OUR DAILY BREAD             Sat., Feb. 18, 1995
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READ:  Ephesians 4:25-32

              SINLESS ANGER

       "Be angry, and do not sin."

                  - Ephesians 4:26

It was impulsive!  Dangerous!  Maybe terribly foolish!
But when Mrs. Sibert came upon a crime being committed
on the streets of Detroit, she got angry and did some-
thing about it.

According to the newspaper story, she was driving along
when she saw two muggers robbing a man at a bus stop.
Immediately she began honking her horn.  That brought a
12-gauge shotgun blast that made her car look like it
had chickenpox.  Undaunted, she sped through dark
streets pursuing the thugs' car.  The wild chase ended
as the fugitives crashed into a parked vehicle and
were arrested by the police.

Mrs. Sibert told the reporter, "I said to myself, I'm
not going to let them get away with that!  I just kept
thinking of how that poor victim felt after being held
up, and I guess I just got mad!"

The Bible strongly condemns sinful anger because it is
so destructive.  But under the control of the Holy
Spirit, anger can expose and check evil.  You can't
miss the thunder of God's wrath in the Old Testament
nor in the fire in Jesus' eyes when He threw the money-
changers out of the temple (Mt. 21:12-13).  If we are
becoming like Christ, there will be times when anger at
sin is a Christlike act!

                                -- Dennis J. De Haan

        In a moment of decision,
       May we find the inner grace
   To choose as Jesus would have chosen,
      Were He standing in our place.

                        -- Kline

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           THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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      It's not a sin to get angry
       when you get angry at sin.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Deuteronomy 7-9

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