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00:04 THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:07 ♪♪♪ 00:14 PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR: JESUS SAID, 'I SAY TO YOU, WHOEVER IS 00:16 ANGRY WITH HIS BROTHER WITHOUT A CAUSE, SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE 00:20 JUDGMENT.' NOW DON'T MISS THAT JESUS SAID 'WITHOUT A CAUSE' - 00:24 MEANING THERE MAY BE A TIME WHEN ANGER IS APPROPRIATE. 00:32 I HOPE YOU ARE ALL IN A GOOD MOOD BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TALK 00:35 ABOUT ANGER; AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY ANGRY THIS MAY GO 00:40 THE WRONG WAY. 00:42 THE MESSAGE TITLE TODAY IS 00:45 DEALING WITH, WHAT MAY SOUND LIKE AN OXYMORON, 00:47 THE ANGRY CHRISTIAN. YOU KNOW, BACK IN MARCH THIS 00:51 YEAR, THERE WAS A PLANE THAT WAS TRAVELING FROM LAS 00:55 VEGAS TO HAWAII. SOMETIME SHORTLY AFTER THEY 00:59 FINALLY PASSED OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, ONE OF THE PASSENGERS 01:04 BECAME VERY AGITATED BECAUSE THEY ASKED FOR A BLANKET - I 01:09 GUESS THE PLANE WAS COLD - AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAID IT WAS 01:14 TWELVE DOLLARS FOR ONE OF THEIR BLANKETS. AND HE SAID, 'THAT'S 01:19 NOT REASONABLE.' HE SAID, 'YOU'RE THE ONES MAKING THE 01:22 PLANE COLD.' THEY SAID, 'WE'RE SORRY, THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS 01:25 FOR ONE OF THE BLANKETS.' AND IT TURNED INTO QUITE A STIR. 01:32 AT ONE POINT THEN, THE 66-YEAR-OLD MAN THREATENED TO 01:35 TAKE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT OUT TO THE WOODSHED. 01:39 THEY WEREN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANT, BUT THEY TOOK IT AS 01:41 A THREAT AND THEY WERE AFRAID - 'YOU KNOW, IF THIS FELLA'S GOT A 01:45 TEMPER AND WE GET OUT OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WHO 01:50 KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN AT THAT POINT?' 01:53 SO THEY TURNED BACK AND THEY SCHEDULED - THEY MADE AN 01:56 UNSCHEDULED LANDING THERE AT LAX - LOS ANGELES - AND EVERYBODY 02:01 WAS DELAYED FOR HOURS. THEY ESCORTED THE MAN OFF THE 02:04 PLANE - PROBABLY WRECKED HIS HAWAII VACATION. 02:10 SOMEBODY COMMENTED LATER, THEY SAID, 'IT COST THE AIRLINE 02:14 $12,000.00 TO MAKE THAT UNSCHEDULED LANDING BECAUSE OF A 02:19 DISPUTE OVER A $12.00 BLANKET. ANGER IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. 02:25 YOU READ FIRST IN THE BIBLE WHERE CAIN BECAME ANGRY WITH HIS 02:29 BROTHER AND GOD ASKED CAIN, 'WHY ARE YOU ANGRY?' 02:34 IF THERE'S SIN AT THE DOOR, YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT. 02:37 THAT ANGER IN THE HEART OF CAIN LED HIM TO KILL HIS BROTHER. 02:43 THE BIBLE TELLS US JESUS SAID, 'I SAY TO YOU, WHOEVER IS ANGRY 02:46 WITH HIS BROTHER WITHOUT A CAUSE, SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE 02:50 JUDGMENT.' NOW DON'T MISS THAT JESUS SAID, 'WITHOUT A CAUSE' - 02:54 MEANING THERE MAY BE A TIME WHEN ANGER IS APPROPRIATE. 02:59 1 JOHN 3:12, "NOT AS CAIN WHO WAS OF THE WICKED ONE AND 03:03 MURDERED HIS BROTHER. AND WHY DID HE MURDER HIM? 03:07 BECAUSE HIS WORKS WERE EVIL AND HIS BROTHER'S RIGHTEOUS." 03:10 SO THAT'S THE ANSWER WHY SOME PEOPLE BECOME ANGRY, IS BECAUSE 03:13 THEY'RE WRONG. I THINK IT WAS CHARLES DE GAULLE 03:16 WHO SAID, 'WHEN I'M RIGHT I GET ANGRY. 03:20 WINSTON CHURCHILL, ON THE OTHER HAND, 'WHEN HE'S WRONG HE GETS 03:23 ANGRY. SO WE OFTEN ARGUE WITH EACH 03:25 OTHER BECAUSE I'M RIGHT AND HE'S WRONG.' 03:28 WHAT DE GAULLE SAID. BUT IT'S TRUE. 03:31 SOMETIMES WE BECOME ANGRY BECAUSE SOMEONE'S RIGHT. 03:34 1 JOHN 3:15, "WHOEVER HATES HIS BROTHER IS A MURDERER, AND YOU 03:38 KNOW THAT NO MURDERER HAS ETERNAL LIFE ABIDING IN HIM." 03:41 WELL, MAYBE BEFORE WE GO ANY FARTHER, IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA 03:44 TO JUST - LET'S LOOK AT A SIMPLE DEFINITION - WHAT IS ANGER? 03:47 ANGER, A NOUN, 'A STRONG FEELING OF DISPLEASURE, BELLIGERENCE, 03:52 HOSTILITY, OR WRATH AROUSED BY SOME REAL OR PERCEIVED WRONG.' 