Notice the pictures above of a little boy, a stone, and a vast amount of sand. Proverbs 27:3 says A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. When we serve Jesus, the world will be an enemy and sometimes people around us might persecute us and try to make us frustrated and angry. But rejoice when this happens because 1 Peter 4:14 says If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified.
Don't be angry because anger is a wile and trick of the devil. The devil makes people think that their anger is harming their enemy, but this is a lie because anger is harming and weakening the angry person. Jesus said at Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. Unsaved heathen in the world only love people that are friendly to them. But christians need to let the world see that we are lights shining in a dark world who love our enemies and not just our friends. Jesus said at Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
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A fool's wrath and anger is like a heavy weight and burden that could harm someone. But Jesus promised us that He would give christians the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. The Hebrew definition for the garment of praise is a mantle or strength. I claim in Jesus name that anyone who reads this will receive strength and the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness. Isaiah 61:3 says To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
It's not the will of God for people to be angry. From experience, to add years to your life, if someone mistreats or mocks you because you believe in Jesus, ask Jesus to bless your enemy. Remember Brother Bob's motto for success. Avoid angry people, forgive forever, and always love your enemies. Job prayed for his former enemies who became his friends and received a doublefold blessing. Job 42:10 says And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Note the following scriptures that tell us not to be angry. Ecclesiastes 7:9 says Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. James 1:20 says For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Ephesians 4:26 says Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Brother Bob says if you are going to bed, don't lay your head on the pillow if you are angry. Get up and say forgive me Jesus and bless my enemy and don't let the sun go down upon your wrath.
1 Corinthians 1:30 says But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. Therefore if Jesus is righteousness and the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God, when someone gets angry, that person turns away from the blessings of Jesus.
Romans 3:23 says For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Ephesians 4:26 says we can get angry only if we sin not. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Since we all are sinners needing to be washed by the blood of Jesus we should not be angry. Only the Lord Jesus who is perfect and has no sin can be the Judge and get angry. Hebrews 4:15 says For we have not an high priest (Jesus), which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
When you look to Jesus Christ crucified daily with your heart who is wisdom, you receive the blessings of wisdom listed in Proverbs 3:13. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Jesus), and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand: and at her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. In other words Jesus and wisdom is better than silver, gold, rubies, anything you can desire, gives us length of days, riches and honour, pleasantness, and paths of peace.
Here's some more scriptures that tell us not to be angry. Ephesians 4:31 says Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Titus 3:2 says To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Here's some more scriptures that tell us not to be angry. Ephesians 4:31 says Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Titus 3:2 says To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Proverbs 16:32 says He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 2 Timothy 2:24 says And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.
A puritan writer in the 1600s wrote How foolish is the bee that loseth her life and her sting together. She puts another to a little pain, but how dearly doth she pay for it. Ecclesiastes 7:21 says Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. If you hear someone speak evil about you, be merciful and pray for your enemy because we all have sinned and spoken evil of others and Jesus has forgiven us all and washed us clean with His precious blood. Leviticus 19:18 says Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the Lord. Hebrews 12:15 says Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.
Notice the picture above of Judas throwing down the thirty pieces of silver that he received for betraying Jesus. For only a measly thirty pieces of silver Judas betrayed the Lord Jesus. A puritan writer wrote in the 1600s What a dreadful trade Judas made when he sold the incomparable Saviour Jesus for a little corruptible silver. All Judas could do with the thirty pieces of silver was throw it away and never use it. Take heed to the warning stated at Ecclesiastes 5:10 that says He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Note the following scriptures about not being greedy for money. Ezekiel 7:19 says They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. 1 Timothy 6:17 says Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy .Proverbs 15:27 says He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. Mark 8:36 says For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Don't be like the foolish man who built great barns with much fruit and goods and took his ease and said he could eat, drink, and be merry. Luke 12:16 says And He spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Notice God's reply at Luke 12:20 that says But God said unto him Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Note some more scriptures about not being greedy for money. Proverbs 28:22 says He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. Proverbs 20:21 says An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. Siblings that fight over an inheritance and finances and cheat their brothers and sisters should pray and change their ways and bless their family with the decedent's possessions and finances and be fair and evenly distribute the inheritance. Proverbs 10:2 says Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
How busy are sinners in this world like bees flying to this and that field to carry a little more honey to their hives, though after all their labour, within a few days they must be consumed with flames and leave it to someone else. And have not I more cause to build treasure in heaven and bless the poor to obtain eternal durable riches in the kingdom of God for ever. Mark 10:21 says Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Remember that when you bless the poor, you bless the Lord Jesus.
