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DoxologyDoxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise Him, all creatures here below;Praise Him, all creatures here below;Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—Amen.Amen.

Memory VerseMemory Verse

1 Tim 1:5, 1 Tim 1:5, “But the goal of our “But the goal of our

instruction is love from a pure instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience heart and a good conscience

and a sincere faith.”and a sincere faith.”

John 16:6John 16:6

Emotional Revolt of the Emotional Revolt of the Soul.Soul.

John 16:5, John 16:5, “But now I (“But now I (JesusJesus) am going ) am going to Him (to Him (God the FatherGod the Father) who ) who sent Me, and yet not one of sent Me, and yet not one of you (you (the disciplesthe disciples) asks Me, ) asks Me,

‘Where are you going?’”‘Where are you going?’”

John 16:6,John 16:6,“But because I have said “But because I have said ((taughttaught) to you all these ) to you all these

things, sorrow (things, sorrow (inwardinward stressstress) ) has completely filled your has completely filled your

heart (heart (right lobe of the soulright lobe of the soul).”).”

The Doctrine of The Doctrine of Emotional Revolt Emotional Revolt

of the Soul. of the Soul.

A. Introduction - Emotions:A. Introduction - Emotions:

1. Emotions were designed 1. Emotions were designed by God for good.by God for good.

2. Bad emotion began at the 2. Bad emotion began at the original sin, Gen 3:6, and original sin, Gen 3:6, and has continued throughout has continued throughout

human history. After the fall human history. After the fall it came in the form of it came in the form of

tremendous guilt, Gen 3:10.tremendous guilt, Gen 3:10.

3. As a system of response 3. As a system of response and feeling, emotion does and feeling, emotion does not contain: Thought; The not contain: Thought; The ability to reason; Common ability to reason; Common

sense; Vocabulary; sense; Vocabulary; Doctrinal content. Doctrinal content.

4. The heart contains all 4. The heart contains all thought and standards. The thought and standards. The emotion contains nothing. emotion contains nothing.

KOILIA, “the belly or womb” KOILIA, “the belly or womb” (Rom 16:18; Phil 3:19 - (Rom 16:18; Phil 3:19 -

appetite), something that is appetite), something that is empty or hollow. empty or hollow.

5. The emotions are the 5. The emotions are the appreciator of the soul. By appreciator of the soul. By

function, the emotions respond function, the emotions respond to the heart. Emotion is strictly to the heart. Emotion is strictly

a responder. It contains a responder. It contains feelings. feelings.

6. Negative response to the 6. Negative response to the heart produces the spectrum of heart produces the spectrum of misery: (mental attitude sins misery: (mental attitude sins piling up in your soul, revolt piling up in your soul, revolt of the emotions, psychosis, of the emotions, psychosis,

and instability of wide and instability of wide emotional swings), …emotional swings), …

… … because the emotions because the emotions take over control, become take over control, become the aggressor, and dictate the aggressor, and dictate

to the right lobe. to the right lobe.

a. This cuts off doctrine from a. This cuts off doctrine from circulating in your soul with circulating in your soul with

mental attitude sins and mental attitude sins and emotions controlling every emotions controlling every

area of the soul: (self-area of the soul: (self-consciousness, mentality, consciousness, mentality,

volition, conscience). volition, conscience).

b. As a result of emotional b. As a result of emotional overload there is the overload there is the

spectrum of misery in your spectrum of misery in your soul: mental attitude sins, soul: mental attitude sins, lust patterns, and human lust patterns, and human

good.good.

c. Since the emotions of the c. Since the emotions of the soul were never designed to soul were never designed to

dominate the soul, wide dominate the soul, wide emotional swings demonstrate emotional swings demonstrate

the inability of emotion to the inability of emotion to dominate!dominate!

7. The believer must 7. The believer must distinguish between normal distinguish between normal

function of emotion as a good function of emotion as a good responder to the values of life responder to the values of life

and the sinful function of and the sinful function of emotion as a reaction to life. emotion as a reaction to life.

