It's Fine To Be Angry & Mad ~ Jimmy Hall

Anger. There is nothing at all wrong with anger; it is a human emotion designed by God for appropriate usage. It should be harnessed. What???? Read on.

Yes, we are to be angry but sin not. Nor are we to stay mad for long periods; we should not let the sun go down on our anger. However, it is very correct to be angry at sin and sinners. Look at God and His wrath, from cover to cover in the Holy Bible. 

Indeed, God ordered Moses and the Israelities to kill every man, woman, and child of the Midianites (genocide), and God Himself flooded the entire Earth to kill everyone and almost everything but Noah's folks onboard the Ark. Remember? 

This pattern follows through right into Revelation when God destroys most of mankind again, and sends the un-redeemed of His Creation to eternal Hell and suffering.

Jesus Christ was/is God in human flesh, and He was/is sinless; yet, Christ often was/is very angry. In fact, He was so angry at the Temple that He yelled and overturned tables. In another single chapter of Scripture Jesus is angry and downright mean, calling His audience very derogatory names no less than 12 times!

There is a world of difference in righteous anger as opposed to selfishly being angry out of frustration. The former is right; the latter is wrong. We must always strive to understand and know the difference, and only employ justified anger.... Amen.