03:58 THAT'S ANGER. NOW, YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED 04:01 THAT THERE IS GOOD ANGER. ROMANS 1:18, "FOR THE WRATH OF 04:07 GOD IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS AND 04:11 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN, WHO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH 04:14 IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS." SO DOES GOD EVER GET ANGRY? 04:19 SEE, WE ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND THERE IS A PASSION - 04:22 THERE IS A RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION - THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE 04:26 EMOTION OF ANGER THAT WE SHOULD ALL HAVE INSIDE TOWARDS THE 04:32 JUST PURPOSES. JESUS GOT ANGRY. 04:39 MARK 3:1, "AND WHEN HE HAD LOOKED AROUND AT THEM WITH 04:43 ANGER," - CAN'T BE MISUNDERSTOOD - "BEING GRIEVED BY THE HARDNESS 04:47 OF THEIR HEARTS." - THEY WERE MAD THAT HE WAS 04:49 GOING TO HEAL THIS MAN. HE SAID TO THE MAN, 'STRETCH OUT 04:52 YOUR HAND.' HE STRETCHED IT OUT AND HE WAS RESTORED. 04:56 HE BECAME ANGRY AT THEIR COLD HEARTEDNESS. 05:03 MOSES BECAME ANGRY - EXODUS 32:19 - HE CAME DOWN THE 05:06 MOUNTAIN AFTER GETTING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND, OF COURSE, 05:09 THERE, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THE LAW. 05:11 THE DEVIL WAS MAD AT THAT SO HE TEMPTED EVERYBODY TO SIN. 05:13 "...HE SAW THE CALF AND THE DANCING. SO MOSES' ANGER BECAME 05:18 HOT," - WAS THAT THE RIGHT KIND OF ANGER? 05:22 HE WAS JUST SO OUTRAGED THAT AFTER THEY JUST MADE THIS 05:26 COVENANT WITH GOD, MOSES HAS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS STILL RADIATING 05:29 IN HIS HANDS WITH THE WRITING OF THE HAND OF GOD AND HE GOES TO 05:33 THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE BREAKING ALL TEN COMMANDMENTS. 05:36 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TIME FOR RIGHTEOUS JUSTIFIED ANGER. 05:40 THE EARLY CHURCH FATHER JOHN CHRYSOSTOM SAID, 'HE WHO IS NOT 05:44 ANGRY WHEN HE HAS CAUSE TO BE SINS. FOR UNREASONABLE PATIENCE 05:51 IS THE HOTBED OF MANY VICES.' IN OTHER WORDS, NOT BEING ANGRY 05:56 WHEN YOU SHOULD BE ANGRY CAN BE A SIN BECAUSE IT CAN BE AN 06:00 INDIFFERENCE - IT CAN BE A LUKEWARMNESS THAT YOU'RE NOT 06:03 OUTRAGED BY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A PROBLEM. 06:08 MARK 11:15, "SO THEY CAME TO JERUSALEM. 06:12 THEN JESUS WENT INTO THE TEMPLE AND BEGAN TO DRIVE OUT THOSE WHO 06:16 BOUGHT AND SOLD IN THE TEMPLE, AND OVERTURNED THE TABLES OF THE 06:19 MONEY CHANGERS AND THE SEATS OF THOSE WHO SOLD DOVES." 06:22 AND HE WOULD NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO CARRY WARES THROUGH THE TEMPLE 06:25 AND HE SAID, 'YOU'VE MADE MY FATHER'S HOUSE A DEN OF 06:28 THIEVES.' NOW I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WENT AS FAR AS NEHEMIAH 06:32 IN THE BIBLE, WITH THE CHURCH AND, HOPEFULLY, THE PASTORS WILL 06:35 NOT EVER HAVE TO RESORT TO THIS, BUT NEHEMIAH SAYS, "I CONTENDED 06:39 WITH THEM AND CURSED THEM AND STRUCK SOME OF THEM AND PULLED 06:43 OUT THEIR HAIR AND MADE THEM SWEAR BY GOD SAYING, 'YOU WILL 06:47 NOT GIVE YOUR DAUGHTERS AS WIVES TO THE SONS OF THE PAGANS, NOR 06:51 TAKE THEIR DAUGHTERS TO YOUR SONS' NEHEMIAH SAID, 'THIS IS 06:55 HOW WE GOT CARRIED OFF TO BABYLON IN THE FIRST PLACE AND 06:58 YOU'RE STARTING TO DO IT AGAIN.' AND HE FLEW OFF THE HANDLE. 07:01 JOHN WESLEY, HE SAID, 'HE THAT WOULD BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT MUST 07:07 NOT BE ANGRY WITH ANYTHING BUT SIN.' SO THE RIGHTEOUS ANGER IS 07:13 THE ANGER AGAINST A SIN OF SOME FORM. MARTIN LUTHER BECAME ANGRY 07:19 AT THE CHURCH'S ABUSE OF POWER. HE SAID, 'WHEN I'M ANGRY, I CAN 07:22 WRITE, I CAN PRAY, I CAN PREACH WELL. FOR THEN MY WHOLE 07:26 TEMPERAMENT IS QUICKENED, MY UNDERSTANDING IS SHARPENED AND 07:29 THE MUNDANE VEXATIONS AND TEMPERAMENTS DEPART.' 