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We’ve all experienced the consequences and the effects of human anger. We have all been angry at times in our own lives, and we’ve had people who were angry at us. Anger is real, and the ultimate source of it is God himself whose anger is always and everywhere just and justified.
There are times when it is appropriate and required that we be angry. In fact, the Bible tells us in Ephesians 4:26 to BE ANGRY (and do not sin). There are things that go on in the world, school, government and church that ought to make us angry. When the truth of God is maligned and distorted, we should be angry about that. Throughout the gospel, it is very clear that Jesus was angry at times, particularly when the worship of God was being corrupted. Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers and took whips to clean out the temple when his father’s house was defiled. On another occasion, Jesus manifested His anger by calling out the Pharisees who were ready to judge the man with the shrivelled hand for being healed on the Sabbath.
Unlike Jesus, our anger is often unrighteous, but I don’t think that hiding or bottling up anger is any helpful. Anger ought to be dealt with swiftly before it leads one astray to other problem whereby friendships, relationships and one’s own health suffers. Anger becomes sinful when allowed to fester and simmer. When I find myself angry, I’m learning to make it a habit to take it to the Lord in prayer. I find myself pleading with the Lord to help me with the pain underneath my anger and help me to forgive anyone I’m angry towards especially before the end of that day (so as not to let the sun go down on my anger). I think there is much truth in the saying that when emotions go up, logic goes down. I think it is wise NOT to make certain decisions when angry, depressed, extremely happy, etc.
From my blog: ANGER!
There are times when it is appropriate and required that we be angry. In fact, the Bible tells us in Ephesians 4:26 to BE ANGRY (and do not sin). There are things that go on in the world, school, government and church that ought to make us angry. When the truth of God is maligned and distorted, we should be angry about that. Throughout the gospel, it is very clear that Jesus was angry at times, particularly when the worship of God was being corrupted. Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers and took whips to clean out the temple when his father’s house was defiled. On another occasion, Jesus manifested His anger by calling out the Pharisees who were ready to judge the man with the shrivelled hand for being healed on the Sabbath.
Unlike Jesus, our anger is often unrighteous, but I don’t think that hiding or bottling up anger is any helpful. Anger ought to be dealt with swiftly before it leads one astray to other problem whereby friendships, relationships and one’s own health suffers. Anger becomes sinful when allowed to fester and simmer. When I find myself angry, I’m learning to make it a habit to take it to the Lord in prayer. I find myself pleading with the Lord to help me with the pain underneath my anger and help me to forgive anyone I’m angry towards especially before the end of that day (so as not to let the sun go down on my anger). I think there is much truth in the saying that when emotions go up, logic goes down. I think it is wise NOT to make certain decisions when angry, depressed, extremely happy, etc.
From my blog: ANGER!
