'Do not sin in your anger,' or so Paul instructs in his letter to the Ephesians. Yet, I think that I have treated anger as if it is a lesser sin. I mean, it's not one of the sexual sins preachers speak against. The church doesn't ostricize people because they are prone to sinning in their anger. Furthermore, anger doesn't even make the Ten Commandments.
Yet Jesus doesn't treat it lightly. He speaks against anger, linking it with the sixth commandent against murder. Paul too speaks against sinful anger in so many of his letters, linking it alongside sexual sin and others. James, the brother of Jesus, warns against anger in his NT letter too.
I often cycle through the Proverbs, reading a chapter according to the day of the month. In doing so, I am constantly reminded how foolish anger is!
How great a character flaw is my flesh's penchant toward anger? How many hats does anger don in my life? How much time do I waste stewing in sinful anger?
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We all have our stumbling blocks and our stronghold don't we?
Fortunately (for me) anger is not one that gets me too bad. Slothfullness and pride...those get a hold on me and don't want to let go.
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