Hi Y'all -
I had this on my mind and figured I might as well put up my first blog post.
I read this morning about when David wanted to move the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem - I Chronicles 13. The first time he had them do it all wrong and a guy ended up getting killed by God when he tried to stop the Ark from falling (which wasn't supposed to be on an oxcart in the first place).
So not only did God get angry, but it also says that David got angry in verse 11: "David was angry because the LORD's anger had blazed out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means 'outbreak against Uzzah'). It is still called that today."
This all got me thinking about Ephesians 4:26: "'In your anger do not sin': Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry..."
What do you all think that looks like? I know I often feel guilty if I'm angry at someone because I'm pretty sure I'm doing it in a sinful way (aka hate). One thing that has often helped me is to realize that I don't have an obligation to be angry at someone. Also, sometimes I think you can be angry about something without being angry at the person doing the 'something'. Maybe this doesn't make much sense, but it seems to work in my head. Please comment with your thoughts.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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I've been thinking mulling this over a bit throughout the week but I'm still in the place of not having much to say about it. Other than it is difficult to distinguish between good anger and bad anger.
ReplyDeletePossibly good anger would be anger in response to someone breaking God's law or His perfect design for the way things should be.
Possibly bad anger would be anger that is connected to selfishness.
But I'm not convinced. It's just the best I can come up with after mulling a bit.
Josh and I discussed that the emotion of anger itself isn't a sin, but it depends some on why you are angry. And it's not meant to be a prolonged state. And if you do something sinful as a result of your anger - lash out at someone or feel sorry for yourself, then that's not good. (Both from Eph that you quoted)