Thats a tall order for even the most dedicated Christian. I've read scripture after scripture trying to fully understand this.
Nahum 1 starting in verses 2 yhrough 10 the word says,
1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth,
and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries,
and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not
at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind
and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up
all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel,
and the flower of Lebanon languisheth
1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt,
and the earth is burned at his presence, yea,
the world, and all that dwell therein.
1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide
in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire,
and the rocks are thrown down by him.
1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble;
and he knoweth them that trust in him.
1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make
an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness
shall pursue his enemies.
1:9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make
an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
1:10 For while they be folden together
as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards,
they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
The Lord is slow to anger - He exercises much longsuffering towards his enemies, that this may lead them to repentance. And it is because of this longsuffering that vengeance is not speedily executed on every evil work.
Great in power...
Able at all times to save or to destroy.
The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm - These are the effects of his power; and when they appear unusual, they may be considered as the immediate effects of his power: and although he be in them to punish and destroy, he is in them to direct their course, to determine their operations, and to defend his followers from being injured by their violence. The pestilential wind which slew one hundred and eighty-five thousand of the Assyrians did not injure one Israelite.
I still don't know exactly how to be angry and not sin for sure ..What I've found is when anger boils up in me I bend my knee and call on the Father , and ask Him to give me guidence , and to vanquish my enemies if that be His will ..always in the precious name of Jesus . my Lord and Savior
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