Dealing with an angry heart. It's the will that matters

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dealing with an angry heart
By recognizing what causes you to get angry, you can grow in grace and prevent future outbursts of unrighteous anger. We all need one another. I need you, and you need me in our local churches. So, let’s keep the lines of communication open, share openly and honestly with one another and aim to grow together in grace in community with one another.

Righteous Anger
Righteous anger is expressed when we are confronted with sins such as in cases of child abuse, pornography, racism, homosexuality activity, sexual fornication, abortion, and more. The biblical Christ get angry at sin, even the sins of His disciples (Matthew 16:21; 23:1-26). Jesus is perfectly righteous, and holy and cannot endure the presence of transgression without responding in wrath because His anger is always righteous (Leviticus 10:1-3; Romans 1:18; 1 Peter 2:22-23).

James also gives us excellent instruction when it comes to righteous indignation (James 1:19-20).
The Apostle Peter echoes this advice, especially for those times when we face those antagonistic
toward God and the things of God in 1 Peter 3:14-17. Christians can also channel righteous anger into organizations that combat the influence of evil in society. Our outrage as Christians should lead to bringing others into a loving relationship with Christ.

Ungodly Anger
Anger can become sinful when motivated by pride (James 1:20) or allowed to linger (Ephesians 4:26-27), and is unproductive and distorts the purposes of God (1 Corinthians 10:31).

Ephesians 4:15-19 helps Christians understand they are to speak the truth in love to build one another up not use their speech to tear one another down (Romans 3:13-14). Anger becomes sin when it is allowed to boil over unconstrained resulting in hurt being multiplied and leaving destruction in its wake (Proverbs 29:11).

In cases of injustice, it’s essential to make room for the wrath of God when evil men abuse innocent people. Genesis 50:19 and Romans 12:19 tell us God is righteous, and just so we can trust Him who knows and sees all to act justly (Genesis 18:25).

Christians Are to Put Away Anger
Anger is the emotion most often associated with abuse which is why Paul tells Christians to put away anger (Ephesians 4:31). Ephesians 4:26 is not a contradiction but a recognition that anger even it is righteous often leads towards malicious thoughts about wanting to see offenders repent. Such anger gives root to bitterness that destroys the soul (Hebrews 12:15). Rather than viewing people as opponents, we should seek to imitate our Savior by restoring the repentant like Jesus. Jesus was hard on the Pharisees because of their heart hearts (Matthew 23) but was kind and gentle to the women caught in adultery (John 7:53-8:11).

One key to handle anger biblically is to return good for evil (Genesis 50:21; Romans 12:21). Instead of holding onto anger, pray for the person who angers you. The key is to convert your anger into love for others because of the grace of God. This is one key where we can change our feelings towards another by doing a loving deed. One example of this is praying for those who upset us and asking the Lord to change our hearts first and then to change the person who has hurt us.

Four Keys to Christian Communication
There are four keys that Ephesians 4:15 and Ephesians 4:25-32 highlights for us.

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