Life is often

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.
  

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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.

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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.