Is a lack of anger ever unrighteous? 🤔
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I would much rather observe a person who is slow to anger than to witness one who reacts quickly by putting their foot in their mouth!
Many people react in haste which often requires an apology for doing so.
Take me for instance! As you can see, I no longer have a nose for this very reason..................
Many people react in haste which often requires an apology for doing so.
Take me for instance! As you can see, I no longer have a nose for this very reason..................
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Thanks for your input! I don't think I'm complacent or apathetic, but it can take me a while to process emotions and even figure out if I'm angry or not. By then the moment to respond/react has usually passed.
I definitely agree that the Spirit working in us produces fruit such as love, patience, long-suffering, etc.
However, I'm also aware that our flesh still exists, and can get in the way of doing what it right. In my case, I'm much more likely to NOT do what I should, rather than to do something I shouldn't.
I used to think I had great self-control. Then I realized I was only good at stopping myself from doing things I wanted to do. When it came to making myself do things I didn't want to do, I was a major failure 😂.
I definitely agree that the Spirit working in us produces fruit such as love, patience, long-suffering, etc.
However, I'm also aware that our flesh still exists, and can get in the way of doing what it right. In my case, I'm much more likely to NOT do what I should, rather than to do something I shouldn't.
I used to think I had great self-control. Then I realized I was only good at stopping myself from doing things I wanted to do. When it came to making myself do things I didn't want to do, I was a major failure 😂.
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We're far more likely to give someone a pass when we don't take things personally, because our identity is in Christ. You choose not to retaliate in kind when wronged or insulted? Such moments are the truth of who you ought to be.
If we lead with our emotions, antagonism will pull the pin on our hand grenade. And if we repress our emotions, resentment will seize us, as a consequence of concealing our anger and injury. You should know you're on the right path when your emotions don't hold much sway over your reactions.
Turning the other cheek is applicable to loving our enemies. When someone is hostile to us, we should avoid retaliating with hostility of our own. Someone insults us, we insult them. Someone spits at us, we spit at them in return. Someone hits us, we strike them back. An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth. In those instances we must steer clear of getting even! When the Lord has said vengeance is His, who are we to say, not this time, I want my own retribution?
With that being said, the call to turn the other cheek in no way prevents us from holding others to account for wrongdoing and hypocrisy. We are to expose, convict, and reprove evil.
The heart which refuses to seek God is a Judas to all; breaking faith and always playing the victim. Righteous anger will call out such evil to express disapproval. Some will be corrected, many will be offended. Forgive the corrected, and turn the other cheek to the offended. The attitude of forgiving those who can be set right, and overlooking the adverse backlash of those who'll hate us for bringing their accountability to light, is one and the same.
The old man (flesh) has its way, but those put on the new man (spirit) will do what the old man was and is powerless to do.
If we lead with our emotions, antagonism will pull the pin on our hand grenade. And if we repress our emotions, resentment will seize us, as a consequence of concealing our anger and injury. You should know you're on the right path when your emotions don't hold much sway over your reactions.
Turning the other cheek is applicable to loving our enemies. When someone is hostile to us, we should avoid retaliating with hostility of our own. Someone insults us, we insult them. Someone spits at us, we spit at them in return. Someone hits us, we strike them back. An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth. In those instances we must steer clear of getting even! When the Lord has said vengeance is His, who are we to say, not this time, I want my own retribution?
With that being said, the call to turn the other cheek in no way prevents us from holding others to account for wrongdoing and hypocrisy. We are to expose, convict, and reprove evil.
The heart which refuses to seek God is a Judas to all; breaking faith and always playing the victim. Righteous anger will call out such evil to express disapproval. Some will be corrected, many will be offended. Forgive the corrected, and turn the other cheek to the offended. The attitude of forgiving those who can be set right, and overlooking the adverse backlash of those who'll hate us for bringing their accountability to light, is one and the same.
The old man (flesh) has its way, but those put on the new man (spirit) will do what the old man was and is powerless to do.
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