Anger is a sin ...

[Tenebrae]

And anger CAN be good.

Some of the ways:

Anger can be a very useful emotion to help us to know when something wrong is happening to us, like when a personal boundary is being violated.

Anger can motivate us in a good way to take action and make necessary changes.

Anger can help us to understand ourselves, and perhaps even to change, if we will take time to analyze 'why' we are angry.

Uncontrolled anger can be horribly destructive, but anger that is understood and managed can prove to be very helpful.

Well said

 

[Messy]

Anger is not good for you young or old.

Anger can lead to fretting:




and Psalm 37 is as good wisdom.

Squelch it ... and be a better person.


Psalm 37 1-8
Don’t be upset because of evil people.
Don’t be jealous of those who do wrong,
2[bless and do not curse] because like the grass, they will soon dry up.
Like green plants, they will soon die away.

3[bless and do not curse] Trust the LORD and do good.
Live in the land and feed on truth.
4[bless and do not curse] Enjoy serving the LORD,
and he will give you what you want.
5[bless and do not curse] Depend on the LORD;
trust him, and he will take care of you.
6[bless and do not curse] Then your goodness will shine like the sun,
and your fairness like the noonday sun.

7[bless and do not curse] Wait and trust the LORD.
Don’t be upset when others get rich
or when someone else’s plans succeed.
8[bless and do not curse] Don’t get angry.
Don’t be upset; it only leads to trouble.

Uncontrolled anger isn't good. This kind of anger is good:
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten[a] Me up.”

Even hate can be good, if you hate evil and sin.

 

[ByTheSpirit]

This ^^^ is a good point. Being angry on behalf of the Church. When you see those trying to hurt the Church or deceive. You should be angry about that. When our hearts are truly in line with the Lord and we are Spirit led, then there will be times of genuine righteous anger.

I mean come on, even Paul said the Holy Spirit can be grieved.

 

[cyberlizard]

there is absolutely nothing wrong with being angry, except how you deal with it, as it is written, "in your anger do not sin".


Steve

 

[AbbaLove]

there is absolutely nothing wrong with being angry, except how you deal with it, as it is written, "in your anger do not sin".

Agreed! IMO and FWIW the angry and deceptive Palestinian leaders and Palestinian terrorists are sinning considerably more than any Israeli leaders and Israeli citizens that have just as much reason to be angry.

Even though Israel is willing to give up land for peace such a willingness on the part of America's leaders to encourage this could have serious repercussions to this country.

 

[Svt4Him]

Anger is not a neutral emotion, it is either good or bad- it is an emotional response to a perceived or actual injustice. How you respond in anger is what makes it a potential sin.

 

[geetrue]

Anger is not a neutral emotion, it is either good or bad- it is an emotional response to a perceived or actual injustice. How you respond in anger is what makes it a potential sin.

True ... if you respond to an angry attack with anger then that is definitely a sin.

If anger is a sin for non-Christians then surely it must be a sin for Christ followers.

Love one another, forgive one another and hold no grudges against one another this is the true doctrine of God.

Anger is okay for God, because he is God and God can not sin, but we have to stay in peace.


Romans 12:19

My friends, do not try to punish others when they wrong you, but wait for God to punish them with his anger.

It is written: “I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them,” says the Lord.

 

[~RENEE~]

Anger is a normal healthy emotion. Jesus got angry

It is what we choose to do with our anger that may or may not be sinning.

 

[ShouldaWouldaCoulda]

Jesus sinned then and we are doomed and lost

True. When Jesus became angry in the temple and went after the money changers with a whip, he sinned. According to the OP.

 

[Andrea411]

Anger is a normal healthy emotion. Jesus got angry

It is what we choose to do with our anger that may or may not be sinning.

exactly... we are not responsible for our emotions mad, glad, sad or scared... we are responsible for how we express those emotions. Emotions just are...

 

[Svt4Him]

Oh, old thread...just ignore.

 

[Hishandmaiden]

I believe anger is not a sin. It is all right to be angry.
It is only when we do something else in addition to anger that we sin.
God was angry with His people many times in the OT and yet He did not sin. For God does not sin, or He will not be the just judge that He is.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

anger is a constructive force, it just takes a lot of self control to utilize it as such .