07:32 WHEN HE SAW THE OUTRAGEOUS THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN 07:34 THE CHURCH, HE WAS ANIMATED BY THIS RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION. 07:38 AND, IF YOU'VE EVER READ ANY OF LUTHER'S WRITINGS, YOU COULD SEE 07:40 THAT HE DID HAVE A PRETTY ANIMATED NATURE, TO PUT IT 07:45 MILDLY. ARISTOTLE PUT IT THIS WAY: 07:49 'ANYBODY CAN BECOME ANGRY, THAT'S EASY. 07:51 BUT TO BE ANGRY WITH THE RIGHT PERSON TO THE RIGHT DEGREE AT 07:54 THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSE IN THE RIGHT WAY, THAT 07:57 IS NOT WITHIN EVERYBODY'S POWER AND IT IS NOT EASY.' AND A LOT 08:02 OF TIMES WE THINK THAT OUR ANGER IS THE RIGHTEOUS ANGER 08:06 AND IT IS NOT. 08:09 announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing, 08:11 free resource. 08:13 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, you can 08:15 download a digital copy straight to your computer or 08:18 mobile device. 08:19 To get your copy of today's free gift, simply call 08:21 us and ask for the offer number shown on your screen, 08:25 or visit the Web address and download a digital copy. 08:28 And be sure to select the digital download option 08:31 on the request page. 08:32 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word with 08:35 Amazing Facts, wherever and whenever you want, and most 08:39 important, to share it with others. 08:44 PASTOR DOUG: WHAT CAUSES ANGER? WELL, SOMETIMES, JEALOUSY. 08:50 SOMETIMES WE GET ANGRY WHEN WE ARE BEING CHALLENGED. 08:53 PETER DENIED CHRIST AND, AFTER SOMEONE ASKED HIM THE THIRD 08:56 TIME, AND HE KNEW HE WAS WRONG, HE BEGAN TO SWEAR AND TO CURSE. 09:04 SOMEONE FEELS LIKE THEY'RE UNAPPRECIATED THEY CAN BECOME 09:08 ANGRY. THAT'S OFTEN - SEVERAL OF THESE REASONS I'M GIVING YOU ALL 09:12 KIND OF POINT BACK TO SELFISHNESS AND PRIDE - WHEN OUR 09:15 PRIDE'S OFFENDED WE OFTEN GET ANGRY - NEGLECT - POTIPHAR'S 09:20 WIFE BECAME ANGRY WHEN JOSEPH WOULD NOT ACCEPT HER ADVANCES, 09:24 AND SHE WAS WILLING TO SEND HIM TO JAIL. THEN THERE'S THOSE WHO 09:29 THE ANGER DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE BUT IT COMES AS A RESULT OF 09:32 STORING THINGS. THEY JUST - THEY'VE GOT THIS MINI STORAGE 09:37 AND SOME LITTLE OFFENSE, IT'S NO BIG DEAL. 09:40 THEY JUST LET IT GO, BUT THEY REMEMBER IT AND THEY FILE IT AND 09:44 THEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS AND THEY FILE IT. 09:46 AND YOU'D NEVER KNOW, BUT FINALLY THEY - IT'S LIKE YOU GET 09:49 FREQUENT FLIER MILES AND THEN THEY SEND YOU ON A FREE TRIP 09:54 AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. YOU EVER MEET ANYONE LIKE THAT? 09:59 AND SOME PEOPLE, THINGS HAPPEN AND YOU THINK, 'OH, THEY 10:01 SWALLOWED IT. IT'S OKAY' BUT, NO, THEY DIDN'T. 10:03 AND THEY'LL PROCESS IT WITH YOU LATER. 10:07 BUT PRIDE IS A BIG PROBLEM. 1 TIMOTHY 6:4, "HE IS PROUD 10:11 KNOWING NOTHING, BUT IS OBSESSED WITH DISPUTES AND ARGUMENTS OVER 10:15 WORDS, FROM WHICH COME ENVY, STRIFE, REVILING, EVIL 10:19 SUSPICIONS," - NOW WHAT'S THE FALLOUT OF ANGER? 10:25 ANGER DESTROYS COMMUNICATION, IT GENERATES FEAR, IT SCARS 10:29 RELATIONSHIPS AND, IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE 10:32 THAT ARE LIVING WITH ANGER THAT IS BURIED IN THEIR LIVES. 10:39 A LOT OF MARRIAGES HAVE UNRESOLVED ANGER, AND SO, 10:44 BECAUSE THERE'S NO FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF SLIGHTS OR GRIEVANCES 10:47 OR PROBLEMS - AND THEY MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED - AT ONE TIME IT MIGHT 10:51 HAVE BEEN A RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION - BUT YOU'VE NEVER 10:54 LET IT GO; YOU'VE NEVER FORGIVEN, AND SO YOU CLING TO 10:56 THE ANGER. I'VE MET PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN 10:58 ANGRY FOR YEARS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAD. 11:01 AND YOU THINK, 'BOY, THAT'S REALLY SAD.' IT'S LIKE, IF I LET 11:05 GO OF THE ANGER - SOMEONE'S GOT TO STAY ANGRY AT THEM. 11:10 THEY'RE DEAD. THEY'RE IN THE GRAVE. 