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1
Life is often unfair!
  • You will be tested by spear throwers in your
    life!

2
Life is often unfair!
  • You will be tested by spear throwers in your
    life!
  • We should not be surprised when this happens. (1
    Pt 313-17)

3
Life is often unfair!
  • 1 Peter 313-17 (NKJV) - And who is he who will
    harm you if you become followers of what is good?
    14 But even if you should suffer for
    righteousness sake, you are blessed. And do not
    be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.

4
Life is often unfair!
  • 16 having a good conscience, that when they
    defame you as evildoers, those who revile your
    good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. 17 For it
    is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer
    for doing good than for doing evil.

5
Life is often unfair!
  • I had to learn the hard way that angry men rarely
    yield to reason.

6
Life is often unfair!
  • I had to learn the hard way that angry men rarely
    yield to reason.
  • These occasions will show you what kind of faith
    you really have.

7
Life is often unfair!
  • I had to learn the hard way that angry men rarely
    yield to reason.
  • These occasions will show you what kind of faith
    you really have.
  • We have a great example of this situation in King
    Saul and David.

8
Life is often unfair!
  • I had to learn the hard way that angry men rarely
    yield to reason.
  • These occasions will show you what kind of faith
    you really have.
  • We have a great example of this situation in King
    Saul and David.
  • In the end David had developed a stronger faith
    in God. (Ps 251-3)

9
Life is often unfair!
  • Psalm 251-3 (NKJV) - To You, O Lord, I lift up
    my soul. 2 O my God, I trust in You Let me not
    be ashamed Let not my enemies triumph over me. 3
    Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed
    Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously
    without cause.

10
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Many have not learned to fight the sin of
    uncontrolled anger.

11
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Many have not learned to fight the sin of
    uncontrolled anger.
  • There is a proper place for anger but we often go
    beyond it. (Eph 426-27)

12
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Ephesians 426-27 (NKJV) - Be angry, and do not
    sin do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
    27 nor give place to the devil.

13
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • The world is taught this anger as a way of life.
    They are willingly accepting a cancer of the soul.

14
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • The world is taught this anger as a way of life.
    They are willingly accepting a cancer of the
    soul.
  • Many Christians have neglected this as well.

15
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • The world is taught this anger as a way of life.
    They are willingly accepting a cancer of the
    soul.
  • Many Christians have neglected this as well.
  • Some treat it as a fleabite. (1 Jn 315)

16
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • 1 John 315 (NKJV) - Whoever hates his brother is
    a murderer, and you know that no murderer has
    eternal life abiding in him.

17
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Others laugh at it. Do you want to go to heaven?
    (Gal 519-21)

18
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Galatians 519-21 (NKJV) - Now the works of the
    flesh are evident, which are adultery,
    fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry,
    sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies,
    outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions,
    dissensions, heresies,

19
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the
    like of which I tell you beforehand, just as I
    also told you in time past, that those who
    practice such things will not inherit the kingdom
    of God.

20
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Many come from angry homes and have learned this
    as a way of life.

21
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Many come from angry homes and have learned this
    as a way of life.
  • An alcoholic home commonly has anger at its root.

22
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Some of the angriest people that I have known
    would deny it.

23
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Some of the angriest people that I have known
    would deny it.
  • It is not uncommon to have an enemy without a
    cause! (Ps 3519 694)

24
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Psalm 3519 (NKJV) - Let them not rejoice over me
    who are wrongfully my enemies Nor let them wink
    with the eye who hate me without a cause.

25
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Psalm 694 (NKJV) - Those who hate me without a
    cause Are more than the hairs of my head They
    are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enemies
    wrongfully Though I have stolen nothing, I still
    must restore it.

26
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • How can this be? This is a common tool of Satan!

27
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • A Christians effectiveness can be blocked to one
    who has listened to gossip! (Prov 1819)

28
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Proverbs 1819 (NKJV) - A brother offended is
    harder to win than a strong city, And contentions
    are like the bars of a castle.

29
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • A person can do you wrong and then hate you!
    (Prov 2628)

30
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Proverbs 2628 (NKJV) - A lying tongue hates
    those who are crushed by it, And a flattering
    mouth works ruin.

