Christians can safely presume that anything wrong in our person-to-Person relationship with God is OUR problem, NOT HIS.
ANGRY children of God who remain a prodigal son or daughter do NOT look to God for ANY solution for their anger.
By contrast, Christians pray.
ANGRY relationships between two ANGRY children of God are quite another matter. In all likelihood, we are BOTH probably wrong in this person-to-person love-hate relationship.
The unbeliever or disobedient believer hides in the darkness of their sin.
Other hidden issues boil beneath the surface of their anger, fueled by a hardened heart against the love of Christ – HATRED for the celebrated Son of the Father.
Consider your own SELF from Jesus’ Parable of the Angry Brother.
Are YOU the brother who will NOT let go of grace for another?
Christ’s caution to the heart of the faithful son, however, is that we must set aside our anger and rejoice in the love of the Father for all. You know His example:
FORGIVE US our trespasses, AS WE FORGIVE those who TRESPASS AGAINST US.
“Do ANGRY children of a forgiving Father really have any right to NOT forgive ANY other?
[To be continued…]
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