Are you right to be angry?

God’s Righteous Anger

• Psalm 7:11 “God is a just judge, and God is angry with the wicked every day”

• Psalm 78:21,38 God also showed mercy

• Isaiah 48:9 “For My name's sake I will defer My anger, and for My praise I will restrain it from you, so that I do not cut you off.”

God’s Righteous Anger

• Isaiah 13:9-10,13• Judgment is a day of great anger• Isaiah 57:15-18• God does not remain angry if we repent• Jeremiah 23:20• Angry until His purpose is fulfilled• Hosea 11:9• God is not like man

The Example of Jesus

• John 2:13-17• Cleansing the temple• Mark 3:5• Anger and sorrow• Mark 10:13-16• Strongest word for anger• Luke 23:34• No anger at all

Slow to Anger

• God is slow to anger

• Psalm 103:8

• We are to be slow to anger

• James 1:19-20

• 1 Corinthians 13:5

• Proverbs 12:16, 15:18, 16:32, 20:3

Proverbs 12:16

“A fool's wrath is known at once, but a prudent man covers shame.”

Proverbs 15:18“A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger allays contention.”

Proverbs 16:32

“He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.”

Proverbs 20:3

“It is honorable for a man to stop striving, since any fool can start a quarrel.”

Not angry forever

• God does not remain angry

• Jeremiah 3:12 “I will not remain angry forever”

• We should not hold resentments

• 1 Cor. 13:5 “thinketh no evil” is an accounting term for keeping records

• Eph. 4:26-27, 31 time limit for anger

• Hebrews 12:15 bitterness affects many

Anger in Action

• Many problems stem from anger• James 1:20• Proverbs 14:17• Proverbs 29:22• Some of the wrong behaviors

associated with anger• Galatians 5:19-21 • 2 Corinthians 12:20