31
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Saul became Davids enemy because of envy. (1 Sam
    187-9)

32
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • 1 Samuel 187-9 (NKJV) - So the women sang as
    they danced, and said Saul has slain his
    thousands, And David his ten thousands. 8 Then
    Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased
    him and he said, They have ascribed to David
    ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only
    thousands. Now what more can he have but the
    kingdom? 9 So Saul eyed David from that day
    forward.

33
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • David would do anything for Saul! Even though
    David tried to help, this was something
    completely beyond Davids ability to change.

34
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • David would do anything for Saul! Even though
    David tried to help, this was something
    completely beyond Davids ability to change.
  • Jealousy and Anger made Saul a crazy man!

35
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • David would do anything for Saul! Even though
    David tried to help, this was something
    completely beyond Davids ability to change.
  • Jealousy and Anger made Saul a crazy man!
  • This is why the Jewish leaders killed Jesus. (Mk
    1510)

36
An angry man does not act upon reason and
principle
  • Mark 1510 (NKJV) - For he knew that the chief
    priests had handed Him over because of envy.

37
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • This is what you would expect when Satan is in
    control! (Prov 1429, 17)

38
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • Proverbs 1429 (NKJV) - He who is slow to wrath
    has great understanding, But he who is impulsive
    exalts folly.

39
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • Proverbs 1417 (NKJV) - A quick-tempered man acts
    foolishly, And a man of wicked intentions is
    hated.

40
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • Saul became a spear thrower! (1 Sam 1810-11)

41
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • 1 Samuel 1810-11 (NKJV) - And it happened on the
    next day that the distressing spirit from God
    came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the
    house. So David played music with his hand, as at
    other times but there was a spear in Sauls
    hand. 11And Saul cast the spear, for he said, I
    will pin David to the wall! But David escaped
    his presence twice.

42
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • There is no thought as to consequences or to
    really look at Davids innocence. What can David
    do?

43
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • There is no thought as to consequences or to
    really look at Davids innocence. What can David
    do?
  • Saul pretended to care for David but actually
    wanted to harm him.

44
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • There is no thought as to consequences or to
    really look at Davids innocence. What can David
    do?
  • Saul pretended to care for David but actually
    wanted to harm him.
  • He pushed for David to marry one of his daughters
    as an honor to him. (Ex. Smiling Faces)

45
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • His real motive was for Davids harm. (1 Sam
    1817, 20-21, 25)

46
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • 1 Samuel 1817 (NKJV) - Then Saul said to David,
    Here is my older daughter Merab I will give her
    to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and
    fight the LordS battles. For Saul thought, Let
    my hand not be against him, but let the hand of
    the Philistines be against him.

47
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • 1 Samuel 1820-21 (NKJV) - Now Michal, Sauls
    daughter, loved David. And they told Saul, and
    the thing pleased him. 21So Saul said, I will
    give her to him, that she may be a snare to him,
    and that the hand of the Philistines may be
    against him. Therefore Saul said to David a
    second time, You shall be my son-in-law today.

48
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • 1 Samuel 1825 (NKJV) - Then Saul said, Thus you
    shall say to David The king does not desire any
    dowry but one hundred foreskins of the
    Philistines, to take vengeance on the kings
    enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by
    the hand of the Philistines.

49
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • It takes time for David to learn the difference
    between what Saul said and what he
    thought!

50
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • An angry man will blindly sacrifice his family
    for his anger. (Eph 64)

51
An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal
  • Ephesians 64 (NKJV) - And you, fathers, do not
    provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up
    in the training and admonition of the Lord.

52
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Saul tried to manipulate and then kill his own
    son Jonathan!

53
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Saul tried to manipulate and then kill his own
    son Jonathan!
  • Saul openly asks others to kill David. (1 Sam
    191)

54
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • 1 Samuel 191 (NKJV) - Now Saul spoke to Jonathan
    his son and to all his servants, that they should
    kill David but Jonathan, Sauls son, delighted
    greatly in David.

55
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • For the moment Saul listens to reason and
    proclaims what is right! (1 Sam 194-6)

56
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • 1 Samuel 194-6 (NKJV) - Thus Jonathan spoke well
    of David to Saul his father, and said to him,
    Let not the king sin against his servant,
    against David, because he has not sinned against
    you, and because his works have been very good
    toward you.

