us have experience and someone us have a real problem with,

especially as drivers. We'll talk you talking about anger. According to a new

study by the Triple A Foundation for Traffic Safety, nearly eighty percent of US

drivers expressed significant anger, aggression, or road rage behind the wheel at least

once in the past year. Most alarming findings suggests that approximately eight million US

drivers engage in extreme examples of road rage, including purposefully ramming another vehicle are

getting out of the car to confront another driver. Many drivers reported engaging in

the following types of road rage purposefully tailgating fifty one, yelling at another driver

forty seven percent, hanking to show annoyance or anger forty five, making angry

gestures thirty three percent, and trying to block another vehicle from changing lanes twenty

four. One of the studies, researchers concluded and consider driving, bad traffic

and daily stresses of life can transform minor frustrations into dangerous road rage. Far

too many drivers are losing themselves in the heat of the moment and lashing out

in waves that could turn deadly, and of course, road. Rage is

only one way that anger is expressed. We all know people and some might

be listening right now, that are angry almost every waking minute. There are

even people who go out of their way to try to find something to be

angry about. Then there are those that take out their anger on others,

sometimes veribally, sometimes physically. Anger is a natural emotion, but it can

be destructive if not properly managed. Many people, who even Christians, find

themselves in bondage to it. And Ephesians four twenty six and twenty seven the

apostle Paul offers a guidance on how to handle anger in the way that honors

God and promotes healthy relationships. So we look at that passages and learn how

to break the chain of angers in our lives. Pesians Chapter four, verse

twenty six and twenty seven. Be angry and do not sin, Do not

let the son go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the

devil. So first we're going to acknowledge the different types of anger. While

we usually focus on the negative side of anger, there is a positive side.

We usually identify it as righteous anger. This anger, this is anger

over injustice. Dine and someone might treat it fairly, or the front against

God. One example of the righteous singer in the Bible, it's found in

Jesus's actions when he overturned the tables of the money changers and merchants at the

temple. Let's look at Matthew, chapter twenty one, verse twelve thirteen.

Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought the temple.

And when he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those

who sold pigeons, he said to them, it is written, my house

should be called a house of prayer, which you may get a done of

robbers. This is a display of Jesus's zeal for God's house and his anger

toward those who are profaning it. Another example of righteous anger found in the

story of Moses, who became angry with the Israelites for worshiping a golden calf

while he was on the mountain receiving the Ten Commandments. This is the next

thirty two nineteen and twenty. As soon as he came near the camp and

saw the calf and in the dancing, moses is anger burned hot, and

he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of

the mountain. He took the calf as they had made them, burned it

with the fire and ground that the powder is, scattered it on the water,

and made the people of Israel drink it. Most of his anger was

motivated by the desire for the people to turn them back to God and avoid

the consequences of their sin. He was angry for all the right reasons,

and both of these examples, the anger was motivated by desire for the righteousness

and justice was directed towards the actions that were contrary to God's will. However,

it's important to note that the Bible also cautions against allowing anger to lead

us to sin and emphasize the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation. So while their

examples of righteous singer in the Bible, there are times when we should display

righteous anger ourselves. It's important to approach anger with caution and to always seek

God's guidance and how to handle it in a way to honors him. We

can safely say that most of the anger where we see displayed as not of

the righteous variety. This is a type of anger, or we must break

the chains and no longer be in bonds to it. It's the second we

want to address the root cause of anger. Justice. Justin John Bowden,

a twenty seven year old man from Minnesota, plead it guilty to be fifth

degrees sault charges for violently violently losing his temper. Here's the irony. He

was on his way to anger management class when he committed the crime. According

to the criminal complaint, Bodin was waiting for a bus stop when he started

to harass a fifteen nine year old woman. When does it say A yelled

at her over what he felt was a general lack of respect. When she

took out herself one to call police, Boden punched her in the face.

When he sixty three year old man tried to stop him, he hit him

with a blue folder that held his anger management homework. Please tracked him down

by using the papers inside. Boden said he was because he was disrespected.

