What bad consequences does anger have?

Anger or angry is used 433 times in the Bible. Much research can be done on these passages. In what passage did Jesus expose the need to eliminate anger from our lives? {Answer at bottom}

• Anger is unacceptable before God.

We can never accomplish God's ways with anger.

• Anger leads to more anger.

If you think ones anger is bad now, it will get worse unless you take a strong course of action.

• Anger becomes addictive.

Angry people don’t simply change.

• Anger leads to hostility and lawsuits.

Anger easily leads to extra expensives and stressful situations that otherwise could have been avoided.

• Anger always needs reconciliation.

Anger produces strained relationships which must be solved before we go on in our spiritual lives.

• Anger always needs restoration.

Angry people are constantly hurting people and causing offenses.

{Answer for above: Matthew 5:23-24}

If you do not enjoy relationships but are tense, mean and critical, there is a good chance that you have an angry spirit.

People don't like to be around angry people. It simply follows that if a person has an angry and bitter attitude, he will more than likely have problems in his interpersonal relationships. Ask yourself the following questions?

• When was the last time you lost your temper?

• Did you ever physically hurt someone through your anger?

• What are some of the phrases that you use when angry?

• Have you ever apologized for your anger?

• What relationships are being stressed because of unresolved anger?

The gospel of Jesus Christ is centered around God's love for us and through us. We cannot tolerate anger in our lives. Anger brings physical, emotional and social damages to our lives and others. All these serious consequences point to our need of the gospel of Christ's love.