The anger comes, it's what we do with the
anger once it hits us that matters.
Eph_4:26 Be ye
angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath
Do we use our anger
to get revenge, retaliating against those who wrong us? No.
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.
Our anger can be
destructive if we use it to hurt anyone. Seriously, if our anger causes us to
lash out physically or verbally wounding others we are sinning against them. So
what are we to do with our anger?
Mar 3:1 And he
entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a
withered hand.
Mar 3:2 And
they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might
accuse him.
Mar 3:3 And he
saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
Mar 3:4 And he
saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to
save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Mar 3:5 And
when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the
hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And
he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Mar 3:6 And
the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians
against him, how they might destroy him.
Jesus looked around
at those in the synagogue just waiting to accuse Him of breaking the
sabbath. Jesus grew angry because their
hearts were hard. Those in charge in the synagogue didn't have any compassion
on the deformed man, none. There was NO love in them, none! What did Jesus do
with His anger? He healed the man, doing GOOD on the Sabbath, saving a life. He
didn't let the anger He had for those tempting Him to sin, distorting the truth
of the Sabbath to fit their needs, interfere with His doing good.
Did Jesus use His
anger? He was angry but He didn't turn on the leaders of the synagogue and yell
them, He didn't abuse them in any way.
Our anger often gets away from us and we use it to sin. We sin against God, or our fellow man, or both and this is something Jesus would NEVER do.
Our anger often gets away from us and we use it to sin. We sin against God, or our fellow man, or both and this is something Jesus would NEVER do.
We can get angry, we
WILL get angry, but we can't allow that anger to lead us into sin- all by the
GRACE and MERCY of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
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