CLEANING HOUSE (1 OF 5)
Scripture: John 2:15-21, Matthew 21:13-16
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Cleaning House (1 of 5)
Series: Seeing Red
James Merritt
John 2:15-21, Matthew 21:13-16
Introduction
1. As you mature both spiritually and physically you hopefully get the ability to be more transparent with people and more honest about your own flaws. I am doing that right now. Everybody has their flaws. Mine is both impatience and a temper. Some might call it generational. It is true that my father had a volcanic temper, but my grandfather was an extremely mild-mannered quiet spoken man. My grandmother had a bad temper and I freely confess that anger is something that I have had to work to control all my life.
2. My anger is not of the throw a golfclub, knock things over, or hit a wall variety. Mine is more of the raise your voice, dilated eyes, conversational kind of anger. Both can be equally harmful and I am not trying to sugarcoat mine.
3. Certainly, there is a lot that the Word of God has to say about controlling anger and temper. Today, we are going to begin a series of messages on anger, but not the kind of series you would expect. In fact, I’ve never done a series on this topic before. We are calling it ‘‘Seeing Red.’’ That term ‘‘when someone is seeing red’’ I don’t have to wonder if they are angry. You can see it, hear it, and you might even be able to feel it. The expression comes from the red cape that a matador uses for a bull. The bull sees the red cape and it so enrages him that he charges. I confess there are a lot of times in my life that I have seen red.
4. What is fascinating is scientists have now shown that angry people really do ‘‘see red’’ where others don’t. Researchers in a study found that when people with hostile personalities are shown images that are not quite totally red and not quite totally blue, they are much more likely to see red. In fact, angry faces become redder because of facial flushing (we have all seen people so mad they got red in the face) and an increased testosterone in some anima ...
Series: Seeing Red
James Merritt
John 2:15-21, Matthew 21:13-16
Introduction
1. As you mature both spiritually and physically you hopefully get the ability to be more transparent with people and more honest about your own flaws. I am doing that right now. Everybody has their flaws. Mine is both impatience and a temper. Some might call it generational. It is true that my father had a volcanic temper, but my grandfather was an extremely mild-mannered quiet spoken man. My grandmother had a bad temper and I freely confess that anger is something that I have had to work to control all my life.
2. My anger is not of the throw a golfclub, knock things over, or hit a wall variety. Mine is more of the raise your voice, dilated eyes, conversational kind of anger. Both can be equally harmful and I am not trying to sugarcoat mine.
3. Certainly, there is a lot that the Word of God has to say about controlling anger and temper. Today, we are going to begin a series of messages on anger, but not the kind of series you would expect. In fact, I’ve never done a series on this topic before. We are calling it ‘‘Seeing Red.’’ That term ‘‘when someone is seeing red’’ I don’t have to wonder if they are angry. You can see it, hear it, and you might even be able to feel it. The expression comes from the red cape that a matador uses for a bull. The bull sees the red cape and it so enrages him that he charges. I confess there are a lot of times in my life that I have seen red.
4. What is fascinating is scientists have now shown that angry people really do ‘‘see red’’ where others don’t. Researchers in a study found that when people with hostile personalities are shown images that are not quite totally red and not quite totally blue, they are much more likely to see red. In fact, angry faces become redder because of facial flushing (we have all seen people so mad they got red in the face) and an increased testosterone in some anima ...
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