Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus: Anger & Forgiveness

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

This Week: Anger & Forgiveness

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Led by Eric Gintert

Righteous Anger

Mark 3:1-5

• Jesus looked on the religious accusers with anger for their hardness of heart. He was angry because they were sinning against God.
• We too should be angry when we see someone doing something ungodly. We should have godly anger. Instead, we take our anger, which is and emotion, and turn it into action that causes us to sin.
• Jesus took his anger and turned to heal a man. He didn't lash out by disregarding those around Him. In his anger he did righteousness.

Mark 11:15-17

• Jesus was angry, not because of broken tradition... He was angry because the religious were defiling His Father's house.

Even though there is anger, there is still forgiveness. Even though there is forgiveness, there is still discipline.

There must be an equal balance (Proverbs 11:1). If God is love then God must hate. If God loves children, then God hates abortion.

Jesus Defends, Satan Attacks

John 2:11-15

• Who was Jesus defending? He was protecting the glory of His Father.

"And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep [guard or protect] his commandments." 1 John 2:3

Exodus 1:8-22

• Satan has been after children since the beginning of time.
• Getting rid of the NRA and having more gun control is not going to stop the murder of children.

Matthew 2:1,7-8,12,16

• A tragedy of the murder of all children 2 years and under when Jesus was born.
• Satan is always on the prowl and he loves to attack children, the most vulnerable. 

A Change of Mind

Ephesians 4:23-32

• "Godly sorrow worketh repentance" (2 Cor 7:10), a change of mind. Renewing the spirit of the mind. Putting on a new man.
• You can be angry in a godly manner without sinning.
• Do not let fleshly anger dwell in you but put it away from you. Forgive others as Christ has forgiven you.
• We must look unto Jesus who first forgave us and endured the rejection, pain and sorrow.

When we're angry and hurt, we seek everything of the world to comfort us. Instead we need to turn our eyes upon Jesus to heal us and comfort us.

Colossians 3:1-17

• Seek the things above, not the things on earth.
• Put away the things of the flesh that are worthy of the wrath of God. Especially since these are the things that we once walked in and He forgave us of.
• We need to humble ourselves, have tolorance for one another, and forgive.

Forgiveness

Matthew 26:26

• Jesus blood is shed for the forgiveness of sins

Acts 2:38

• Are you willing to accept the forgiveness of God? Are you willing to be forgiven?
• By faith, receive the free gift of God... forgiveness.

Luke 23:34

• Even on the cross Jesus asked that God would forgive us. This doesn't mean that every accepts God's forgiveness or even realizes that they had a need to be forgiven.

John 3:16-18

• Do you believe that you've been cleansed and forgiven? Do you really trust in this gift?
• If you will not accept God's forgiveness and humble yourself, you have condemned yourself already through your unbelief.

Matthew 7:21-23

• A group who believe that they can use the word 'forgiveness' as a "get-out-of-jail-free card". 

Prayer Requests

Sandy Hook families and the family of the shooter
Joel & Melissa F. & family  -  illnesses as home

Larry D.  -  effects from chemo

Laverne  -  mental health problems
Jerry  -  failing in mental health
Lois W.  -  hospitalized for mini strokes
Crocks  -  Bob lung cancer, getting weaker
Doug & Gary  -  completed cancer treatment
Kathy  -  lung problems, possibly cancer