11:11 THEY DON'T KNOW IT. BUT THEY'RE DESTROYING THEMSELVES WITH THEIR 11:15 ANGER. I READ ABOUT HOW COSTLY ANGER IS. 11:21 THERE'S A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE THAT MADE THE MISTAKE OF HITTING 11:24 HIS COACH AND HE LOST A 32 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT. 11:30 ANGER'S EXPENSIVE. SOME OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN MIKE 11:32 TYSON GOT ANGRY DURING A BOXING MATCH AND SO, INSTEAD OF JUST 11:37 BOXING WITH EVANDER HOLYFIELD, HE BIT OFF A PIECE OF HIS EAR. 11:42 WELL, YOU REALIZE HE LOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 11:44 I HOPE IT TASTED GOOD BECAUSE THAT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MEAL 11:49 HE'D EVER BOUGHT - MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THAT. 11:54 AND, AGAIN, THAT FLIGHT I JUST MENTIONED TO YOU OVER THE 11:56 [PACIFIC] - $12,000.00 FOR A BLANKET. 12:00 YOU KNOW, IF I WAS ON THAT PLANE, I WOULD HAVE SAID, 'LOOK, 12:02 I'LL PAY FOR YOUR BLANKET. LET'S JUST KEEP GOING. 12:04 LET'S TAKE UP A COLLECTION. HOW MANY WILL GIVE 5O 12:06 CENTS FOR THAT BLANKET? (LAUGHTER) AND LET'S JUST GET TO 12:09 [HAWAII].' - AND TRY AND CALM THE GUY DOWN, YOU KNOW. YOU 12:14 KNOW, MOSES LOST THE PROMISED LAND BECAUSE HE LOST HIS TEMPER? 12:19 AND, I SUPPOSE, IF I HAD BEEN LEADING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, 12:22 I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LOST IT A LOT SOONER. 12:25 BUT MOSES HAD A TEMPER AND - YOU REMEMBER, HE KILLED AN EGYPTIAN 12:29 - BURIED HIM IN THE SAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FORTY YEARS. 12:33 AND THEN, AFTER - ACTUALLY, HE DID THAT WHEN HE WAS 40 YEARS 12:37 OLD - 80 YEARS LATER HE LOSES HIS TEMPER AGAIN. 12:40 SO YOU MAY BE THINKING, I'VE GOT IT UNDER CONTROL FOR A WHILE AND 12:42 THEN YOU'VE GOT TO WALK WITH THE LORD. 12:45 SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I LOSE MY TEMPER BECAUSE 12:49 I'M SPANISH' - 'I'M ITALIAN' - 'I'M IRISH - I'VE GOT RED HAIR' 12:55 - 'I'M ENGLISH' - 'I'M GERMAN' - YOU NAME IT, PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, I 12:59 CAN'T HELP IT BECAUSE I'M HUMAN.' YOU EVER HEARD THAT? 13:03 'GOT IT FROM MY MOTHER.' 'GOT IT FROM MY FATHER.' 'IT'S IN THE 13:07 WATER.' WE'VE ALL GOT EXCUSES FOR WHY WE LOSE OUR TEMPERS. 13:12 THERE IS NO GOOD EXCUSE BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR TEMPER AND 13:16 WHEN YOU HAVE A TANTRUM, YOU ARE, AS I SAID, BASICALLY GIVING 13:21 YOURSELF OVER TO THE DEVIL. YOU'RE CREATING A WINDOW TO DO 13:25 THINGS YOU'LL LATER REGRET. A BAD TEMPER IS A VERY 13:29 EXPENSIVE COMMODITY. MOSES WAS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAD 13:34 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL INTO THE PROMISED LAND BECAUSE HE LOST 13:38 HIS TEMPER AND SAID, "HEAR NOW, YOU REBELS! MUST WE BRING WATER 13:42 FOR YOU OUT OF THIS ROCK?" AND THEN HE SMOTE THE ROCK - HE 13:45 BEGAN TO BEAT THE ROCK WITH HIS STAFF. GOD SAID, 'YOU DID NOT 13:48 HONOR ME BEFORE THE PEOPLE. I CANNOT USE YOU.' 13:52 HE WAS TO BE A TYPE OF CHRIST. PROVERBS 25:28, "WHOEVER HAS NO 13:57 RULE OVER HIS OWN SPIRIT IS LIKE A CITY BROKEN DOWN, WITHOUT 14:00 WALLS." MEANING THE DEVIL HAS ACCESS TO YOUR LIFE. 14:04 WE NEED WALLS. YOU NEED SELF CONTROL. 14:06 ECCLESIASTES 7:9, "DO NOT HASTEN IN YOUR SPIRIT TO BE ANGRY, FOR 14:12 ANGER RESTS IN THE BOSOM OF FOOLS." 14:15 AND NOTICE HOW SOLOMON SAID THAT - 'DO NOT HASTEN IN YOUR 14:18 SPIRIT.' HE DOESN'T SAY YOU SHOULD NEVER 14:19 BE ANGRY, BUT DO NOT HASTEN TO BE ANGRY - BECAUSE ANGER RESTS - 14:23 THAT MEANS IT STAYS - IN THE BOSOM OF FOOLS. SOMEONE SAID 14:29 ANGER WILL LESSEN YOUR PERCEIVED IQ. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT 14:34 THE EMPTIER A POT IS, THE QUICKER IT BOILS? 14:37 - THE MORE SHALLOW THE WATER IN THE POT, THE QUICKER IT BOILS. 14:41 IF A PERSON HAS A LITTLE DEPTH, THEY'RE USUALLY MORE CONTROLLED. 14:46 THOMAS KEMPIS SAID, 'WHEN ANGER ENTERS THE MIND, WISDOM DEPARTS. 