common emotions!!!
***When my mother was 8 years old, after her 42-year-old healthy wonderful Dad beat her in checkers,
she did not say “good night” to him for the first time in her life
and she did not apologize to him before he died the next day.
For many years she felt ashamed for that and named me after him.
So I have done my best to never have anger before I go to sleep at night.
There are 7 kinds of anger, but true Christians will only have anger against what God hates.
Most of their time should be spent in what God could get more glory in.
We should be reflecting Jesus Christ and Bible truths.
The Moon reflects the Sun's light; it doesn't generate its own light.
***Seven Types of Anger
1.) One is verbal and physical abuse and is usually put-up with as if it were normal.
2.) One is because of very selfish reasons and usually is done to hurt or stop a relationship.
It can and usually has violent results.
3.) One is religious or prejudicial for purposes of influencing others
to stop certain relationships with certain types of people.
4.) One is just childish immaturity (no age limit) because one doesn’t get what they want.
- One is due to self-discouragement, usually because of too high expectations.
- One usually results from frustration due to impatience, misunderstandings, untruthfulness, or lack of cooperation,
usually with a spouse.
It will never result in physical violence because of agapè
(God’s special love defined in 1 Corinthians 13 and 1 John 4).
7.) One is the just or righteous reaction against what God hates.
There are many examples in the Bible of Holy Spirit urged exhorting and rebuking.
Note: Anger of any type temporarily stops peace, happiness, fun, and joy.
A true Christian should be trying to eliminate the first six types of anger and only have the seventh one.
“Where there is a will, there is a way.”
***Man's # 1 Sickness - Hatred
Why is there so much hatred in the world?
Does God condone hatred?
These two questions, I am sure, have stimulated much thought.
Hatred has caused me a lot of grief especially when I realize it is based on selfishness and assumption of truth.
The arguing, the misunderstanding, and/or the fighting, which branch out from hatred,
seem so childish or immature.
The original sin of Adam and Eve was not hatred,
but directly involved was selfishness and assumption of truth.
And later on, Cain hated Abel due to selfishness and assumption of truth.
Also, the Old Testament and the secular accounts of history are full of crime, unethical business, and wars
based on selfishness and assumption of truth.
But where hatred grieves me the most is in and between families and churches, usually over minor issues.
Now it is easy to point to the Bible prophecies about people' s behavior
and say, “oh we are just in the Last Days”.
It is also easy to say, “We should hate what God hates and forget about those doomed sinners.”
But many of us are very sensitive and concerned, especially in regards to our families and former friends.
We need fundamental, Bible-believing friends, families, and/or churches
to encourage and stand with us in relation to Luke 6:22-23, Matthew 5:43-48, and John 15:10-27.
Please take time to read those passages of God's Word.
Then become ready to constantly and sincerely encourage true Christian believers
because every one of them is being hated in some way.
The only cure or solution to hatred is God's compassionate love, which He wants to give to us forever.