When The Christian Gets Ticked Off. Part [5] 07/25/2025 (Evening thought)

Exodus 32:26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.

Now, some folks may argue that this was righteous indignation, and yes, it very well could have been. However, even righteous indignation should always be guided by The Holy Spirit, or else, later on you might be heard shouting: “Hear now you rebels”. However, The Lord would have us understand that it is not only Christian men that get ticked off, because in sacred history, you also have God-fearing women who also got ticked off, and when they did, like the sons of Jacob, and like brother Moses, they also lost it.

After Abraham followed Sarah’s advice, and Hagar and himself had their rendezvous together, Sarah got ticked off when the new mistress began to big up herself, as she thought of the honor of being the mother of Abraham’s son. The fond thought went to Hagar’s head, but it also went to Sarah’s head, and before you know it, this once humble, Christian blew a fuse after the birth of Isaac, and the rest is history, for she demanded that Abraham evict Hagar, before she had to.

Genesis 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Genesis 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

When The Christian Gets Ticked Off. Part [4] 07/24/2025 (Morning thought)

Exodus 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

Moses also got ticked off when he saw the injustice of an Egyptian beating an Israelite. In that instance he sprang into action in the heat of the moment, as he slew the offender, delivering the justice which he thought was overdue. In fact, when we read the history of Moses, we will see that he got ticked off on several occasions. Not because one has a close relationship with God does it mean that they could never get ticked off, except they are girded by the power, and presence of The Holy Spirit, moment by moment.

Those of us who think that just because a person may be a really genuine Christian, that he or she is immune or completely insulated from being ticked off, might be living in la-la land. There was none like Moses, who spoke with God face to face and yet, he succumbed to anger on different occasions. For instance, when he came down from Mt, Sinai, with the hand written law of God in his hand and he saw the children of Israel prancing, his anger waxed really hot, and he broke the law of God into pieces, in the heat of the moment.

These things ought to show us the frailty of human nature, and our utter inability to tow the line in the times of anger, if we are not kept by the power of God at all times, and in all places….. Exodus 32: 19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.

Exodus 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!