14:52 SOMEONE ELSE SAID, 'AN ANGRY MAN IS SELDOM REASONABLE AND A 14:55 REASONABLE MAN IS SELDOM ANGRY.' YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL, PEOPLE 15:00 OUT THERE ALWAYS GIVING EVERYONE ELSE A PIECE OF THEIR MIND - YOU 15:02 KEEP GIVING AWAY ENOUGH PIECES OF YOUR MIND, YOU HAVE NOTHING 15:04 LEFT. ANGER WILL AFFECT YOUR IQ. RALPH WALDO EMERSON SAID, 15:11 'WE ALL BOIL, JUST AT DIFFERENT DEGREES.' SO YOU WANT TO BE 15:14 SLOW. ANGER IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY 15:19 CONSCIOUS ABOUT THE HEALTH MESSAGE AND THEY WONDER 15:21 WHY THEY'RE NOT HEALTHY. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE 15:24 EATING, IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT'S EATING YOU. 15:27 AND, IF WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE EATEN UP WITH ANGER, YOU CAN 15:32 FOLLOW THE HEALTH MESSAGE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SICK. 15:35 ANGRY, CYNICAL PEOPLE DIE YOUNG. THIS WAS A STUDY THAT WAS DONE 15:38 BACK IN 1989, BUT I THINK IT'S STILL RELEVANT. 15:41 THEY TESTED A VARIETY OF MEN AND THOSE WHO SCORED HIGH FOR 15:45 HOSTILITY ON THE STANDARD TESTS ENDED UP BECOMING FOUR TIMES 15:49 MORE LIKELY TO DIE PREMATURELY THAN MEN WHOSE SCORES WERE LOW. 15:54 THEY ALSO TOOK ANOTHER 27 MEN IN CORAL GABLES AND THEY STUDIED 15:57 THEIR HEART/BLOOD DISTRIBUTION AND THEY ASKED THEM A BUNCH OF 16:01 QUESTIONS AND THEY DID PHYSICAL TESTS AND MENTAL TESTS AND THEY 16:04 FINALLY SAID, 'THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MADE YOU REALLY 16:06 ANGRY THAT HAPPENED.' THEY MEASURED THE HEART WITH ALL 16:08 THESE VERY SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS AND THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE ONE 16:14 THING THAT AFFECTED THE DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD FROM THE 16:16 HEART TO THE TISSUE THE MOST WAS WHEN THEY WERE THINKING ANGRY 16:20 THOUGHTS. IT RELEASED CHEMICALS IN THEIR 16:23 BODY THAT RESTRICTED THE BLOOD VESSELS AND AFFECTED 16:26 THE FLOW OF THE BLOOD. THAT AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH. 16:31 LIVING IN SUSTAINED ANGER IS NOT GOOD. 16:36 EPHESIANS 4:26, "...DO NOT LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOUR WRATH." 16:40 NOW THIS VERSE HAS SOMETIMES BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD. 16:43 SOMEONE WAS INTERVIEWING AN OLD TEXAN WHO'D BEEN MARRIED FOR 16:47 SIXTY YEARS AND THEY SAID, 'TO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE YOUR LONG 16:51 AND HAPPY MARRIAGE?' HE SAID, 'WELL, WE DETERMINED 16:53 EARLY ON NEVER TO LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON OUR WRATH. 16:58 WE WOULDN'T GO TO SLEEP UNTIL WE RESOLVED OUR DIFFERENCES.' AND 17:01 HE SAID, 'I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THERE WERE WEEKS WE DIDN'T 17:03 SLEEP.' (LAUGHTER) SO IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP SHORT 17:08 ACCOUNTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU'LL 17:11 FIND, IF YOU DO GO TO SLEEP, EVEN IF YOU ARE ANGRY, IT 17:14 GOES AWAY IN THE MORNING. WHAT YOU NEEDED WAS 17:16 A NIGHT'S SLEEP. SO, A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN 17:20 THERE'S DISPUTES IN FAMILIES OR MARRIAGES, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT 17:23 BE, REST ON IT AND THINGS SORT THEMSELVES OUT. 17:29 SOMETIMES IN THE MORNING YOU GET A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND YOU 17:32 REALIZE IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL. 17:35 DON'T EVER DISCIPLINE YOUR CHILDREN IN ANGER. 17:38 DON'T EVER LOSE YOUR TEMPER IN FRONT OF YOUR CHILDREN. 17:41 THREE RULES FOR RAISING CHILDREN IS EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE. 17:47 THERE WAS AN AUTHOR FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, HE WAS WRITING AN 17:50 ARTICLE ABOUT THE AMISH PEOPLE. AND, ONE DAY, AS HE WAS VISITING 17:54 THE AMISH SCHOOL, THE THING THAT STRUCK HIM WAS THAT NONE OF THE 17:59 CHILDREN IN THE PLAYGROUND EVER RAISED THEIR VOICES AND YELLED. 