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Today's Devotional

The Spirit of Anger Is an Evil Spirit (Matthew 21:12-13)

“Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’” (Mathew 21:12-13)

The spirit of anger is an evil spirit.

But from the text we just read we see that Jesus Himself, who is without sin, was very angry at the people who were selling and buying at the place of worshiping God, which means that there is righteous anger as well as a sinful anger.

So if anger is an evil spirit how can we be angry but not let our anger cause us to sin?

When we feel angry, we can either act in righteousness, or act in sin, as a response to our anger.

We must make a choice to either let our anger cause us to do something wrong, or cause us to depend more on Jesus in the Holy Spirit, and bear His fruit.

It is not a sin to feel angry, but what we do next or how long we allow anger to dwell can lead us to sinfulness.

What is a righteous anger?

Righteous anger is an anger against sin, that is to say, it is directed at evil actions and behaviors and all things that God opposes.

It is not directed at the person who sins but directed to sin itself.

We see this clearly in the passage we just read, that Jesus’ anger was toward the sinfulness of the act itself which is selling and buying in God’s temple.

Buying and selling is not a sin but doing this in the temple of God is a sin.

So He is not angry at the people but at the sinful act.

Jesus loves the sinners and came to the world to save them and give them His sinless nature in the Holy Spirit.

His inward Soul and Spirit is full of love and mercy toward the weakness of the people.

So there are signs of Righteous anger.

First, It does not stir up conflict or cause quarrels.

Second, it is not long-lived, and it does not lead to evil or grudges or unforgiveness.

We find in the life of Jesus this powerful example of righteous anger.

He had every right to be angry at how they were misusing the house of the Lord.

We also can keep from sinning when we are angry by not allowing our anger to lead us to revenge, hard-heartedness, or take over our thoughts.

Anger can lead us to sin when we allow anger to hurt people who sins.

When we talk harshly and not forgive the sinner.

When we judge the sinner, and not leading him to the way that he can be able to not sin again.

When we keep reminding the sinner with his sin.

When our feeling of anger dictates us to what we say, think, and how we react, rather than leaning into the Holy Spirit in us to how to confront the sinner with his sin without hurting him.

We must be alert when we feel angry and examine ourselves so that we do not get stuck in anger or harbor angry feelings.

We must be wise to not stay angry or let our anger give the enemy an opportunity to allow other sins to enter our hearts and lives.

So brothers and sisters, we can feel angry when we recognize sinful and evil acts, yet we can do so in a way that honors God and avoids sin.

Amen.

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