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Matthew 5:22
“But
I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall
be in danger of the judgment.” Jesus
being God as well as Man (John 1:1-3,14) was, with the Father, the original
giver of the law. He had the revelation, the inspiration, the insight, the
authority, the right to expound and explain the real meaning of the law in
every detail. Hearing His declaration on anger, His hearers could say, “Never
man spake like this Man” (John 7:46). Christ condemns
anger, the evil, injurious, dangerous temper that precedes doing harm to
others. Anger, the inward hot displeasure, the internal heat of wrath,
indignation against our brother or neighbour was condemned by Christ, the final
Judge of all flesh.
Neither
the Jewish anger of the Israelites nor the jungle anger of the Gentiles is excusable or justifiable before God. “ But I say unto you, That whosoever
is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment.”
By our “brother” here, we are to
understand every man or woman, a servant or superior. Anger, here, is an
injurious, negative passion of the soul. Being “angry
without a cause” – anger without any provocation, anger
for no cause, anger for no good cause, anger for a groundless, unnecessary
thing –
is sinful. Anger without any good cause or purpose aimed at; anger, merely to
gratify a brutish passion, to hurt or harm another person, is sinful. To be
hardy and headstrong in anger, to be abusive and outrageous in anger as to use
words like “Raca”, or “fool”
–
expressions of contempt –
will expose us to the “danger of hell fire.” Do you find yourself
flaring into a raging temper when a person has done something to you? Seek the
face of God until you are free from such anger in order to be free from eternal
judgment.
“Be ye angry,
and sin not.” Our anger must be against sin, only
against sin; we must not be angry with the sinner. There should be no intention
to injure, hurt, retaliate or revenge. We are angry at sin, evil, injustice and
corruption but we are full of sorrow and prayerful mourning for the sinner.
“Ye that love the LORD, hate evil” (Psalm 97:10).
We hate evil, yet we do not desire the destruction of the evil-doer; we
desire his repentance as well as the protection of God’s people from his
corrupting influence. We should feel a sense of anger, a feeling of
displeasure, as we view sin, unrighteousness and everything that is evil. God
hates evil and so must we. God’s anger is displayed against sin in every form,
so must we display anger against sin wherever it is found and in whosoever it
is found. The holier we become, the more anger we shall feel against sin and
the more eager we shall be to see sinners saved, cleansed, transformed and
obedient to God’s Word!
Humbling message on anger! I pray that God will help me personally to be controlled by the holy spirit in situations that may stir up anger in me and soften me to be gentle and compassionate toward sinners! Amen. Please tune in to the bible study this week and be blessed! The message starts at 23:17.
Lord, I need thee EVERY minute and hour of the day; daily remind me of the nearness of your presence and help me to possess the gentleness of JESUS in stressful situations! Amen.
"I need thee every hour" - Fernando Ortega
Have a great day!
-Charity
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