Notice the picture above of a 99 cent sale tag telling us to be fair when we sell items. Proverbs 11:1 says A false balance (riches gained by fraud) is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Paul told us to be honest and fair when we do business with our friends and associates. Acts 24:16 says And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
The prophet Amos warned sellers not to be dishonest and sell small ephahs or quantities of goods for a great shekel price or high dollar value. Amos 8:5 says Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? Because the people during the days of the prophet Amos sold small portions of food for a high price, the result was Amos 8:10 that says And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
A puritan writer in the 1600s wrote Thou sayest, caveat emptor, let the buyer beware, but the Lord Jesus sayeth, caveat venditor, let the seller be careful that he keep a good conscience and not sell defective goods full of flaws. Leviticus 19:35 says Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard (measurement), in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah (a measure of grain), and a just hin (a measure of liquids) shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 1 Corinthians 10:24 says Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. Psalm 106:3 says Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
A puritan writer in the 1600s wrote How foolish is the bee that loseth her life and her sting together. She puts another to a little pain, but how dearly doth she pay for it. Ecclesiastes 7:21 says Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. If you hear someone speak evil about you, be merciful and pray for your enemy because we all have sinned and spoken evil of others and Jesus has forgiven us all and washed us clean with His precious blood. Leviticus 19:18 says Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the Lord. Hebrews 12:15 says Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.
Notice the picture above of Judas throwing down the thirty pieces of silver that he received for betraying Jesus. For only a measly thirty pieces of silver Judas betrayed the Lord Jesus. A puritan writer wrote in the 1600s What a dreadful trade Judas made when he sold the incomparable Saviour Jesus for a little corruptible silver. All Judas could do with the thirty pieces of silver was throw it away and never use it. Take heed to the warning stated at Ecclesiastes 5:10 that says He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Note the following scriptures about not being greedy for money. Ezekiel 7:19 says They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. 1 Timothy 6:17 says Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy .Proverbs 15:27 says He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. Mark 8:36 says For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Don't be like the foolish man who built great barns with much fruit and goods and took his ease and said he could eat, drink, and be merry. Luke 12:16 says And He spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Notice God's reply at Luke 12:20 that says But God said unto him Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Jesus gives us all a warning at Luke 12:15 that says And He said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Job 27:8 says For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? Proverbs 29:6 says In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Note some more scriptures about not being greedy for money. Proverbs 28:22 says He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. Proverbs 20:21 says An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. Siblings that fight over an inheritance and finances and cheat their brothers and sisters should pray and change their ways and bless their family with the decedent's possessions and finances and be fair and evenly distribute the inheritance. Proverbs 10:2 says Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
How busy are sinners in this world like bees flying to this and that field to carry a little more honey to their hives, though after all their labour, within a few days they must be consumed with flames and leave it to someone else. And have not I more cause to build treasure in heaven and bless the poor to obtain eternal durable riches in the kingdom of God for ever. Mark 10:21 says Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Remember that when you bless the poor, you bless the Lord Jesus.
Notice the picture above of a 99 cent sale tag telling us to be fair when we sell items. Proverbs 11:1 says A false balance (riches gained by fraud) is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Paul told us to be honest and fair when we do business with our friends and associates. Acts 24:16 says And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
The prophet Amos warned sellers not to be dishonest and sell small ephahs or quantities of goods for a great shekel price or high dollar value. Amos 8:5 says Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? Because the people during the days of the prophet Amos sold small portions of food for a high price, the result was Amos 8:10 that says And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
A puritan writer in the 1600s wrote Thou sayest, caveat emptor, let the buyer beware, but the Lord Jesus sayeth, caveat venditor, let the seller be careful that he keep a good conscience and not sell defective goods full of flaws. Leviticus 19:35 says Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard (measurement), in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah (a measure of grain), and a just hin (a measure of liquids) shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 1 Corinthians 10:24 says Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. Psalm 106:3 says Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 746-7071. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.
