​​​When YOU Get Angry - It Reveals You.
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath” (Ephesians 4:26).  What does this even mean?


It's true:  when you are angered, you are putting yourself in danger and could lose all that really matters.  So, when you are angry, think before you speak. Your anger reveals you in a bad light.


​Many sins YOU committed or now committing are in the heat of anger. “An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression” (Pr. 29:22). “He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly” (Pr. 14:17). “A wrathful man stirreth up strife” (Pr. 15:18). To be angry, and sin not, means to not allow anger to control you or rather, don't let the cause of your anger to control you and to cause you to do something wrong such as to speak unseemly, to harm someone, or to take your own vengeance. “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord” (Rom. 12:19). David’s anger almost caused him to kill Nabal and his entire family (1 Sam. 25:13-39). The anger of Dinah’s brothers caused them to destroy and entire town (Ge. 34:7-31). Jacob cursed this anger (Gen. 49:6-7). Moses’ anger at Israel caused him to disobey God by striking the rock (Nu. 20:10-13).


When you tolerate your anger, you give place to devil to do his deceptive work in your mind (Eph. 4:27). And the deceptiveness of your own heart is a danger that inflicts you with resentment and self-exaltation.  This explains why you are easily provoked by a false justification to think highly of yourself - Rom. 12:3.​​

  • YOUR ANGER IS A WARNING FLAG.​

1) Be honest and speak TRUTH IN LOVE (Ephesians 4:15, 25). Or else, you only glorify yourself.  And that's when you hurt yourself most deeply and possibly irreversibly.  

2) Stay current (Ephesians 4:26-27). You must not tolerate what is bothering you to build you up against being humble. It is important to deal with what is bothering you before it reaches critical mass. Fact:  You should be angry with yourself for allowing an offense from another to anger you. "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them' Psalms 119:165.

3) Attack the problem, not the person (Ephesians 4:29, 31). Along this line, we must remember the importance of keeping the volume of our voices low (Proverbs 15:1). DON'T BECOME THE PROBLEM.

4) Act over reacting (Ephesians 4:31-32). Because of Your fallen nature, your first impulse is often a sinful one (v. 31). The time spent in thinking before you speak should be exercised to reflect upon the godly way to respond (v. 32). See Prov. 15:28.

At times you can subject your anger preemptively to the mind of Christ. You are taught to be discerning (1 Corinthians 2:15-16; Matthew 10:16). Sometimes your anger leads you to recognize that certain people are intentionally offensive. You can still forgive them, but you should determine to cultivate an obvious reflection of Christ in you.

Finally, you must resolve your part of the problem (Romans 12:18). You cannot control how others act or respond, but you can cultivate habits and changes that need to be made on your part. Overcoming a temper is not accomplished overnight. But through prayer, Bible study, and reliance upon God’s Holy Spirit, ungodly anger can be overcome. You may have allowed anger to become entrenched in your life by lack of discipline, but you can also practice responding correctly until that, too, becomes a deliberate discipline and God is glorified in your responses.

Sincerely, Dr. Arthur Belanger

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