Don't sin in your anger?

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PurerInHeart said:
If a man went to kiss me right in front of my husband, and he did nothing, I would think he don't care, that he doesn't value our marriage, and that he is failing to protect me. It is ok, in that situation, to push him away. And pushing him away from where he don't belong is the same as Christ pushing away the tables. The church is His bride, and another man named greed was trying to be with His wife in a way that only He should be.

In another example, it is wrong to punch a guy. But if that guy was trying to kidnap your son, you should punch him! Do whatever you have to physically (and no more than you have to) to get your son away from him. It is better for the kidnapper to have a black eye, or even for your son to be bruised, then to find him chopped up in a river somewhere later- like what happened to the host of Americas Most Wanted.

God gives us anger and adrenalin for when we need it. It causes us to have the strength we need to get out of dangerous situations. But it is a tool, and you don't use tools improperly. You have to be in control. If the anger is not needed, tell yourself that and let the anger go. How? Change your thought and your facial expression. It's been proven that we make the facial expression before we feel the feeling. Always think a step ahead, and if you don't agree that anger is needed, pray it away.
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Husband aren't knights in shiny armor. Wives better be able to take responsibility for ourselves. Why would I ever get in a situation where hubby would have to push the guy? I've been in a situation where a guy did something inappropriate. If I had told hubby, he'd either be dead now or would have spent a few years in jail for second-degree murder. So I dealt with the problem is such a way that the guy's fellow gang-members/friends ended up laughing at him and pulling him away from me to protect their friend.

Your examples seem more like soap opera material than real life.
 
jsr1221 said:
How does one not sin when getting angry? Please hold the verses where it says not to go to bed while still angry. I already know that. That doesn't change the fact of this thread being created. If anger can easily become a problem many of us have, how is it okay to have an emotion but not sin? How does one do that? I think of Jesus (never sinned) tossing a table in the temple... If we tossed over a table in our house, we would be classified as having an anger problem. That part kinda doesn't make sense to me, considering how Jesus Himself did such thing. So how do we address anger then? (Not advocating starting to toss or throw things, by the way. Was using that as an example. Just got future clarification.)
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Anger is not wrong, but sin is for example getting mad at people, well unless you throw over the tables because you want them to pray instead of doing business and God told you to do it, or you can get angry if someone crosses your boundaries and calmly tell them the truth or if necessary yell: Stop it! Controlled anger. The anger of Jesus was controlled and Godly, not sinful.

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It's normal to be angry, but there are also limits. Be careful because some people might lose their temper and say or do things that they might regret later. It took me a few years to work with my anger and I thank God for guiding me through that turmoil. Presently, when something bothers me, I learned to analyzed it and just leave it in God's hand. It works. Let go and let God. God is in control.
 
Being in the right place with God it is so easy to just stop and think of the love he has for us and how we should love one another. Then corinthians comes to mind love is patient, love is kind.
Also we do everything in love through Christ who strengths us.
 
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Husband aren't knights in shiny armor. Wives better be able to take responsibility for ourselves. Why would I ever get in a situation where hubby would have to push the guy? I've been in a situation where a guy did something inappropriate. If I had told hubby, he'd either be dead now or would have spent a few years in jail for second-degree murder. So I dealt with the problem is such a way that the guy's fellow gang-members/friends ended up laughing at him and pulling him away from me to protect their friend.

Your examples seem more like soap opera material than real life.
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Really? I hate soap operas. I like Carman's song "Soap Song"
 
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Husband aren't knights in shiny armor. Wives better be able to take responsibility for ourselves. Why would I ever get in a situation where hubby would have to push the guy? I've been in a situation where a guy did something inappropriate. If I had told hubby, he'd either be dead now or would have spent a few years in jail for second-degree murder. So I dealt with the problem is such a way that the guy's fellow gang-members/friends ended up laughing at him and pulling him away from me to protect their friend.

Your examples seem more like soap opera material than real life.
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Good example. The verse seems to be between each the person and God . And in this case both the husband and the wife exercising wisdom that came by being patient seeing it could have ended up differently.

Interesting between different paraphrases, for instance where the King James says; Be ye anger but do not sin.... it would almost sound like we are commanded to have a anger just don’t let the sun go down while in it. While the NIV says; In your anger do not sin etc.
I think God knows we are or can be angry people that get frustrated living in a corrupted world full of sorrow and grief.

The King James almost seems to say we have his approval to get angry or what some might call a righteous anger and we can feel like God when we do exercise it because He gets angry.. Just make sure you do it before the sun goes down. This is almost as if we were his tools and we are commanded to get angry..

But on the other hand we find like the verses below. That man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life God desires. Vengeance is of God.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.James 1: 19-21

It would seem that he is comparing human anger with moral filth.
 
Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.
(Proverbs 19:11 NLT)

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
(Ecclessiastes 7:9 NIV)


Psalm 37:1-11 (NIV):

1 Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious of those who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.

3 Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
your vindication like the noonday sun.

7 Be still before the Lord
and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.

8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
do not fret—it leads only to evil.
9 For those who are evil will be destroyed,
but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.

10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look for them, they will not be found.
11 But the meek will inherit the land
and enjoy peace and prosperity.
 
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"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to Anger, Anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering." ~ Master Yoda. :D
 
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