Life is often “unfair!”

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 3:13-17)

3. Life is often “unfair!” • 1 Peter 3:13-17 (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 25:1-3)

9. Life is often “unfair!” • Psalm 25:1-3 (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 4:26-27)

12. An angry man does not act upon reason and principle • Ephesians 4:26-27 (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 Christian’s 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 Christian’s have neglected this as well. • Some treat it as a fleabite. (1 Jn 3:15)

16. An angry man does not act upon reason and principle • 1 John 3:15 (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 5:19-21)

18. An angry man does not act upon reason and principle • Galatians 5:19-21 (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 35:19; 69:4)

24. An angry man does not act upon reason and principle • Psalm 35:19 (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 69:4 (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 Christian’s effectiveness can be blocked to one who has listened to gossip! (Prov 18:19)

28. An angry man does not act upon reason and principle • Proverbs 18:19 (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 26:28)

30. An angry man does not act upon reason and principle • Proverbs 26:28 (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 David’s enemy because of envy. (1 Sam 18:7-9)

32. An angry man does not act upon reason and principle • 1 Samuel 18:7-9 (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 David’s 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 David’s 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 David’s ability to change. • Jealousy and Anger made Saul a crazy man! • This is why the Jewish leaders killed Jesus. (Mk 15:10)

36. An angry man does not act upon reason and principle • Mark 15:10 (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 14:29, 17)

38. An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal • Proverbs 14:29 (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 14:17 (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 18:10-11)

41. An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal • 1 Samuel 18:10-11 (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 Saul’s 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 David’s 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 David’s 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 David’s 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 David’s harm. (1 Sam 18:17, 20-21, 25)

46. An angry man will use any weapon at his disposal • 1 Samuel 18:17 (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 Lord’S 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 18:20-21 (NKJV) - Now Michal, Saul’s 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 18:25 (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 king’s 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 6:4)