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[405.18 --> 407.34] And how do I deal with the anger I have |
[407.34 --> 409.16] towards the hurt that this person |
[409.16 --> 411.68] continues to do towards me? |
[412.76 --> 414.34] It's an important question, |
[414.42 --> 416.18] a question people have been asking us |
[416.18 --> 417.30] throughout this series. |
[417.44 --> 418.92] And so this morning, we're going to look at |
[418.92 --> 421.34] what Romans 12 has to say. |
[422.30 --> 424.60] Now, Romans 12, in my opinion, |
[424.76 --> 426.54] is rapid-fire wisdom. |
[426.80 --> 428.50] Like, one writer describes this |
[428.50 --> 431.20] as Paul's rule for life and community. |
[431.80 --> 433.96] And I might suggest that a good way of reading it |
[433.96 --> 435.00] is actually like a list. |
[435.42 --> 436.94] Like, it reads in paragraphs in our Bible, |
[436.94 --> 439.02] but really, Paul's just giving lots |
[439.02 --> 441.08] of very important wisdom |
[441.08 --> 443.94] and virtues of how to live |
[443.94 --> 444.96] in a broken community. |
[445.08 --> 446.94] And it's important to underscore, by the way, |
[447.10 --> 448.56] that Paul would not have written |
[448.56 --> 449.68] this portion of the letter |
[449.68 --> 452.02] if everything was going splendidly |
[452.02 --> 453.04] in the church in Rome. |
[453.68 --> 455.08] But we know that there is conflict, |
[455.22 --> 456.24] we know that there is division, |
[456.36 --> 457.32] we know that there is anger, |
[457.44 --> 460.02] and so Paul gives a lot of this instruction |
[460.02 --> 461.54] about conflict, |
[462.36 --> 462.94] about revenge, |
[462.94 --> 466.44] about how to bless those who persecute you |
[466.44 --> 468.12] and not curse them. |
[468.46 --> 468.76] Why? |
[469.04 --> 470.80] Because that's what was happening |
[470.80 --> 471.76] in the church. |
[472.72 --> 475.00] So let's take a look at this passage. |
[476.98 --> 478.98] First thing we see Paul doing |
[478.98 --> 481.20] is starting with love. |
[481.26 --> 483.70] He says, love must be sincere. |
[484.26 --> 485.74] And look what he says right afterwards. |
[486.72 --> 488.16] Hate what is evil, |
[489.04 --> 491.16] cling to what is good. |
[491.16 --> 493.16] It's not unintentional. |
[494.14 --> 495.86] And it's important to connect this love |
[495.86 --> 497.14] to the hate of evil. |
[497.96 --> 498.98] Parents understand this. |
[499.08 --> 500.72] It is a loving parent |
[500.72 --> 502.50] will not let their older sibling, |
[502.80 --> 503.48] older child, |
[503.68 --> 505.22] pulverize a younger child. |
[505.56 --> 505.70] Right? |
[506.20 --> 506.98] They will intervene. |
[507.74 --> 509.82] A loving spouse will not just let it go |
[509.82 --> 511.46] if there's adultery in their marriage. |
[511.74 --> 513.02] These things must be addressed. |
[513.14 --> 513.86] They must be named. |
[513.96 --> 515.46] They must be stood against. |
[515.80 --> 517.56] And it is because we love |
[517.56 --> 518.64] that we do that. |
[518.64 --> 521.02] It is out of love |
[521.02 --> 522.62] that we hate what is evil. |
[523.30 --> 524.80] We hate the things that God hates, |
[524.90 --> 525.54] you might say. |
[526.00 --> 527.54] And this is where I want to name something |
[527.54 --> 529.10] that we should have said earlier |
[529.10 --> 529.74] in the series. |
[530.32 --> 531.94] That is the role of anger. |
[533.60 --> 535.60] Forgiveness is deeply attached |
[535.60 --> 538.16] to this emotion of anger. |
[538.50 --> 539.64] And I want to name, first of all, |
[539.70 --> 541.92] that anger is not an inherently evil emotion. |
[542.04 --> 543.44] It's something we're given in many ways |
[543.44 --> 544.70] out of self-protection. |
[544.70 --> 547.08] It's something that arises in us unexpectedly |
[547.08 --> 548.34] when evil is done. |
[548.96 --> 551.28] And it's often because you love someone |
[551.28 --> 553.22] or you love a family member |
[553.22 --> 554.52] or a friend or a co-worker |
[554.52 --> 556.42] that you are so angry |
[556.42 --> 558.08] when evil and misconduct |
[558.66 --> 560.66] and damage is done in relationship. |
[562.40 --> 563.86] Now, it's important to name |
[563.86 --> 566.28] that in some senses, |
[566.94 --> 570.32] it would be strange not to get angry |
[570.32 --> 572.80] when you're manipulated by your mother |
[572.80 --> 574.44] or lied to by your pastor |
[574.44 --> 576.24] or abused by a family member. |
[576.32 --> 576.92] These things, |
[577.32 --> 579.46] we have this visceral, angry response |
[579.46 --> 581.76] that mirrors Jesus' own anger. |
[582.20 --> 582.36] Right? |
[582.82 --> 583.52] In the Old Testament, |
[583.66 --> 584.68] God gets angry at sin. |
[584.76 --> 585.32] In the New Testament, |
[585.46 --> 586.24] Jesus gets angry, |
[586.42 --> 588.98] especially when a place of worship |
[588.98 --> 590.66] exploits the poor. |
[591.32 --> 592.72] And Jesus doesn't just stand by idly. |
[592.80 --> 594.26] He gets angry and he acts. |
[594.70 --> 595.72] It's a very important detail. |
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