18:03 THEY ALL PLAYED IN A VERY KIND, COOPERATIVE WAY. 18:07 AND HE WENT TO THE SCHOOLMASTER AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I DON'T 18:09 KNOW IF I'VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.' HE SAID, 'I DON'T 18:11 EVER SEE ANY OF THE AMISH CHILDREN YELL AT EACH OTHER.' 18:15 AND THE SCHOOLMASTER SAID, 'HAVE YOU EVER HEARD AMISH ADULTS 18:19 YELLING AT EACH OTHER?' HE SAID, 'NO, I HAVEN'T.' HE 18:23 SAYS, 'THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T HEAR AMISH CHILDREN YELLING 18:25 AT EACH OTHER.' WOW. 18:27 WHEN YOU SEE KIDS GOING BALLISTIC IN PUBLIC, YOU WONDER 18:31 WHAT ARE THEY SEEING AT HOME? NOT ALWAYS, BUT IT 18:37 MAKES YOU WONDER. NEVER DISCIPLINE YOUR 18:39 CHILDREN IN ANGER. JEREMIAH 10:24, "O LORD," - THE 18:44 PROPHET PRAYED - "CORRECT ME, BUT WITH JUSTICE; NOT IN YOUR 18:48 ANGER, LEST YOU BRING ME TO NOTHING." 18:51 WHAT IF GOD DISCIPLINED US IN ANGER? 18:53 WELL, HE WILL, SOMEDAY, FOR THE LOST. 18:55 AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WRATH OF THE LAMB? 18:57 THEY DON'T SURVIVE. SO, IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR 19:00 HEAVENLY FATHER TO DISCIPLINE YOU IN ANGER, YOU DON'T WANT 19:03 TO DISCIPLINE OTHERS IN ANGER. SO WHAT DO YOU DO? 19:06 WHAT ARE SOME TIPS FOR OVERCOMING INAPPROPRIATE ANGER? 19:09 BECAUSE I'VE TOLD YOU THERE'S A RIGHT TIME TO BE ANGRY. 19:12 ALRIGHT, PATIENCE - ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. 19:16 IT SAYS IT OVER AND OVER IN THE BIBLE - PROVERBS 15:18, "A 19:20 WRATHFUL MAN STIRS UP STRIFE, BUT HE WHO IS SLOW TO ANGER 19:26 ALLAYS CONTENTION." YOU NOTICE HE SAYS 'SLOW TO ANGER'. 19:30 IT DOESN'T SAY YOU NEVER HAVE ANGER. 19:33 AGAIN, PROVERBS 16:32, "HE WHO IS SLOW TO ANGER IS BETTER THAN 19:37 THE MIGHTY, AND HE WHO RULES HIS SPIRIT THAN HE WHO TAKES A 19:41 CITY." SO YOU PRAY FOR THE SPIRIT OF 19:42 GOD TO GIVE YOU PATIENCE AND SELF-RULE. 19:46 DO YOU KNOW THE PHRASE 'SLOW TO ANGER' IS MENTIONED NINE TIMES 19:48 IN THE BIBLE? IT DOESN'T SAY DON'T BE ANGRY, 19:50 IT SAYS 'SLOW TO ANGER'. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 19:54 YOU'VE GOT THE REAL REASON TO BE ANGRY. 19:56 AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN HAD AN INTERESTING HABIT: ONE TIME HIS 20:02 SECRETARY, STANTON, CAME TO HIM AND HE WAS JUST OUTRAGED BY 20:05 SOMETHING SOMEONE ELSE IN THE GOVERNMENT HAD DONE AND LINCOLN 20:08 SAID, 'I THINK YOU OUGHT TO WRITE A LETTER AND TELL HIM 20:10 EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL.' SO STANTON SPENT A DAY AND A HALF 20:13 WRITING THIS LETTER. HE BROUGHT IT TO LINCOLN AND 20:15 SAID, 'SO, SHOULD I MAIL IT NOW?' HE SAID, 'NO, DON'T MAIL 20:17 IT.' HE SAID, 'THROW IT AWAY NOW.' HE SAID, 'YOU PROBABLY 20:20 ALREADY FEEL MUCH BETTER.' HE SAYS, 'NOW WRITE ONE THAT'S 20:22 DISCREET AND DIPLOMATIC.' HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT? 20:27 SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING OR MISTREATS YOU OR THEY DO 20:30 SOMETHING INCONSIDERATE AND YOU TYPE OUT AN E-MAIL AND THERE'S 20:35 JUST SMOKE COMING OFF THE KEYS, YOU KNOW? 20:38 AND YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHT WORDS AND YOU LOOK AT IT AND THE 20:45 LONGER YOU LOOK AT IT YOU THINK, 'WELL, MAYBE I OUGHT TO CHANGE 20:47 THAT WORD.' WELL, I DON'T NEED THAT LINE IN THERE, I'LL DELETE 20:52 THAT ONE AND' - DON'T EVER SEND AN E-MAIL WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY, 20:56 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T UNDELETE - YOU CAN'T UNSEND, YOU KNOW WHAT I 20:59 MEAN? AND YOU SEND SOMETHING WHEN YOUR 21:03 BLOOD'S BOILING AND LATER YOU SAY, 'OH, I OVERREACTED AND NOW 21:09 THAT PERSON WILL NEVER BE A FRIEND AGAIN. 21:11 ALL I NEEDED TO DO WAS THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE MORE.' WRITE 21:14 THE LETTER, BUT USE A PENCIL AND PAPER. 21:17 DON'T DO IT ON YOUR KEYBOARD, YOU MIGHT BUMP THE SEND BUTTON. 