Tim Maas Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

In the cited passage, Paul is quoting from Psalm 4:4.

Since the Bible (in both the Old and New Testaments) attributes anger to God (as in Psalm 7:11), as well as to Christ in His incarnation (as in John 2:13-16), the emotion is not sinful in and of itself. Its sinfulness is contingent upon its motive or result. I would say that it becomes sin 

1) when it contributes or leads to an action that is itself a sin; 

2) when it contributes or leads to an action that is committed with a sinful purpose (even if the action is not itself a sin), or 

3) when (in contrast to the guidance given by Paul in the Ephesians 4:26) it is unnecessarily prolonged and harbored by willful decision rather than expeditiously resolved, either through reconciliation/forgiveness or putting the matter in question into God's hands for resolution.

August 25 2021 • 0 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report

Jack Gutknecht ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

James 1:19-20 says, “But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.” Compare this with:

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“Don’t be one who is quick to quarrel, for an argument is hard to stop, and you never know how it will end, so don’t even start down that road!” (Pr 17:14).

So, if you are not slow to anger, that is, if you get angry really fast, it’s sinful. Love is both patient and not provoked (I Corinthians 13:4-5). If you get provoked too easily, it’s sinful. If you are impatient a lot, and it leads to throwing things, slamming doors, giving someone "the silent treatment," or acts of violence, it is sinful.

August 26 2021 • 0 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report