Bible Lab
Dorothy Decker
“Thus saith the Lord” Romans 4:3... on ANGER
(this is not the living end -- do your own spiritual dig)
Maybe you need to get anger out = it’s OK
Then go on to your next emotion
LOVE hope Faith Worship Praise Ministry etc.
Ephesians 4 - God shows us how to handle our Christian lives, with His help... how to live it, speak it, walk it, talk it, how to handle conflict, deal with it. God also teaches us about UNITY in the body of christ, our function, gifts, being equipped, reconciliation and being bonded and knit together in love. god also warns us about the dangers of ‘no emotional feelings’, affectional disorder and emotions ‘nil’ like the heathen - He says that they are dead to all feeling and have abandoned themselves to vice. He tells us about the sins of lying and falsehood, anger, stealing, bad language, greed, unkindness, unforgiveness, lust, indecency and licentious behavior. He exhorts us to be like Jesus Christ and to live up to our calling. (A good book to read over and over again from several versions - especially chapter 4)
Scriptures on anger : Jas. 1:20, Prov. 16:32, Mt. 5:21-26, Prov. 15:1, Eph. 4:26,31,
I Sam. 15:12, Prov. 22:24, 29:22, Prov. 27: 4-6, Gen. 4:1-16, Eccl. 7:9, Prov. 15:8, (slow to anger - but His anger will be kindled in that day... The day of the wrath of the Lord.) Ps. 103:8, Ps. 145:8, Neh. 9:17, Nah. 1:3, Zeph. 2:2,3, Jer. 4:8, 25:37, 30:24, 51:45, Jonah 4:1,4,9, Tit. 1:7
Ephesians 4: 15, 25 ‘Speak the truth in love’... but at all costs, speak truth to each other... v. 26 ‘if you are angry, do not let anger lead you into sin; do not let sunset find you still nursing it. leave no loop-hole for the devil’ . So if we are repressing anger and not expressing it, we are guilty of falsehood. We need to say - confess, ‘I am angry’. We need to know that anger is sin. Sin needs to be confessed to God and to others sinned against. If we are holding on to it and sinning in our spirits, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.... Rather, do this : Do it God’s way, turn anger into a responsible act, use your will to express it correctly - be slow to anger - learn how to deal with it, express it and even how to ‘get it out’... Then learn how to make peace, settle things quickly, reconcile, forgive, give it to the Lord... and to take His forgiveness
I John 1:9.
We do not have to be afraid of truth. Growing and changing isGod’s order. Praise God that Jesus changes not - He is the same yesterday, today and forever, He compels us to forced growth at times. To be angry is human-- to not follow through God’s way is unspiritual - II Cor, 7:9-11
Anger unexpressed goes back into feelings of depression (sin). Hidden anger has side effects that are extremely corrosive to one’s health and to fruitful relationships. Denial of this emotion may cause this sin to dominate us., We must deal honestly with the feeling of anger. As God forgives and cleanses us we can subordinate this emotion to the authority and obedience of our Lord Jesus Christ. II Cor. 10: 4-5. We will be supernaturally helped in our time of temptation, God is faithful. I Cor. 10:13. While we are crying ‘ guilty’, God is saying’ forgiven’. Loss of temper gives opportunity for repentance and repair. No dilemma, no deliverance.... no confrontation - no healing or forgiveness.
Results of doing it God’s way : God brings beauty out of ashes, allows us to experience forgiveness of sins, involves loving friends to help us, compels us to grown and change and to use the explosive emotions, redirected for energy to serve the Lord Jesus... so-- speak the truth under pressure - at any cost and as soon as possible.
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