Title: God Gets Angry
Memorize: For His anger is but for a moment, his favor is for life Psalm 30:5 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 3:11-14 (Nkjv)
[11] Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
[12] In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
[13] For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.
[14] And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”
Message:
Today, I want to establish that even though God is love, He can be provoked to anger and punish those who offend Him.
A good example is found in today’s Bible reading, where Eli’s sons, Hophni and Phinehas, offended God.
God had waited patiently for them to repent but when He saw that they constantly reproached Him through their actions, He brought His judgment upon them.
Beloved, you must understand that even though we serve a loving God, He is also a Consuming Fire.
A Yoruba adage says, “The same teeth a dog uses to play with its puppy is the same teeth it uses to bite the puppy when it does wrong.”
In the same vein, God will not fail to chastise His children when they go wrong.
My dear child, God loves you, but He will get angry when you take His mercy for granted and start misbehaving.
Today’s memory verse says that His anger is for a moment, which means that when a fellow genuinely stops sinning, God’s anger will stop, and He will relate with the fellow as if he or she never sinned.
Key Point:
Do not take God’s love for granted; He is also a Consuming Fire.
OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 29 NOVEMBER 2025 HYMN 60: MOST ANCIENT OF ALL MYSTERIES
1 Most ancient of all mysteries,
Before Thy throne we lie;
Have mercy now, most merciful,
Most holy Trinity.
2 When heav’n and earth were yet unmade,
When time was yet unknown,
Thou in Thy bliss and majesty
Didst live and love alone.
3 Thou wert not born; there was no fount
From which Thy Being flowed;
There is no end which Thou canst reach;
But Thou art simply God.
4 How wonderful creation is,
The work which Thou didst bless,
And O what then must Thou be like,
Eternal loveliness!
5 O listen then, most pitiful,
To Thy poor creature’s heart:
It blesses Thee that Thou art God,
That Thou art what Thou art.
6 Most ancient of all mysteries,
Still at thy throne we lie;
Have mercy now, most merciful,
Most holy Trinity.
Bible Reading: Isaiah 51:1-53:12, Ephesians 5:1-33
Authors: Pastor E. A. Adeboye and Pastor Folu Adeboye