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Does God get
angry?
| YES. Anger is
not the opposite of love. It sometimes shows love. Several times God showed anger
against Moses or the people of Israel [e.g. Ex 32:9-14]. And Jesus showed anger as well
[e.g. Mk 11:15-18]. In every case anger was directed against sin. Humans get angry
for many reasons - most often for selfish things. Such anger is sinful because instead of
being "against" sin, it’s anger "for sin" (e.g.
selfishness, coveting, is defined as sinful throughout the Bible). If you need to evaluate
a feeling of anger relative to God’s anger, ask yourself if the anger is against sin,
or if you’re angry because something didn’t happen the way someone (perhaps
selfishly) had wanted. |
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