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!

When The Christian Gets Ticked Off. Part [3] 07/24/2025 (Evening thought)

Genesis 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.

There are times when even the Christian might get ticked off, for one reason or another, and how persons handle volatile situations would speak volumes more, than any sermon that is preached. Back in the days of old, Jacob’s sons got very ticked off because of an injustice done to their sister, for it seems from the narrative that Shechem had had a nonconsensual sexual relation with Dinah, and this incident rankled in their minds, until they became chafed with anger.

What they did next actually put their entire family at risk of retribution, for they went up afterwards, and slew all the males of that city, and were it not for the interposing mercies of God, we would have read of a very different after-history. So yes, even though they were servants of the One true God, and even though they had a knowledge of God’s law, they got ticked off, and that is a red flag warning to all of us, who might seem to be so cool, and cute under favorable circumstances, but when some incident touches a raw nerve, a different side of us could be exposed.

Genesis 34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.

Genesis 34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

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