Is anger inherent in God?

Anger, as a feeling, is born from the Fall. In other words, anger is provoked by sin.

Of course, anger itself often becomes a sin, but not necessarily. For example, the anger of God is a necessary attribute of His Judgment, and one cannot do without an element of anger when defending justice.

So, if anger as a feeling was born as a result of the Fall, then God was not angry in eternity. He did not know this state until there was a reason. In eternity He experienced nothing but love. Love between Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

But today He is angry. He is angry with every injustice that occurs in the world.

Despite the fact that the Pope is angry, He still restrains His main anger. Although episodically and shows up somewhere in history. For example, He showed His anger at Sodom and Gomorrah.

Although the Pope has not yet released the collected anger, this anger literally hangs over anyone who consciously rejects faith in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus:

Since God did not create anyone to sin, the manifestation of His anger is causal. The original purpose of creation is to live in harmony, love and obedience to the Creator, and the creation, which deviated from this purpose, deviated through no fault or will of the Creator. Because it was the Pope that God created everyone for love.

Because anger is not inherent in God, He:

Anger manifested itself in the character of God, but it is not in the nature of God. God's nature is love, and an external cause is always needed for anger to be manifested. You don't need a reason to show love. The Father's love is unconditional and never fails. While His anger is only causal and temporary.

Rise of the Angels

For the first time, the Pope had to experience anger when the devil, then the anointed cherub, sinned.

Before the appearance of sin, creation did not know God for being angry. The devil too. Otherwise, it would hardly have gone to an open uprising.

Let us ask ourselves a question: did the Creator have the right to immediately pour out his anger in response to the open rebellion of the angels? Undoubtedly. After all, He is the Judge.

We do not know for certain what was the law that the rebellious creation probably transgressed, (Isa. 45:12) however, it is safe to assume that such a law was supposed to regulate life in heaven and prohibit the sin that the devil committed. And that's why:

Here we see 2 key principles:

1) violation of the law automatically arouses the anger of the author of the law.
2) While there is no pre-established law, there is no and its violation

The second statement clearly explains the first:
breaking the law automatically arouses the anger of the author of the law, because if there were no previously established law, there would be no violation of it.

For example, when a radiologist hangs a “do not enter” sign on the door of the office, otherwise there is a threat to the health of those in the corridor, then the one who entered without being called will automatically cause the doctor to be angry. And if the doctor didn't put up such a sign, then why be angry?

Likewise, the insurgents could not have been charged without a predetermined law.

We see here that God imputed two things to the cherubim: iniquity and sin. It was actually one thing though.

In another way, lawlessness can be called a violation of the law.

Violation is imputed only in the territory where the law is in force. It is impossible to violate, which is not. And where there is a violation, there is inevitable anger for it.

When the plan of the rebels was finally revealed, the Pope did not pour out His anger on them. Otherwise, they would have long been at least in the abyss. And as a maximum in the lake of fire.

The demons are well aware that the punishment has been postponed. When they encountered Jesus in the Gadarene country, they appealed to him with this very understanding.

Perhaps the Pope postponed the execution of the punishment so that the creation that remained faithful to Him could see the final corruption of those who fell away and be convinced of the justice of the final judgment for them, no matter how exaggerated it may seem at the beginning.

Another possible reason: so that creation would never again dare to do such things afterwards; so that it learns to serve God out of love for God, and not out of fear of a superior power, which is supposedly ready to instantly destroy the dissenter.

But mostly Daddy God postponed the demonstration of final anger, because He still spares the unbelievers living on earth, read rebellious people for whom there is still a chance to be saved.

Although God did not deprive the rebellious angels of their freedom, He separated them from His presence, expelling them beyond the outer boundaries of heaven, into the territory that came to be called the Kingdom of Satan or heaven. It all happened during a lightning force operation:

The Lord Jesus reminds the 70 disciples of this important event upon their return from the encounter (mass expulsion of demons): “I saw Satan falling from heaven like lightning” (Luke 10:18).

"Saw" stands in the past tense, that is, we are talking about a past event. The Lord seems to notice:

“You say demons obey you? That's what it is. I saw how at once all the demons were cast out into the skies. It happened before my eyes, and it happened as quickly as lightning flashes. "

After the expulsion of Satan and his angels to the heavenly area, Pope God judged them in heaven. This event also mentions Scripture.

Since Satan is still not captured, the case should have been resolved in the absence of a defendant on him. The fact that such cases start in heaven is indirectly evidenced by the following place: (Num.16: 49)

In the trial of the Lucifer case, he and his accomplices were indicted and finally sentenced. A lake of fire was prepared for its execution. (Prepared (Matthew 25:41) -hetoimazo- make it ready for use).

