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Jesus’ Anger
6 Things That Made Jesus Angry
Jana Duckett
Righteous & Holy Anger
The Bible says, “be
angry and do not sin,” and during Jesus’ sinless life He expressed
righteous indignation at pivotal moments to teach His us all eternal lessons.
Here
are six heart issues that incited His anger.
Hypocrisy
Jesus dealt harshly with those who
appeared pious on the outside but had hearts that were far away from God.
Referring to a crowd
He says, “How can you say to your
brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is a plank in your
own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye and then you
will clearly see to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
Before we accuse others, we must first examine ourselves and then
deal with
Greed
Nothing is more telling of Jesus’
outward expression of anger than when He drove out the money changers.
Using
the church as a vehicle for economic activity, instead of promoting spiritual
vitality demonstrates a wrong heart that idolizes money.
Jesus
saw into their hearts and saw that they weren’t in the temple to encounter God,
but to make a profit from those coming to make an offering unto The Lord.
Lukewarm Living
It is Christ’s desire
that people burn deeply in their spiritual life and not be straddling the fence
as He says, “I know your deeds, that you
are neither cold or hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are
lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.”
Jesus
desires a level of spiritual intensity that is always progressing in the life
of God.
Middle
of the road faith is off putting because it demonstrates a believer unwilling
to prevail in spiritual matters … becoming like stagnant water.
Hard Heartedness
In Mark 3:5 it reads “And when he had looked round about on them
with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, He saith unto the
man, Stretch forth thine hand.”
Instead
of the discussion being around the power of God’s miracle for healing, the
onlookers accused Jesus of doing ‘good works’ on the Sabbath.
Their
loyalty to legalism prevented them from having a right heart before the
powerful presence of God.
Superiority
The Scribes and
Pharisees were in particularly on bad terms with Jesus during His ministry
because they were placing a spiritual demand on people that they themselves
were unable to meet, “They tie up heavy
burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to
move them with so much as a finger.”
The heart that Lord’s expectations over others that are not of
God, exalts the doctrines of men and not the
Holy Word of God.
Spiritual Pride
Jesus challenged the people to give
their spiritual offering of prayer, fasting and tithes/offering in secret to
God.
He warned them not to be like those who only demonstrated these
practices to be seen and praised by others.
Self-righteousness clogs the flow of Kingdom power from flowing
through your life because it diminishes our ability to be humble and yielded
under the Father’s power.
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