This week we are preaching on the men in the Book of Proverbs.  Today we’ll be discussing the wrathful man.  He has trouble with anger.  He has no rule over his own spirit [Prov 25:28].  The wrathful man: Stirs up strife – Prov 15:18 – the wrathful man stirreth up...

Some emotions lead to sin.  Of course, there are all kinds of ways to get into sin.  You can be enticed by lust [Jas 1:14] or you can be enticed by others [Prov 1:10].  But sometimes you get into sin as a result of an emotion.  Common emotions that often...

Don’t Choose Sin as the Remedy Eph. 4:26 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Eph 4:26 Paul says, “Be ye angry, and sin not.”  So there is an allowance for anger.  The point is that at times anger is an appropriate response to something wrong.  Look at Jesus in Mark 3:5.  He...

Walk By Faith Not By Feelings In giving counsel to folks, we often find that they are being led by feelings rather than by the facts of God’s words and faith in these words.  We are to walk by faith not by feelings.  But getting this point across can be...

His Own Soul Prov. 6: 32 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Eight times is Proverbs, we find a reference to a man’s “own soul.”  What he does in his life has either a beneficial or detrimental effect on his soul.  We’ll study the references in this broadcast. A person who commits adultery...

What Stirs Up Strife Prov. 28:25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO If you are striving with someone there is a root cause for the strife.  You can usually point to some of the contributing elements of the strife, but it is hard to get down to the root cause.  Generally, two people...

Controlling Anger Prov. 16:32 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Controlling anger is something that you must do so that it doesn’t control you.  You must learn to control your anger.  Prov 25:28 says, “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without...

Avoiding Anger (Ecclesiastes 7:9)  This lesson deals with the subject of anger. Everyone experiences anger the difference is how we handle anger. Even though most of the time anger does cause us to sin, anger itself is not sin. Note that God is angry with the wicked (Psalm 7:11), Jesus...

How to Live (A Study in Ecclesiastes)  Lesson #9: Avoiding Anger (Ecclesiastes 7:9) This lesson deals with the subject of anger. Everyone experiences anger the difference is how we handle anger. Even though most of the time anger does cause us to sin, anger itself is not sin. Note that...

In Matt 14:25-31, when the disciples were in a ship in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves, Matt 14:24, Jesus went to them walking on the sea.  When they saw him, they were troubled and they cried out for fear.  Jesus responded, “Be of good cheer; it is...