The Bible speaks of anger and its effect on one’s soul. Long held anger and grudges is proclaimed as a kind of corrosion of one’s soul.
This is a thread to discuss, from a Biblical perspective, your perceptions and thoughts about
1. anger
2. ways to deal with anger
3. how to avoid self-deception about personal anger.
Anger as a self-destructive weapon
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Anger as a self-destructive weapon
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Mt 24:35
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God
Mt 24:35
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God
Re: Anger as a self-destructive weapon
Good topic !MaxPC wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:14 pm The Bible speaks of anger and its effect on one’s soul. Long held anger and grudges is proclaimed as a kind of corrosion of one’s soul.
This is a thread to discuss, from a Biblical perspective, your perceptions and thoughts about
1. anger
2. ways to deal with anger
3. how to avoid self-deception about personal anger.
There appears to be a righteous anger that a Christian can have and an unrighteous anger to avoid.
For example - am I getting angry on the behalf of others ? Or am I getting angry because of my own pride? Is the issue about God’s Kingdom? Or about my personal Kingdom?
I believe the way to deal with unrighteous anger is to be continuously filled with the Holy Spirit as one of the characteristics of this is temperance / self control. If I walk in step with the Spirit, I am often checked by the Spirit over my response to unrighteous anger. When I am not allowing the Spirit to have that kind of influence on me, my fleshly nature jumps in. God gives us the power to control unrighteous anger but we must trust and obey the Spirit's guidance. And this obedience is hard on the flesh and what it wants to do. As scripture says, we must daily crucify the flesh and how it directs our responses. Satan is also involved at times in provoking this unrighteous anger.
Hope others will share thoughts on this too. Anger is often obvious in these forums including Christian forums. I think we can be deceived at times to think our form of anger is a righteous kind when it is not.
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Re: Anger as a self-destructive weapon
Likewise. I would like to hear the wise words of other Christians regarding this societal plague.Sudsy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:24 pmGood topic !MaxPC wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:14 pm The Bible speaks of anger and its effect on one’s soul. Long held anger and grudges is proclaimed as a kind of corrosion of one’s soul.
This is a thread to discuss, from a Biblical perspective, your perceptions and thoughts about
1. anger
2. ways to deal with anger
3. how to avoid self-deception about personal anger.
There appears to be a righteous anger that a Christian can have and an unrighteous anger to avoid.
For example - am I getting angry on the behalf of others ? Or am I getting angry because of my own pride? Is the issue about God’s Kingdom? Or about my personal Kingdom?
I believe the way to deal with unrighteous anger is to be continuously filled with the Holy Spirit as one of the characteristics of this is temperance / self control. If I walk in step with the Spirit, I am often checked by the Spirit over my response to unrighteous anger. When I am not allowing the Spirit to have that kind of influence on me, my fleshly nature jumps in. God gives us the power to control unrighteous anger but we must trust and obey the Spirit's guidance. And this obedience is hard on the flesh and what it wants to do. As scripture says, we must daily crucify the flesh and how it directs our responses. Satan is also involved at times in provoking this unrighteous anger.
Hope others will share thoughts on this too. Anger is often obvious in these forums including Christian forums. I think we can be deceived at times to think our form of anger is a righteous kind when it is not.
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Max (Plain Catholic)
Mt 24:35
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God
Mt 24:35
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding but only in revealing his own mind.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God
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Re: Anger as a self-destructive weapon
I think anger has different levels, and therefore can possibly different emotions.
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