57
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • 5 For he took his life in his hands and killed
    the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a
    great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and
    rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent
    blood, to kill David without a cause? 6 So Saul
    heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, As
    the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.

58
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Because Sauls life was based on the flesh and
    not on principle, he returns to his bitterness
    and tries to kill David again. (1 Sam 199-10)

59
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • 1 Samuel 199-10 (NKJV) - Now the distressing
    spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in
    his house with his spear in his hand. And David
    was playing music with his hand. 10 Then Saul
    sought to pin David to the wall with the spear,
    but he slipped away from Sauls presence and he
    drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and
    escaped that night.

60
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Listen to his appeal to Jonathan If you want to
    be king Kill David! (1 Sam 2030-31)

61
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • 1 Samuel 2030-31 (NKJV) - Then Sauls anger was
    aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him,
    You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I
    not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to
    your own shame and to the shame of your mothers
    nakedness?

62
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • 31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the
    earth, you shall not be established, nor your
    kingdom. Now therefore, send and bring him to me,
    for he shall surely die.

63
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • As a man of faith, Jonathan rejects this
    temptation and plainly tells the truth. Saul, in
    turn, tries to kill Jonathan. (1 Sam 2032-33)

64
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • 1 Samuel 2032-33 (NKJV) - And Jonathan answered
    Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he
    be killed? What has he done? 33 Then Saul cast a
    spear at him to kill him, by which Jonathan knew
    that it was determined by his father to kill
    David.

65
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • An angry man hates the one who places reason in
    the way of his anger!

66
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Saul was very successful in lining up those in
    Israel that lived by the flesh.

67
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Saul was very successful in lining up those in
    Israel that lived by the flesh.
  • David spared the city of Keliah from the
    Philistines and thus should have been safe there.
    God revealed to him the real loyalty of these
    people. (1 Sam 2311-12)

68
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • 1 Samuel 2311-12 (NKJV) - Will the men of Keilah
    deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as
    Your servant has heard? O Lord God of Israel, I
    pray, tell Your servant. And the Lord said, He
    will come down. 12 Then David said, Will the
    men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand
    of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver
    you.

69
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Many out of fear or favor to an angry man will
    sell you out! Sadly some churches are filled with
    cowardly men who will not stand up.

70
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Many out of fear or favor to an angry man will
    sell you out! Sadly some churches are filled with
    cowardly men who will not stand up.
  • David found himself surrounded by new enemies
    because others wanted to please King Saul.
    Consider the Ziphites. (1 Sam 2319-20)

71
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • 1 Samuel 2319-20 (NKJV) - Then the Ziphites came
    up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, Is David not
    hiding with us in strongholds in the woods, in
    the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of
    Jeshimon? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down
    according to all the desire of your soul to come
    down and our part shall be to deliver him into
    the kings hand.

72
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Please remember that God will stand with you when
    men run away. The greatest hurt will come from
    your brethren! (Psa 554-5, 12-14)

73
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Psalm 554-5 (NKJV) - My heart is severely
    pained within me, And the terrors of death have
    fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling have
    come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.

74
An angry man is often successfully in lining up
others to his cause
  • Psalm 5512-14 (NKJV) - For it is not an enemy
    who reproaches me Then I could bear it. Nor is
    it one who hates me who has exalted himself
    against me Then I could hide from him. 13 But it
    was you, a man my equal, My companion and my
    acquaintance. 14 We took sweet counsel together,
    And walked to the house of God in the throng.

75
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Nothing will test your faith in God as much as
    dealing with an unreasonable, deceitful,
    hate-filled person.

76
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Nothing will test your faith in God as much as
    dealing with an unreasonable, deceitful,
    hate-filled person.
  • A hard lesson to learn is that you cannot change
    another against their will!

77
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • The Psalms are filled with pleas to God for
    deliverance form enemies. Let this draw you
    closer to God. (Ps 132 252, 19 429-11)

78
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Psalm 132 (NKJV) - How long shall I take counsel
    in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How
    long will my enemy be exalted over me?

