1. An Offense. What about me?

3. An angry person’s favorite verse: Ephesians 4: 26 Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not give the devil an opportunity.Ephesians 4: 26 Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not give the devil an opportunity.

4. But we have to keep reading: Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Eph 4:32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.Eph 4:32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

5. Causes of offense 1.Injustice 2.Envy 3.Misunderstanding

6. Injustice Social InjusticesSocial Injustices Personal InjusticesPersonal Injustices

7. A TicketA Ticket Injustice

8. Envy If Sharah gets a sucker, so do I.If Sharah gets a sucker, so do I.

9. Envy UnfairUnfair

10. Misunderstan ding MiscommunicationMiscommunication IgnoranceIgnorance ThoughtlessnessThoughtlessness Cultural DifferencesCultural Differences

11. Misunderstan ding Where were you?Where were you?

12. What does warrant Extended Anger and Grumpiness: NothingNothing

13. The Right?

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15. Proverbs 19:11 Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

16. What Do I do with Actual righteous offenses?

17. Turn it over to God.Turn it over to God. Let Him be angry about it.Let Him be angry about it. The desire for vengeance should never last long, and it should not be personal.The desire for vengeance should never last long, and it should not be personal.

18. God & The Atonement Not satisfying personal grumpinessNot satisfying personal grumpiness 100% Motivated by Love100% Motivated by Love

19. Jesus & His killersJesus & His killers Jesus & PeterJesus & Peter

20. 13 And the landowner replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me to work for the standard wage? 14 Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you. 15 Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?‘ Matthew 20

21. 15 If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.“ Joshua 24