The Bible portrays us as active moral agents--made in God's image--responsible for our own behavior. We must not blame our family members, our friends, our genes, our parents, our church leaders, society, our hormones, or the devil for our anger.What has stood out to you?
Instead, as we humble ourselves before God and confess that our anger is our own, arising from idolatrous lies and lusts, we find God's forgiving, enabling grace. We must meet God, draw near to God, have dealings with God, submit to God, and bring our anger to God. We must shift our functioning faith from worthless heart-idols to God's Son. (p. 71)
Friday, May 21, 2010
Uprooting Anger (3)
One of my favorite passages from this book so far:
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That's probably my favorite too. But I'll pick another that was pretty good:
"In Jesus Christ, angry people find a Savior perfectly suited to meet their deepest needs for pardoning mercy and powerful hope. He died and rose to conquer your anger. His Word has answers. His Spirit has resources. His church has wisdom. You can reject the world, repent of your ruling desires, resist Satan, and resign your God-playing. He gives us more grace!" (p. 73)
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