What angers you? What leads you to fly off the handle. We've all

seen people who are completely unhinged yelling at their spouses or their children, well

those whom they call their friends. Why are they doing that? By identifying

the source of our anger, we can take practical steps to address it prevent

it from escalating into destructive behavior. I know that in a moment of rage,

most of us don't stop to ask why am I so angry? But

it can be done. Before blowing up, as someone stop and pray,

God, why am I so angry? How can I get rid of this

anger? Helped me to overcome it. In Proverbs fourteen, verse twenty nine,

whoever is slow to anger has a great understanding. But he who has

a hasty temper and thoughts fully notice something here. The person who is slow

to anger has great understanding. This is a person who understands what triggers in

them and has learned how to control it. The person who blows up at

any little thing that bothers him to described as one who is as folly.

The message paraphrase says that person stockpile stupidity. If the every want to act

quickly to resolve conflict and Ephesians for twenty six, be angry and do not

sin. Do not have a son good out on your anger. You've ever

been through any type of premarital or marital counseling, you've probably been advised to

not go to bed with unresolved anger. In other words, you need to

make peace over whatever it is you're fighting about. That is good advice,

not just for merry couple, but for everyone, and not just for a

personal conflict, but conflict within churches. You allow your anger to fester and

bottle it up inside. Eventually the dam is going to burst, and usually

you start saying and acting in ways that you might not really mean. You're

allowing your anger to take control of you. For a Christian, no one

should have control over you except the Holy Spirit. It Paul reminds us to

resolve conflicts quickly, not to let the sun go down on our anger.

When we allow anger to fester, it can lead to bitterness and resentment.

So how do we do this well? When you have confidict with a person

or group of people, be the one who steps up and says, obviously,

we are in a disagreement over this. Can we sit down now and

talk it over and try to understand each other? Or you should group side

and so we be wait until we calm down and do it tomorrow. You'd

be amazed how quickly things can be resolved on one person's sides. To be

rational, well, you can't control the other person or side. You can

control yourself, and with God's help, putting it off until everyone is calm

and is not letting the sun of go down on your anger because you have

diffused the situation and given permission to talk about it later and for if we're

going to avoid giving the devil an opportunity. Le Roy said that a new

Christian, I was challenged to apply my weekly Bible study personally. I was

working through Colossians. The Holy Spirit up caught my attention with Colossians three eight.

But now it's the time to get rid of anger. Rage. But

let's just behavior, slander and dirty language. That's Colossians three eight out of

allet temper. Whenever it flared, I'd haul up and bash my fist into

the nearest door, even though often blooded my knuckles and once completely smashed a

beautiful diamond and honest ring my wife had given me. I couldn't seem to

stop. If there was God's word get rid of anger. This wasn't just

advice given to the people of Colossia centuries ago. It was God speaking to

me right then. So I made a covenant with God. I promised him

I was going to work on it. The first step was to memorize the

verse and review it daily. I prayed and asked the Lord to bring this

verse to mine whenever I might be tempted to lose my temper, and as

I asked my wife to pray for me and remind me of a first if

she saw me failing in my promise to the Lord. So Colossius three eight

became a part of my life and gradually removed to send from me. That

was the roy as it's a great story and a great way to handle anger.

Paul wants us not to give the devil an opportunity by letting anger control

us, and it says in Ephesians for twenty six and twenty seven, be

angry you're gonna send, do not send it down your anger, and give

no opportunity to the Double. When we allow anger to control, we opened

up ourselves up to temptation and spiritual attack. First Peter five eight, be

sober minded, be watchful your adversary. The Double prows around like a roaring

lion, seeking someone to devour. When we were under control of our anger,

we were actually under control of the devil. While we're not consciously doing

so. In reality, we're inviting him to come in and take over our

brains, our emotions, and our mouths, and the result that is not

pretty. When our anger is in control, we are out of control.

We must turn it all over God if we're got to break this chain.

Anger can be challenging emotion to manage, but it's not greater than the power

of God. Acknowledging the reality of anger, addressing the root cause of it,

resolving conflicts quickly, and avoiding giving the devil, the devil an opportunity.

Weekend, God bless have a great week every