21:19 (LAUGHTER) JAMES 1:19, "...LET EVERY MAN BE SWIFT TO HEAR, SLOW 21:25 TO SPEAK, SLOW TO WRATH; FOR THE WRATH OF MAN DOES NOT PRODUCE 21:30 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD." PRAY WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY. 21:36 SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY YOU WILL FEEL LIKE PRAYING THE LEAST 21:41 BUT IT IS WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE PRAYING THE MOST. 21:45 IT DOESN'T HELP IF THE PERSON YOU'RE ANGRY AT - IF THEY'RE 21:48 ASKING YOU TO PRAY, BUT YOU MAY NEED TO. 21:53 CLAIM THE PROMISES OF GOD. 21:55 THE BIBLE'S FULL OF EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES LIKE 21:58 GALATIANS 2:20, "I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST" - IT'S 22:02 HARD TO BE ANGRY WHEN YOU REALIZE, 'HEY, JESUS DIED ON A 22:05 CROSS FOR THIS PERSON'S SINS. HE DIED ON A CROSS FOR MY SIN. 22:08 WHAT RIGHT DO I HAVE TO BE SO ANGRY AT THEM?' 22:11 YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT HELPS ME NOT BE ANGRY WITH PEOPLE? 22:14 I HEAR ABOUT FOLKS WHO SAY THEY'RE ANGRY AT GOD AND, IF YOU 22:19 TRUST THAT GOD IS GOOD, YOU CAN USUALLY WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH 22:22 THAT. BUT WHEN YOU GET ANGRY AT PEOPLE 22:24 - I THINK ABOUT THAT PARABLE IN MATTHEW 18, OF THE UNMERCIFUL 22:28 DEBTOR WHO IS FORGIVEN TEN THOUSAND TALENTS AND GOD HAS 22:35 FORGIVEN US SO MUCH THAT WHAT RIGHT DO I HAVE FOR THE LITTLE 22:38 OFFENSES THAT WE HAVE WITH EACH OTHER? 22:41 THE OTHER THING THAT HELPS ME IS I REMEMBER THAT THE LORD LOVES 22:45 EVERYBODY AND SINNERS ARE GOING TO DO DIABOLICAL THINGS BECAUSE 22:49 THEY'RE BEING TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL. 22:50 SO, IF PEOPLE DO DEVILISH THINGS, THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED IF 22:54 THEY'RE LOST. YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE EVEN THOSE PEOPLE. 22:56 JESUS SAID 'LOVE YOUR ENEMIES' - RIGHT? 22:59 HE DIDN'T SAY 'BE ANGRY AT THEM.' 'GIVE THEM A PIECE OF 23:02 YOUR MIND.' "A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH" - PROVERBS 15:1 - 23:10 THERE'S AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF THIS IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES, 23:13 CHAPTER 8. GIDEON, WHEN HE WAS FIGHTING 23:15 AGAINST THE MIDIANITES, HE DID NOT CALL THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM TO 23:19 GO WITH HIM TO BATTLE AND THEY FELT LEFT OUT OF THE VICTORY. 23:22 THEY, ON THEIR OWN, THEY WENT OUT AND THEY FOUGHT AGAINST THE 23:24 PRINCES OF THE MIDIANITES AND THEY WERE GOING TO, NOW, HAVE A 23:29 CIVIL WAR WITH GIDEON. AND IT SAYS - I'M READING, NOW, 23:32 JUDGES 8:1, "NOW THE MEN OF EPHRAIM ...REPRIMANDED HIM 23:37 SHARPLY. SO HE SAID TO THEM, 'WHAT HAVE 23:40 I DONE NOW IN COMPARISON WITH YOU? 23:42 IS NOT THE GLEANING OF THE GRAPES OF EPHRAIM BETTER THAN 23:44 THE VINTAGE OF ABIEZER? GOD HAS DELIVERED INTO YOUR 23:47 HANDS THE PRINCES OF MIDIAN, OREB AND ZEEB. 23:50 AND WHAT WAS I ABLE TO DO IN COMPARISON WITH YOU?' 23:53 THEN THEIR ANGER TOWARD HIM SUBSIDED WHEN HE SAID THAT." 23:57 HE GAVE THEM A GENTLE DELICATE SOFT ANSWER AND IT DEFUSED THE 24:03 WHOLE THING THAT COULD HAVE TURNED INTO A CIVIL WAR. 24:06 GRIEVOUS WORDS STIR UP STRIFE. IF YOU'RE IN AN ARGUMENT WITH 24:10 SOMEBODY AND, EVEN IN YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU MIGHT NEED TO LOOK 24:13 YOUR EYES DOWN AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW, I'LL LISTEN TO THAT. 24:15 I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.' AND JUST LET A PERSON VENT 24:18 SOMETIMES. DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO 24:20 TELL THEM HOW WRONG THEY ARE. A SOFT ANSWER - IN MARRIAGES - 24:28 A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH. PSALM 46:10, "BE STILL, 24:33 AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD." DO YOU REALIZE THAT THE REASON 24:37 THAT YOU AND I HAVE HOPE OF SALVATION IS BECAUSE, AFTER THE 24:41 DEVIL DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO GET JESUS TO REACT AT THE CROSS, 24:47 THROUGH HIS TRIAL - THROUGH HIS TORTURE - THEY DID EVERYTHING 24:50 THEY COULD TO PROVOKE CHRIST. YOU NAME SOMETHING THAT CAN BE 24:53 DONE TO MAKE A PERSON LOSE IT AND JESUS NEVER LOST IT. 24:58 BECAUSE HE DID NOT LOSE HIS TEMPER, WE CAN FIND SALVATION. 