"And The Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous ... we will destroy this place ... Then The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from The Lord out of heaven ..." Genesis 18:20 & 19:13 & 19:24
God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because their sins were very grievous, the prevalence of homosexuality throughout the land.
Given the recent propositions and laws related to this issue, where are we as a country and culture headed? Are we witnessing the beginnings of our destruction because of our lustful and perverse nature?
We need to pray that there are at least ten righteous among us so that we might be speared. Genesis 18:24-32
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Don't Stay Angry
Have you ever gotten mad or angry? Anger is a natural emotion. The 'anger' is not the issue, but what we do about it or what we do when we get angry that becomes the problem.
The world says, "Don't get mad, get even." That is not the Christian way of doing things. The Bible says, "Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath; Neither give place to the devil." Ephesians 4:26-27
It is okay to get angry, but it is not okay to stay angry or to let anger control our lives. Getting angry does not give us the permission to sin. We are to forgive the person who made us angry.
"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice; And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." Ephesians 4:31-32
Acting out of anger allows the devil to take control of our behavior and speech and we do not give God glory. According to the Rev Dr John Mac Arthur, "bitterness can be likened to a smoldering resentment (that gets worse with time). Wrath has to do with rage, the passion of the moment. Anger is an internal, deep hostility. Clamour is the outcry of strife out of control. 'Evil speaking' is slander. And 'malice' is the general term for evil, the root of all vices."
We need to do the right thing, be righteous and Christ-like. We may get angry, but we should not stay angry or act while we are angry. We need to forgive whoever made us angry. That will probably require us to pray a long prayer, but we will be better off for having done so.
The world says, "Don't get mad, get even." That is not the Christian way of doing things. The Bible says, "Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath; Neither give place to the devil." Ephesians 4:26-27
It is okay to get angry, but it is not okay to stay angry or to let anger control our lives. Getting angry does not give us the permission to sin. We are to forgive the person who made us angry.
"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice; And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you." Ephesians 4:31-32
Acting out of anger allows the devil to take control of our behavior and speech and we do not give God glory. According to the Rev Dr John Mac Arthur, "bitterness can be likened to a smoldering resentment (that gets worse with time). Wrath has to do with rage, the passion of the moment. Anger is an internal, deep hostility. Clamour is the outcry of strife out of control. 'Evil speaking' is slander. And 'malice' is the general term for evil, the root of all vices."
We need to do the right thing, be righteous and Christ-like. We may get angry, but we should not stay angry or act while we are angry. We need to forgive whoever made us angry. That will probably require us to pray a long prayer, but we will be better off for having done so.
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