It has been said that there is a fine line between love and hate. Anger left unchecked can progress to hatred. Which is definitely a work of the flesh.
What makes us angry anyway? Is it because we disagree? Our feelings were hurt? Someone hurt a loved one? Or is it simply because we believe we are right and like a dog with a bone we won't let the issue go.
Anger is a killer and left unchecked by the Holy Spirit through prayer always kills something. It can kill our relationship with God. Its not because God stops loving us, but rather because sin separates us from Him. Anger kills our joy and our peace. Anger kills relationships. It is true sometimes we must agree to disagree but that shouldn't kill or destroy a relationship. Jesus said that we are to forgive our brothers not seven times but seventy times seven. He also said that in order for us to be forgiven we must forgive.
Matthew 18:21-22 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
*Luke 6:37 “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
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