RESOLVING INNER CONFLICTS

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RESOLVING INNER CONFLICTS

• Gods solution to destructive, contradictory
  behaviour

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The destructive, two-way spiral of inner
hurt and outer harm
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Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard
for you to resist what your heart tells you
is true. Acts 2614

• Oxen that refused to move were prodded with a
  sharp rod. When sinners resist the truth God
  prods their conscience. They react by hurting
  others, without really knowing why.
• An encounter with the Lord surfaces the deep
  conviction that is the root cause of harmful
  attitudes and actions.

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• Does everyone have a Damascus Road
  conversion see the Light and end up
  down on their face in the dust?
• The dramatic power experienced in a
  Moment of Truth is often proportional
  to the resistance a person has exhibited.
• The spiral of destructive behaviour
  must end where it first began at
  the original point
  of resistance.
• In Sauls case, this was Stephens
  witness and martyrdom.
  (Acts 754-60 91-3)

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• Theres nothing like the face of an angel
  to stir up the heart of a devil! (Acts
  615)
• No one makes you angrier than a person who
  tells you the truth about yourself.
  (Acts 751-54)
• Nothing makes you more dangerous than hearing
  that you were wrong all along! (Acts
  755-58)
• Because of Stephens witness Saul
  would later become the Apostle Paul,
  but between Conviction and Conversion
  he would hurt himself and others.

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• I was a slanderer, a persecutor, a violent man,
  but I obtained mercy, because I
  acted ignorantly, in unbelief.
• (1 Timothy 113 John 162)
• Are you aware of what you are doing?
  Conversion to Christ will resolve
  your inner contradictions.
• Jesus Christ can stop that destructive
  spiral and resolve your inner conflict.