Showing posts with label Godly Anger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Godly Anger. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

PURE ANGER (PART 3)

God came down to see if the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah was according to truth. If so, God said He would know! We have two considerations: Sodom’s ALLEGED sin, and the outcry against their sin. God takes no sides in the beginning. He waits. He comes. He sees for Himself, honoring those who cry to Him, and those who are cried out against. We see His graciousness and mercifulness, His slowness to anger. We see Him focusing on the truth with pure just and unbiased eyes. Now when He sees and knows, He decides and acts: Sodom will be destroyed! Fire will fall from heaven. Not a fire called down by men and women, but a decision based on His vision. He listened to the outcry. He saw with His own eyes. What about us? (Read Part 4.)

PURE ANGER (PART 2)

It is written, “Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger…The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love…His anger endures for a moment, but His mercy endures forever.” I’m seeing something. Do you see it? We know that when God get’s angry, plagues happen and the earth opens! Then it’s over. The flood, then a new beginning. But when the wrath of God comes, it comes full speed! Now for you and me. When we slow our anger, does the intensity increase or decrease? The pressure builds. But does it purify? Do we see more clearly? Not likely. But God does, and He wants the same for us. Emotion is the motivation of volition. Feelings fuel words and actions. How can we feel with the freedom God feels? Is His patience suppression? We see from Divine Expression that the answer is no! Let God show us how to feel angry. Before He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, we find our Creator demonstrating perfect patience, justice, and anger. See how. Read part 3!

PURE ANGER (PART 1)

God’s anger is fire. It comes slowly and ends quickly. This is how anger should be. Our anger. But is it possible for us to be angry like God? He can fully express His anger because He only hates evil. We all know the Lord’s wrath is right, as it is written, “The Fear of the LORD is to hate evil.” Yet we tend to be mistaken about the facts. We get angry unjustly and quickly, and our anger lasts too long. What if we could let our anger out like God does? Read Part 2 and explore pure anger!