Anger gone wrong.

The wrath of God.

Eph 4:26  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath

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Psa_78:31  The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

Joh_3:36  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Rom_1:18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness

Eph_5:6  Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Col_3:6  For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience

Rev_14:10  The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb

Rev_14:19  And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

Rev_15:1  And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

Rev_15:7  And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

Rev_16:1  And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.

Psa 69:24  Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

Psa 76:7  Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

Psa 90:11  Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 

Nah 1:6  Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 

Rom 2:5  But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 

Rom 2:6  Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 

Rom 2:7  To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life

Heb 10:31  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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Why do we ignore the wrath of God, we pretend it shouldn't exist and if it does it is something grossly wrong for a loving God to have. Any parent can comprehend love and anger. Anyone in love with another can comprehend love and anger. We can love and experience anger.

Anger goes wrong when it is abused.

Eph 4:26  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath

Anger is not something we are to hang on to and nurture, feed, allowing it to grow.  Anger is not supposed to be used to commit sin in any way. Anger should be a righteous anger, not unrighteous.  Unrighteous anger is an anger created by selfishness, selfish motives.

We serve self with a lot of our anger. Think about when you get angry. Let's take road rage for an example. A lot of road rage is created by us because we are in a hurry to get somewhere and we lash out at the drivers around us seemingly driving inadequately- unlike we, ourselves and our driving. Even when a person cuts us off, there is a possibility that it wasn't intentional. I know I've personally made some bad decisions while driving that have caused people to probably curse me out big time.  They were bad decision made in a split moment, they were mistakes. If I can make mistakes others can too yet where is my forgiveness for them? Instead my instant rage is ignited. Sure this is just one example and it may not even apply to the majority of any who are reading this.

There are a lot of situations that involve selfish anger.

Remember this--

Mat 5:38  Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 

Mat 5:39  But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 

Mat 5:40  And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 

Mat 5:41  And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 

Mat 5:42  Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 

When we get filled with anger for those who wrong us- truly wrong us- it is a selfish anger if we do not get over it very quickly, giving it to God and seeking to follow His will.

Notice I said- wrong if we don’t get over it quickly.  The anger comes, it's what we do with the anger that once it hits us that matters.

By the grace of our LORD, may we study this still more tomorrow. All by HIS WILL.

In the name of our SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST now and forever!