Controlling Anger — Before It Controls You

The Bible has quite a few references to God’s wrath or anger.  Here are a few:

Exodus 22:24 - My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you …
Isaiah 13:9 - … the day of the LORD is coming — a cruel day with wrath and fierce anger …
Psalm 90:7 - We are consumed by your anger …

Most of the references are in the Old Testament, which has caused a lot of folks to see two God’s depicted — the OT God with the chip on his shoulder, and the NT God who is all about love.  In all fairness, we can glean a lot of God’s love in the Old Testament and only a little of God’s wrath in the New Testament.  Many of the qualities that we are to emulate in ourselves can be found in observance of our heavenly Father and his son, Jesus.  With deference to the Biblical writers, I’m hard-pressed to recognize anger as one of the positive traits.

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