The consequences of this justified anger are that fusses, disagreeents, and arguments develop. Unfortunately, the people I am disagreeing with have some false notion that as a Christian I must be "nice" and "sweet" while disagreeing. Nothing could be further from the truth! I am a mean Christian.
Jesus was often angry, called people vicious names (12 times in one chapter of the Gospels alone), wept, yelled and screamed and overturned tables (even in the Temple), did drink fermented wine (some idiots even accused Him of being a drunkard, since John the Baptist before Him did not drink alcohol), ignored people and turned them away (3 times in a single chapter of Luke), said He came not to bring peace but a sword (to be used in Revelation on His enemies), and stated that he would turn family members and friends against one another. And, how about the slaughtering in Revelation, and the eternal Hell that follows???? Wow!
Many people often also forget that The Lord Jesus is and was GOD Himself, and the Creator of the Universe. He was and is The Word, and was with the Father all of eternity-past, and He personally made the World.
I once read a book called "NO MORE CHRISTIAN NICE GUY," or something like that. In it we see just how far off-base our picture of Jesus really is from Who He was when He came down to Earth as a Human being. Jesus is and was NO SISSY....
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