8. As a responder emotion 8. As a responder emotion enhances appreciation for enhances appreciation for

what is noble and what is noble and honorable in life.honorable in life.

But as a reactor produces But as a reactor produces sin, dead works, evil, the sin, dead works, evil, the emotional revolt of the emotional revolt of the

soul.soul.

9. The disciples demonstrated 9. The disciples demonstrated bad emotion by having bad emotion by having

sorrow in their hearts caused sorrow in their hearts caused by fear, worry and anxiety by fear, worry and anxiety due to preoccupation with due to preoccupation with

self.self.

A good emotional response A good emotional response would have been joy at the would have been joy at the

prospect of suffering as prospect of suffering as Christ suffered, and ….. Christ suffered, and ….. John 15:20; Rom 8:17; John 15:20; Rom 8:17; Phil 1:29: 2 Tim 3:12Phil 1:29: 2 Tim 3:12

… … encouraging Jesus in His encouraging Jesus in His final hours as His friends final hours as His friends

rather than leaving Him alone rather than leaving Him alone to pray and suffer. Compare to pray and suffer. Compare with Mat 26:31, 40-45; Mark with Mat 26:31, 40-45; Mark 14:27; 37-41; Luke 22:45-46.14:27; 37-41; Luke 22:45-46.

B. Emotional Revolt B. Emotional Revolt of the Soul.of the Soul.

B. Emotional Revolt B. Emotional Revolt of the Soul.of the Soul.

1. Emotion can be a 1. Emotion can be a hindrance to the plan of God hindrance to the plan of God

and a distraction to the and a distraction to the perception of doctrine. perception of doctrine.

2 Cor 6:11-122 Cor 6:11-12

““Affections” = SPLAGCHON Affections” = SPLAGCHON - inward parts, (heart, liver, - inward parts, (heart, liver, lungs, etc.). Like KOILIA is lungs, etc.). Like KOILIA is used for “the emotions”. See used for “the emotions”. See

use for good emotion in 2 Cor use for good emotion in 2 Cor 7:15; Phil 1:8; 2:1; Col 3:12. 7:15; Phil 1:8; 2:1; Col 3:12.

2. When people allow their 2. When people allow their emotions to rule their lives emotions to rule their lives

they are like intestines they are like intestines filled with waste.filled with waste.

Rom 16:17-18Rom 16:17-18

3. The emotional revolt, 3. The emotional revolt, backed by the OSN causes backed by the OSN causes

emotion to become the emotion to become the aggressor instead of the aggressor instead of the

responder. responder.

This causes emotion to This causes emotion to become the criterion rather become the criterion rather

than God’s Word in the than God’s Word in the heart of your soul.heart of your soul.

4. Therefore, emotional 4. Therefore, emotional revolution against the revolution against the

establishment of the soul establishment of the soul causes the total failure or causes the total failure or malfunction of the GAP. malfunction of the GAP.

5. Instead of responding to 5. Instead of responding to doctrine in the soul, emotion doctrine in the soul, emotion takes command of the soul takes command of the soul

with the result that all with the result that all capacity, love, and happiness capacity, love, and happiness

is gone.is gone.

a. Instead of responding to a. Instead of responding to doctrine, emotion responds to doctrine, emotion responds to

mental attitude sins, mental attitude sins, approbation and power lust, approbation and power lust, and human good; cutting off and human good; cutting off any doctrine in the right lobe.any doctrine in the right lobe.

b. Once emotion revolts b. Once emotion revolts against the heart, it loses against the heart, it loses all capacity for life and all capacity for life and

comes under the influence comes under the influence and domination of the and domination of the

OSN. OSN.

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Emotional Revolt of the SoulEmotional Revolt of the SoulUpper Room Discourse, Part 474Upper Room Discourse, Part 474

      John 16:6; Rom 8:28 John 16:6; Rom 8:28 

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