When Emotions Rule(Do not let your emotions be your guide)

(Part 1)

Emotions• “an affective state of consciousness in which joy,

sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness” (dictionary.com)

• “a conscious mental reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body” (Merriam-Webster Online)

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Emotional Appeals do notDetermine the Truth

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John 7:24

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WHAT WE FEEL IS NOT THE STANDARD BY WHICH GOD IS HELD

John 12:48

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• God’s thoughts are not ours, Isaiah 55:8-11–Arrogance toward God, Rom. 1:22-23; 1 Cor. 1:18-21–Things often feel right but are wrong!

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-“Love affair”-Assisted suicide-Fellowship in spite of sinful living

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• Paul was wrong but felt he was right, Acts 26:9• Zeal is not proof God approves, Jno. 16:2-3; Rom. 10:1-2• Feelings deceive us when we love pleasure more than

truth, 2 Ths. 2:9-12

• Jesus in Gethsemane, Hebrews 5:7-8; Matthew 26:36-39, 42; Luke 22:43-44

• “Your will be done!” Hebrews 5:9; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

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Emotions

Truth

2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16-17

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