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   From:  Blood_Bought (RFI1965)   6/23/2001 6:51 pm  
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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 
Ecc. 7:9 
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 
Romans 12:19 
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 
Gal. 5:17-21 

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 
Col. 3:8 

Wrath is lasting anger. Filthy communication is cussing, swearing, etc... 

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 
Ps. 37:8 

David wrote that we should cease from anger and forsake wrath. Especially anger against the arrangements of Providence, and jealousies of the temporary pleasures of those who are so soon to be banished from all comfort. Anger anywhere is madness, here it is aggravate insanity. Yet since anger will try to keep us company, we must resolvedly forsake it. Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. By no reasonings and under no circumstances be led into such a course. Fretfulness lies upon the verge of great sin. Many who have indulged a murmuring disposition have at last come to sin, in order to gain their fancied rights. Beware of carping at others, study to be yourself found in the right way; and as you would dread outward sin, tremble at inward repining. 

Forsake wrath; which is anger wrought up to a greater degree; and the rather to be shunned and avoided, as being very disagreeable to the character of a good man. Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil; evil may be done by fretting at the prosperity of wicked men, or by imitating them, doing as they do, in hope of being prosperous as they are. John Gill. 

1. Cease from present anger. It is madness, it is sin; it shuts out our prayers; it will grow into malice; it may lead to worse. 

2. Forsake it for the future. Repent of it, watch temper, discipline thy passions, etc. 

3. Avoid all kindred feelings of fretfulness, impatience, envy, etc., for they lead to evil. 

How do deal with anger? 

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. 
Eph. 4:26-27 

Neither give place: that is, occasion, or scope, to the devil, by continuing in "wrath." The keeping of anger through the darkness of night, is giving place to the devil, the prince of darkness. 

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 
Eph 6:12 

Is anger not just a spirit that comes against us? Sometimes from us or is inside us? Who is really in control when we are angered and reacting or acting out in that anger? 

One last comment before I close...I think the book of James says it best: 

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 
James 1:19-22



In the name of Yeshua haMashiach,
God bless you,
Russ



 

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