Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Tuesday, March 1,

Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

Memory Verse 1 Tim 1:5, “But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.”

John 16:5, “But now I (Jesus) am going to Him (God the Father) who sent Me, and yet not one of you (the disciples) asks Me, ‘Where are you going?’”

John 16:6, “But because I have said (taught) to you all these things, sorrow (inward stress) has completely filled your heart (right lobe of the soul).”

The Doctrine of Emotional Revolt of the Soul.

C. Stage Four of Reversionism is Emotional Revolt of the Soul. (E.R.S.)

Eight Stages of Reversionism

a. Reaction and distraction. b. The frantic search for happiness. c. Operation boomerang. d. Emotional revolt of the soul. e. Locked in negative volition. f. Blackout of the soul. g. Scar tissue of the soul. h. Reverse process reversionism.

5. E.R.S. includes what psychology calls hysteria and other emotional problems. It is composed of several factors.

a. A predominance of emotional sins in the life of the believer. The sin nature dominates the soul and stress pours into the soul through emotional sins.

b. The deficiency of doctrine in the heart, (spiritual strength), causes mental disorders, emotional disorders, and personality dysfunctions.

c. The combination of emotional sins and unbearable stress in the soul produces, (is the trigger for), dissociation.

d. Through E.R.S. the believer’s emotions become dominant to the point of irrationality.

e. Through E.R.S. the personality of the believer undergoes two detrimental changes, both of which are personality disorders:

Personality dysfunction and Multiple personality disorder.

The Hebrew noun SHIGGAON, Zech 12:4; Deut 28:28, and the verb SHAGA, Deut 28:39; 1 Sam 21:14-15; 2 Kings 9:11; Jer 29:26; Hosea 9:7, mean insanity or to be insane, in the context of bel’s.

The Greek has three words: DIPSUCHOS, James 1:8; 4:8, (double minded); HUPERPHRONEO, Rom 12:3, (think more highly); TALAIPOROS, Rom 7:24, (distressed or wretched).

D. Emotional Revolt of the Soul is characterized by various personality disorders.

1. These disorders are a warning sign to believers that they are about to become psychotic and need to rebound and get back under the inculcation of Bible doctrine.

2. Whatever habits you developed from personality disorders, these become intensified and become characteristics of your psychotic or neurotic problem.

3. E.R.S. Personality Disorders include: Antisocial, Histrionic, Narcissistic, and Passive- aggressive personality disorders.

They are defined as, “An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it”. (American Psychiatric Association)

P.D.s are inflexible and pervasive across many situations, perceived to be appropriate by that individual.

The believer adopts maladaptive coping skills, which may lead to personal problems that induce extreme anxiety, distress and depression.

They cause serious personal and social difficulties, as well as a general functional impairment.

Rigid and ongoing patterns of feeling, thinking and behavior are caused by belief systems referred to as fixed fantasies or “dysfunctional schemata”.

a. Antisocial Personality Disorder, (APD), is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation manipulation, or exploitation of the rights of others.

It includes: 1) Irresponsible and antisocial behavior, including: lying, stealing, vandalism, cruelty to animals, and cruelty to people.

2) Criminal activity. 3) Inability to be consistent academically or consistently hold a job.

4) Irritable and aggressive activity in which one feels justified in having hurt, maltreated, or stolen from others.

b. Histrionic Personality Disorder. (HPD), is a condition in which people act in a very emotional and dramatic way that draws attention to themselves.

Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Tape # Emotional Revolt of the Soul Emotions and the Sin Nature Upper Room Discourse, Part 477 John 16:6; Gen 1:26-27; 3:6-10; Rom 16:17-20; Phil 3:15-21 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2011