Fail Club || Absalom
– HIS Root Mistake: Bitterness that led to resentment and a critical rebellious spirit.
– Resentment Is Born in Legitimate Pain
– Resentment Becomes a Lens
– Resentment doesn’t just remember the offense—it interprets everything else through it.
– Absalom story shows us that Resentment starts on the inside, but seldom stays on the inside.
– Inward Resentment leads to outwards criticism
– We are slow to process pain- not feel, respond, react, but process in a healthy, god honoring way
– We are quick to move into judgment
– We are tempted to equate criticism with clarity
– We often become the very thing we resent.
– Name the Wound Before It Names You
– Bring Grievances to God Before Broadcasting Them to Others
– Practice Slow Speech When You Feel Most Certain
– Submit Your Sense of Justice to God’s Timing
– Replace Criticism With Intercession – You cannot pray for someone deeply and resent them simultaneously.
– Stay Spiritually Submitted Even When Emotionally Hurt
– Ask This Diagnostic Question Regularly
– Absalom vs. Christ – A Tale of Two Sons
1. Both Were Sons of the King
2. Both Were Wronged
3. Absalom Nursed Resentment, Christ Absorbed Suffering
4. Absalom Took Justice Into His Own Hands, Christ entrusted justice to the Father
5. Absalom Stole Hearts Through Charm, Christ won hearts thorugh truth and sacrifice.
6. Absalom Exalted Himself, Christ refused self-exaltation.
7. Absalom Died Because of His Pride, Christ was lisfted up to save others.