25:04 AND SO, HE SET AN EXAMPLE FOR US. HE WAS THINKING ABOUT US 25:09 WHEN HE KEPT HIS COOL. JESUS DIDN'T COME TO MAKE US 25:13 STRESS, HE CAME TO GIVE US PEACE. 25:15 HE SAYS, 'PEACE I GIVE TO YOU, NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES, GIVE I 25:18 UNTO YOU.' 'LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED.' 'BE ANXIOUS FOR 25:22 NOTHING.' 'FEAR NOT.' SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE ARE ANGRY BECAUSE 25:26 THEY JUST - THEY DON'T HAVE PEACE. 25:29 AND THE LORD IS GIVING YOU A PEACE THAT THE WORLD DOESN'T 25:32 UNDERSTAND - A PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING. 25:35 I WANT THAT PEACE, DON'T YOU? 25:41 ANNOUNCER: DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S LIFE-CHANGING 25:44 FREE RESOURCE. 25:46 NOT ONLY CAN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE GIFT IN THE MAIL, YOU CAN 25:48 DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY STRAIGHT TO YOUR COMPUTER 25:50 OR MOBILE DEVICE. 25:52 TO GET YOUR DIGITAL COPY OF TODAY 'S FREE GIFT, SIMPLY TEXT 25:57 THE KEYWORD ON YOUR SCREEN TO 40544 OR VISIT THE 26:00 THE WEB ADDRESS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN 26:02 AND SELECT THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OPTION ON THE REQUEST PAGE. 26:05 IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD 26:08 WITH AMAZING FACTS WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT 26:12 AND MOST IMPORTANT, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. 26:16 ANNOUNCER: WHAT IF YOU COULD KNOW THE FUTURE? 26:19 WHAT WOULD YOU DO? 26:22 WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? 26:24 TO SEE THE FUTURE, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE PAST. 26:29 ALEXANDER THE GREAT BECOMES KING WHEN HE IS ONLY 18 26:31 BUT HE IS A MILITARY PRODIGY. 26:34 A HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS IN ADVANCE, CYRUS HAD BEEN NAMED. 26:39 NEBUCHANEZZAR BUILT THE CITY AS A SHOWCASE TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. 26:44 ROME WAS VIOLENT, THEY WERE RUTHLESS, THEY WERE DETERMINED. 26:52 THIS INTRIGUING DOCUMENTARY HOSTED BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR 26:56 EXPLORES THE MOST STRIKING BIBLE PROPHECIES THAT HAVE 26:59 BEEN DRAMATICALLY FULFILLED THROUGHOUT HISTORY: 27:03 "KINGDOMS IN TIME." 27:05 AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE THROUGH THE BIBLE'S MOST AMAZING 27:08 FULFILLED PROPHECIES. 27:10 ARE YOU READY? 27:13 announcer: Can't get enough "Amazing Facts Bible Study"? 27:16 You don't have to wait until next week 27:17 to enjoy more truth-filled programming. 27:20 Visit the Amazing Facts Media Library at aftv.org. 27:25 At aftv.org, you can enjoy video and audio presentations 27:30 as well as printed material, all free of charge, 27:33 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. right from your computer 27:37 or mobile device. 27:38 Visit aftv.org. 27:42 ANNOUNCER: DID YOU KNOW AMAZING FACTS HAS A FREE BIBLE SCHOOL 27:45 THAT YOU CAN DO FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME? 27:48 IT INCLUDES 27 STUDY LESSONS TO AIDE IN YOUR STUDY 27:51 OF GOD'S WORD. 27:52 SIGN UP TODAY BY CALLING, 1-844-215-7000. 27:56 THAT'S 1-844-215-7000. 28:00 ♪♪♪ 28:05 ANNOUNCER: DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S FREE OFFER. 28:07 IT'S SURE TO BE A BLESSING, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED 28:10 SUPPORT AS WE TAKE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD. 28:14 WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US NEXT WEEK AS WE DELVE DEEP INTO THE WORD 28:18 OF GOD TO EXPLORE MORE AMAZING FACTS. 28:24 ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY 28:26 THE FRIENDS OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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