"Be angry but do not sin" Ephesians 4:26 is subverted by being taken out of context, which in this instance is the broader context of scripture as a whole given that other passages on the subject of wrath are scattered throughout the Bible.
The implication taken from this verse read alone, and I have been told this by those subverting the verse in the very manner I am writing about here, is that anger is not sin.
This is usually untrue. The Sermon on the Mount is most clear
He who is angry at his brother is a murderer, and elsewhere it is written that the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God. Likewise is wrath listed as one of the fruits of the flesh.
Of course they are keen to subvert the scripture here in order to justify their own anger. But it is not an anger in love for it is not an anger for those who do evil such that they earnestly long for their reconciliation to God and their restoration, even though many will tell bare faced lies concerning their own motive here. For the anger of man requires vengeance first, while for the wrath of God, longsuffering, that is to say patient, anger is the last resort.
Indeed even when as an unbeliever I was under wrath of God the Holy Spirit himself reached down in love to save me one dark night almost exactly 38 years ago. This is not the anger of men
There is righteous anger but one must be spiritual to be righteously angry.
And the fruit of the Spirit I have never seen in any living person, Oh, I know some Christian who would count as commonly decent, but as Jesus said if you love those who love you, which is te basic meaning of the term common decency, there is no merit in it.
(I will return later to provide biblical references for the quotes made here)
The implication taken from this verse read alone, and I have been told this by those subverting the verse in the very manner I am writing about here, is that anger is not sin.
This is usually untrue. The Sermon on the Mount is most clear
He who is angry at his brother is a murderer, and elsewhere it is written that the anger of man does not work the righteousness of God. Likewise is wrath listed as one of the fruits of the flesh.
Of course they are keen to subvert the scripture here in order to justify their own anger. But it is not an anger in love for it is not an anger for those who do evil such that they earnestly long for their reconciliation to God and their restoration, even though many will tell bare faced lies concerning their own motive here. For the anger of man requires vengeance first, while for the wrath of God, longsuffering, that is to say patient, anger is the last resort.
Indeed even when as an unbeliever I was under wrath of God the Holy Spirit himself reached down in love to save me one dark night almost exactly 38 years ago. This is not the anger of men
There is righteous anger but one must be spiritual to be righteously angry.
And the fruit of the Spirit I have never seen in any living person, Oh, I know some Christian who would count as commonly decent, but as Jesus said if you love those who love you, which is te basic meaning of the term common decency, there is no merit in it.
(I will return later to provide biblical references for the quotes made here)
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