Anger is a secondary emotion caused by physical pain, emotional hurt, or by frustration.
Anger can give birth to sin if the primary emotion is not targeted and aborted responsibly, and if the secondary emotion of anger is not dealt with in a godly manner, sin is sure to be born.
"Do not let the sun go down on your anger" ... is a warning that anger left to bake will burn quickly in the oven, and a reaking oder of smoke and fire will soon hit someone in the face (whether by wild words, flying fists or airborn objects) !
If Anger were a sin, then you could translate this verse like this...
"In your anger, do not sin" = In your sin, do not sin. (That donut make sense to me. )
And if God can get angry, and anger is a sin, that would mean that God sins! I don't think so either...
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Spoiler for Some Good Rules for Christians:
Luke 10:27 (Love God Above All, And Your Neighbor as yourself) And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 7:12 (Do unto others)
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 5:43-48 (Pray for those that persecute you)
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Luke 6:27-29 (Love your enemies.)
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
Originally Posted by Saint Augustine
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If they find a Christian mistaken in a field which they themselves know well and hear him maintaining his foolish opinions about our books, how are they going to believe those books in matters concerning the resurrection of the dead, the hope of eternal life, and the kingdom of heaven, when they think their pages are full of falsehoods on facts which they themselves have learnt from experience and the light of reason? Reckless and incompetent expounders of holy Scripture bring untold trouble and sorrow on their wiser brethren when they are caught in one of their mischievous false opinions and are taken to task by those who are not bound by the authority of our sacred books.
Isaiah 8:12-13 (NIV) "Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread."
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no its not...because for peopel like me who hold things in all the time we should show our anger more..just like on the movie Anger Management
"Thier are 2 kinds of people...the ones who blow up all the time at anything and the ones who hold it in for a long time and end up shooting everyone"
I'm the kind of person who holds it in and ends up blowing up all at once
I agree, I am like that too.
Lately I have really struggled with anger. I have been very frustrated, have had friends do wierd stuff to me. Not quite turning their back on me, but just about!
My job is kind of stressful at times too. So that combined with the stuff that goes on in life kind of makes me a powder keg. I am not proud of that. Yesterday I was praying. Alright. Chill out. God don't let me blow up like I know I am capable of. Because truth be known, I can blow up pretty big and I hate it. I hate the way I act, I hate my anger, and I hate me for it.
And another thing is Jesus got angry. Remember when He was in the temple and He chased all the money changers out of the temple? This is holy anger, this is God's anger. God is righteous and He does nothing without reason. And in this case Jesus reacted in anger, but it was anger with a purpose, anger that was in God's will. This is extremely rare in our lives, most of the time when we are angry we are acting irrationally to a situation.
Lately I have really struggled with anger. I have been very frustrated, have had friends do wierd stuff to me. Not quite turning their back on me, but just about!
My job is kind of stressful at times too. So that combined with the stuff that goes on in life kind of makes me a powder keg. I am not proud of that. Yesterday I was praying. Alright. Chill out. God don't let me blow up like I know I am capable of. Because truth be known, I can blow up pretty big and I hate it. I hate the way I act, I hate my anger, and I hate me for it.
And another thing is Jesus got angry. Remember when He was in the temple and He chased all the money changers out of the temple? This is holy anger, this is God's anger. God is righteous and He does nothing without reason. And in this case Jesus reacted in anger, but it was anger with a purpose, anger that was in God's will. This is extremely rare in our lives, most of the time when we are angry we are acting irrationally to a situation.
At least that is what I think!
I'm right here with you Mea Culpa.
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As we can see, Jesus is holy, he never sinned...yet he was angry...BUT...he never harmed anyone or did anything that made him sin while angry...SO...anger in itself is not a sin, but what you do to get rid of that anger (E.G. killing, beating, swearing) is what the sin is.
Anger is a fact of life and it is impossible to completely control it. The Bible tells us, "In your anger, do not sin" and "be slow to anger". If anger swells in us, we should make a concerted effort to stop it. If something like 9/11 happens, that might not be possible and we are to not act in anger. Anger with action is most definitely a sin and should be avoided.
God bless you,
Dave
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1 Cor 4:6 Do not go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.
"Don't be a system disciple. Be a disciple of Christ. You might get to Heaven & realize your system was not His system."-Wiersbe
It isn’t ‘giving in to sin’ to disagree w/ love & kindness. ‘Giving in to sin’ is speaking w/o love & kindness.
Love is our mandate. Eph 4:32 2Tim 4:2 1Cor 13
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