The judgment was announced on earth through God's Son, who was the first to inform those living on earth that he was the prince of this world, that is, the devil was condemned. (John 16:11)- and that the devil and his angels are prepared for eternal fire (Matthew 25:41).

At the end of the 1000-year reign of Christ on Earth, which will end with the judgment at the white throne, the expression of the Pope's anger will cease and will never be renewed.

There will be no reason for anger. No one else will give a reason for him. Everyone will remember the horrific consequences of the Fall and will receive, as an eternal reminder, the opportunity to observe a panoramic view opening to the place where worms and fire will be seen tormenting the condemned.

That is why we will always be afraid and at the same time love God infinitely, remembering how once, incarnate in man, He redeemed us at the cost of incredible suffering on the cross.

The difference between the anger of God and man.

Let us compare the anger of God and the anger of man.
What is there in God's wrath that is not in the wrath of man?

First, the Pope is just in His anger and never goes beyond the bounds of satisfied justice. In His wrath He not_favour_of_emotions ... In other words, God controls His anger and gives it out when and how much is needed. Moreover, He alone knows when and how much is needed.

A person in anger, inevitably boils. He knows no boundaries and does not set them. He wants to immediately throw out his anger and loses in this measure. Emotions control him, not he emotions.

A person's anger is inevitably biased, biased, and prejudiced. It only seems to a person that it is fair. He does not take into account all the nuances that the Holy Spirit sees. For example, it does not take into account the degree of pressure experienced by the one who committed the offense and thereby caused our indignation.

Experiencing anger, God simultaneously grieves over the lost state of man, looking for a chance to acquire it for Himself. He alone can combine these two feelings:

When and why does God need anger? God's wrath is needed as an instrument of judgment. We see this from the following verse:

If God is a Judge, then as a Judge He can and must express His anger. The wrath of God is righteous, that is, it always results in justice restored. The Pope's wrath to protect the righteous.

Unlike human anger. Because:

In other words, human anger does not lead to justice restored in the correct way, as it happens with God, and therefore demons of anger are usually involved in the manifestation of human anger.

Someone will ask: does it mean that God can show anger, but man cannot?

Having faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected, shipwrecked in faith; such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I gave to Satan so that they might learn not to blaspheme.

Although inspired by the Holy Spirit, such anger still has strict restrictions beyond which a person of power has no right. This is fraught with extremely undesirable consequences for him.

Anger is a powerful tool of judgment; the risk of abuse is high. When Moses just once stopped controlling or containing his anger, it cost him his entrance to the promised land.

If Saul, the king of Israel, won his first battle with a righteous anger against his enemies, and this was a direct action of the Holy Spirit (1 Sam.11: 6), then later he began to abuse anger, because of which he began to suffer from a gloomy disposition. In fits of anger, he was already specifically tormented by an evil spirit.

This is why the right to righteous anger must be delegated to those who have the ripe fruit of the Spirit. When he judges, not appointed to judge, or not having authority, such, says Jesus, judges by external judgment, judges according to the flesh.

The Pope, as Judge, is angry. And he judges by righteous judgment. In the same way, he who has his own area of ​​responsibility becomes angry as a judge, and as a judge, judges by a righteous court. All the rest inevitably carry out lynching.

Those who are entrusted in the church with the right to judge the internal, that is, sinning believers, and in particular cases of resistance to the Gospel - and unbelievers, cannot do without an element of anger in emotions. (Acts 13: 8-11)

By showing anger, judges do not lose control of themselves. Like God, a righteous Judge does not lose control of himself by showing anger. The Holy Spirit, as a rule, confirms the verdict.

The wrath of a righteous man with delegated authority is not in defense of his own interests, but in defense of the interests of the Kingdom. Much of this anger relates to the ministry of the elders. Either the elders of Israel during the Old Testament, or the elders of the New Testament church.

It is the elders who have to deal with conflict situations. It is the elders who have control over themselves in crisis situations, and can control emotions ...

Elders, they are also elders, they are spiritual, they are mature, are those who can remain impartial, impartial in their judgments and extremely attentive so as not to go beyond the limits of what is permitted in the use of severity in the power given to them by the Lord. If possible, they would rather avoid the use of such rigor than exercise it. (2 Cor. 13:10)

Paul refers to anger here as the severity delegated to him by the Lord to judge the inward.