79
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Psalm 252 (NKJV) - O my God, I trust in You
    Let me not be ashamed Let not my enemies triumph
    over me.

80
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Psalm 2519 (NKJV) - Consider my enemies, for
    they are many And they hate me with cruel hatred.

81
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Psalm 429-11 (NKJV) - I will say to God my Rock,
    Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy? 10 As
    with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach
    me, While they say to me all day long, Where is
    your God?

82
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • 11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are
    you disquieted within me? Hope in God For I
    shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance
    and my God.

83
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Satan will strongly tempt you to become like your
    enemy.

84
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Satan will strongly tempt you to become like your
    enemy.
  • What does the world say? Some Christians think
    that once someone fires the first shot then all
    rules are off!

85
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • What did Jesus do with His enemies? (1 Pt
    221-24)

86
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • 1 Peter 221-24 (NKJV) - For to this you were
    called, because Christ also suffered for us,
    leaving us an example, that you should follow His
    steps 22 Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit
    found in His mouth

87
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • 23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in
    return when He suffered, He did not threaten,
    but committed Himself to Him who judges
    righteously 24 who Himself bore our sins in His
    own body on the tree, that we, having died to
    sins, might live for righteousnessby whose
    stripes you were healed.

88
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Jesus responded this way because He trusted God.

89
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • We are greatly challenged to respond in the same
    way. (Rom 1217-21)

90
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Romans 1217-21 (NKJV) - Repay no one evil for
    evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of
    all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as depends
    on you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Beloved,
    do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place
    to wrath for it is written, Vengeance is Mine,
    I will repay, says the Lord.

91
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • 20 Therefore If your enemy is hungry, feed him
    If he is thirsty, give him a drink For in so
    doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.
    21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil
    with good.

92
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • This adversity should cause you to draw closer to
    God. (Psa 2711-14)

93
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Psalm 2711-14 (NKJV) - Teach me Your way, O
    Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my
    enemies. 12 Do not deliver me to the will of my
    adversaries For false witnesses have risen
    against me, And such as breathe out violence. 13
    I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
    That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the
    land of the living.

94
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • 14 Wait on the Lord Be of good courage, And He
    shall strengthen your heart Wait, I say, on the
    Lord!

95
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • The world will scream at you Hit him back! You
    then become like your enemy.

96
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • The world will scream at you Hit him back! You
    then become like your enemy.
  • There is a calmness and a strength that come from
    knowing the battle is Gods and
    that He will deliver. (Psa 6012 612-4 318)

97
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Psalm 6012 (NKJV) - Through God we will do
    valiantly, For it is He who shall tread down our
    enemies.

98
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Psalm 612-4 (NKJV) - From the end of the earth
    I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed
    Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3 For
    You have been a shelter for me, A strong tower
    from the enemy. 4 I will abide in Your
    tabernacle forever I will trust in the shelter
    of Your wings. Selah

99
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Psalm 318 (NKJV) - And have not shut me up into
    the hand of the enemy You have set my feet in a
    wide place.

100
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • While your enemy frets and plots in his
    self-defeating bitterness, you can move on and
    rejoice in the manifold blessings of God. (Psa
    234-6)

101
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Psalm 234-6 (NKJV) - Yea, though I walk through
    the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear
    no evil For You are with me Your rod and Your
    staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table
    before me in the presence of my enemies You
    anoint my head with oil My cup runs over. 6
    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the
    days of my life And I will dwell in the house of
    the Lord Forever.

102
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • You also will draw closer to Christians! What a
    blessing!

103
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Are you a child of God or an enemy of God?

104
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Are you a child of God or an enemy of God?
  • God will defeat every enemy in time. How will it
    be for you? (Heb 113 1012-13)

105
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Hebrews 113 (NKJV) - But to which of the angels
    has He ever said Sit at My right hand, Till I
    make Your enemies Your footstool?

106
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Hebrews 1012-13 (NKJV) - But this Man, after He
    had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat
    down at the right hand of God, 13 from that time
    waiting till His enemies are made His footstool.

107
How can one defeat an angry man?
  • Gods love can defeat your bitterness if you
    would seek it.
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