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The bible tells us that Nazareth became offended at Jesus wisdom and teachings. So GOD began to speak to me (and maybe you) about the "OFFENDED MIND". What emotions do the spirit of offense bring:
1. the spirit of offense brings a "CLOSED MIND", when a person begins to shut down on listening and receiving. They no longer want to hear any thing you have to say. The dialogue has ended when people get offended. Proverbs says that a 'fool' despises wisdom and knowledge. Talking to someone who has shut down is like teaching a rock to walk. A closed mind means that nothing can get in. IGNORING YOU AND IGNORING GOD becomes the attitude of a closed mind. When a person ignores GOD they refuse to hear the spirit man, they have overpowered the willingness of their spirit. GOD has a response to those that ignore HIS WISDOM....Proverbs 1:26...so when you get in trouble. I will laugh at you when terror strikes when it comes on you like a storm bringing the fierce winds of trouble and you are in pain and misery. Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer (I will ignore your pleas for help even as yo have ignored my (Wisdom) cries to teach you the knowledge of the LORD.

Prayer: God forgive me for turning from wisdom and knowledge, knowing that you had to ignore me for my correction. Thank you for the blood of JESUS that restored me.

Chapter 2 of Proverbs verses 9 begins to contrast with a open mind and a listening spirit the opening the soul and guides the actions of the carnal being. Obediently desiring to listen and follow GOD. This is what Proverbs says: "if you listen to me, you will know what is right and just and fair, You will know what you should do. You will become wise and your knowledge will give you pleasure your insight and understanding will protect you and understanding will protect you from doing what is wrong. They will keep you away from people who stir up trouble by what they say.; those who have abandoned a righteous life to live in the darkness of sin those who find pleasure in doing wrong and who enjoy senseless evil, unreliable people who you cannot trusted."

2. This offended mind can be a violent mind. Acted out it not only despises your words it (the offended mind) begins to loathe your spirits hunger for the wisdom of GOD and the authority of that wisdom to rule your life. The carnal mind despises the spirits attempt to control and guide the soul. It begins to fight back. It is not wanting to heat the wisdom of GOD that the carnal mind turns violent and seeks to silence the wisdom. THEY WANT JESUS TO BE SUBDUED. In the spiritual language we use the term QUENCH the spirit to mean to stop or stifle it, also like throwing water on the fire. In fact, they seek carnal solutions for their spiritual deafness. Just like the carnal likes to fight the spiritual, the people wanted to lay hands on JESUS but HIS hour had not yet come. Not only do they slam it against opportunity. Not allowing WISDOM to come in means not allowing success to get out.
a. the rejection of the moral and the divine law
b.They didn't want their wrong to be exposed
c. Truth Hurts, causes injury, makes uncomfortable
d. to cause dislike, anger, or vexation
e. to make obsolete is to cause another to sin and fall

Transgression begins with a statue a code, a law the is violated---people can not say that they di not understand the expectation of GOD. When a moral standard is brought to the people they had a habit of demoralizing the messenger and attacking them physically.
 let's take a closer look at the word Offended:

OFFEND, OUTRAGE, AFFRONT, INSULT mean to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment. OFFEND need not imply an intentional hurting but it may indicate merely a violation of the victim's sense of what is proper or fitting.  hoped that my remarks had not offended her  OUTRAGE implies offending beyond endurance and calling forth extreme feelings.  outraged by their accusations AFFRONT implies treating with deliberate rudeness or contemptuous indifference to courtesy.  deeply affronted by his callousness  INSULT suggests deliberately causing humiliation, hurt pride, or shame.  insulted every guest at the part