See? Paul's appeal is exclusively to the spiritual. Only the spiritual is entrusted with responsibility in the church. Only a spiritual person has the competence to engage in correction. When a non-spiritual person is taken for correction, it ends badly. He inevitably crosses the line of what is permitted by the Spirit and falls into carnal emotions.

Therefore, the main circle of saints needs to focus on the commandment, common to all, not to judge, and therefore not to be angry at all.

The anger of a person, whether a believer or an unbeliever, in defense of the wounded interests of the person himself. That is why it is called “human anger”. We will consider it in the future.

Human anger is inspired by wounded emotions and is divided into equitable and vain.

Equitable everyone experiences anger at different times, since everyone has a sense of justice invested by God, while everyone who is angry in vain, is already immediately subject to trial: (Matthew 5:22) .

Though equitable anger and everyone has a place to be, but only up to a limited time limit:

This type of anger cannot be given an outlet through angry statements or impulsive responses.

Summarizing what has been said, to summarize: a person is usually angry
-or, speaking in the name of God, as a person bearing responsibility,
-or in your own name ...

Let's put the Scripture verse just quoted in context. What is it about? About anger on your own behalf;
- while you feel such anger, even though it is three times fair, do not give it a way out;
- when experiencing this type of anger, extinguish it as soon as possible;
- otherwise, inevitably give place to the devil through evil words or actions.

Conclusion from the above: all saints can from time to time experience anger within themselves, as a response to the injustice shown to them personally, but at the same time they should not allow this anger to manifest and should try to extinguish it at the level of feeling.

Human anger: features.

In the overwhelming majority of cases, Scripture warns us precisely against human or household_rage ... The poured out anger of a fool is an uncontrollable internal discontent expressed in an external irritating action.

According to the above verse: to contain even just anger is wisdom, and to pour out is foolishness.

Let's go back to the nature of anger. Let's remember how it arises: (Rom. 4:15)

Righteous law produces righteous anger, and human law also produces human anger. Even a biblical law or a biblical requirement, the fulfillment of which is required or expected of others by us, and not by God, becomes human. Because of what, by the way, we get angry with human anger even for the seemingly correct reason.

In other words, when on a personal level we make our demands to our neighbor, even if they are biblical: whether to a brother or a matchmaker, but he, a matchmaker, does not fulfill these requirements, anger boils in us. This is an immutable spiritual principle. We are, as it were, made Judges of the law, which is actually not true.

When we do not hold back such boiling anger by faith, we inevitably cross the line where we become guilty before God.

Until some of our relatives, friends or acquaintances do not meet our expectations, even very good ones, we feel dissatisfied.

Dissatisfaction within us constantly produces anger, even if it looks like sluggish grumbling.

We don't consider grumbling to be as bad as screaming, for example. In fact, this is not the case.

When King Asa became angry, he was just in irritation and nothing more. However, the consequences of this turned out to be more than disappointing for him.

Thus, hanging the law on our neighbor and not seeing the neighbor hurry to fulfill it, we feel anger. The law is imposed by God, not by us. In no case should we take the place of the Author of the law.

By being angry all the time about how others are misbehaving, we embrace a spirit of control and act irresponsibly in it. We must resolutely get rid of this. We must learn to accept our neighbor as he is. It is enough to tell a person once and if he did not listen to us, you should leave him alone, so that God will change him, not us. We should always be satisfied in every situation.

Because “happy” is not necessary when everything around you suits you. You are “happy” when you decide not to suffer from the way others behave.

You feel good regardless of how others behave. People around you will always give cause for dissatisfaction. Whether we refuse to take advantage of this occasion, that is the solution.

Therefore: being content is a choice. Because you are not a victim of the circumstance, but free from its influence. Son or daughter of Heavenly Pope.

Your contentment does not depend on what is happening around you.
Your contentment depends on what's going on inside you.
Just leave control of your emotions to the Holy Spirit.
Learn to manage your emotional sphere with His help.

Include for this the faith given to you.
And people who annoy you will correct themselves.
And regardless of your experiences.
And certainly not on time.

The Consequences of Human Anger ...

What it means to be prudent is clarified by the next verse 9: do not repay with curse; in other words, don't be angry.

The next consequence of anger, which we have already mentioned, is the severing of communion with the saints.

A person who is prone to anger is also inclined to stir up conflict; he quickly loses friends, does not maintain long-term friendships. His irascibility acts repulsively on others, like a push in the nose until it bleeds.

When two people who are prone to anger get close, their relationship falls apart even faster. Barely boiled. Just a little, scattered.

Anyone who is next to the irritable is always hard from his eternal irritation. Solomon says: it is easier to bear the weight of a stone than such anger.

A difficult character weighs on others. Being in an atmosphere of grumpiness is a real test of faith. The more Spirit-filled you are, the more sensitive you are to such contentiousness. Scientists say: a flash of anger takes the energy of a whole day's work.

This is how roughly the angry one will fall out of the circle of fellow believers.

An angry person rarely realizes that something is wrong with him, and not with another. He does not understand that he is imperceptibly degrading, and not just not growing in the Spirit.

Leonardo Da Vinci painted the painting "The Last Supper" for about forty years, being in constant search of models for the faces of Christ and the apostles. At the very beginning of his work, he was attracted by the surprisingly gentle features of the young youth Pietro Bondinelli. Pietro Bondinelli agreed to pose and Leonardo painted an image of Christ from him.
After 40 years, in search of a model for the last character in the painting of Judas, Leonardo ran into a man who had just been released from prison. Leonardo was delighted with his find. The tramp's face bore all the traces of anger and anger necessary for a portrait of Judas. When the great master began to paint the face of Judas from this vagabond, he was surprised to recognize in him the once gentle youth Pietro Bondinelli. Sin played a terrible joke with Pietro. Having gone down in history as a model for the most beautiful character in the painting - Jesus Christ, 40 years later he came up as a model for the most repulsive - for Judas. When viewers today look at the picture and compare 2 characters on it: the Lord and His traitor, no one guesses without the necessary explanations that this is one and the same person.

We let this happen if we flash over trifles, like a match. The consequences of this disease, mental problems and other troubles, as an invariable payment for a nervous state.

If you suffer damage because of anger, it is pointless to say: the devil attacked me. The devil attacked, and who allowed? Don't blame everything on the devil. One must honestly confess before God the sin of contentiousness, and then decisively dominate it. An example of the punishment with which an angry one punished himself during his lifetime:

And here is an example of a person who managed to tame his anger:

Interestingly, Asa acquired the disease, being angry with the man of God, and Naaman got rid of it, being able to tame such anger.

The last consequence of unrestrained anger is the danger of losing salvation. This consequence cannot be ignored; the New Testament clearly speaks about it.

Let us ask ourselves whether it is necessary to violate the entire list in order to fall under the definition: "they will not inherit the kingdom"? Of course not. Anyone who breaks one point of the law is guilty of breaking the whole law. To go to hell, you don't have to drink, you just need to kill; you can not commit adultery, just do magic. For every single deed of the flesh, a person runs the risk of not inheriting the Kingdom of God. And now, among these separate deeds of the flesh, it is anger that appears!

After crossing the line of death, many Christians who have justified their anger under various pretexts will experience shock. They will find out that, it turns out, Jesus did not throw words into the wind and did not say anything just like that. His warnings must be taken literally.

Reinhard Bonnke's CFAN ministry documentary about a resurrected pastor from Nigeria gives a testimony where a black pastor talks about how, after dying in a car accident, he visited heaven and the underworld places of the earth accompanied by an angel of God. During the testimony with accompanying resurrection footage during a large evangelistic meeting, the pastor simultaneously declares that he will now be extremely careful not to give place to anger and quarrels with his wife, because he values ​​his place in heaven very much and does not want to lose it. The last statement becomes clear if you find out the information that was not included in the film, namely that the angel told the pastor that he was not going to heaven at all, but to hell, because on the eve of the accident he quarreled with his wife and did not repent ...

In other words, Jesus showed here how, with the gradual growth of anger, its consequences simultaneously increase disproportionately. At first, a person just grumbles, then it would seem a little inflamed and now he does not notice how he crosses the line of hell. If you don’t believe, reread the words of the Lord carefully.

For Christians who reserve the right to be angry, Paul mourned, although outwardly they were still believers and led a church life:

This is why you shouldn't let your anger come out under any guise.

Today, those who have fallen under the influence of worldly psychologists agree that it is harmful to suppress anger, it must be given a way out. It is supposedly useful to “let off steam”. Otherwise, they say, a person will fall into long-term stress. It's like saying, if sin tempts you persistently, just satisfy it.

What can you say to this? Even if there is someone who can get rid of stress in this way on earth, the most long-term stress will be later, in hell. That is why those who of Christ crucified the flesh with passions and lusts.

5 Words from the Word to Tame Anger:

1- repent.
2- goodbye.
3- crucify the flesh with faith.
4- soak in the Spirit.
5- leave communication with the angry.

1 - repent