The Anger of a Holy God (part 3)

I don't know if you have ever gone to a church where someone there was doing something that was evil. Like as just an example, dipping into the offerings perhaps. Or a "teacher" that might be doing something to young children that was despicable. 

If you have, and if that person was caught, how did it make you feel? Angry no doubt. Maybe even so mad you wanted to throw something and maybe even take revenge against the ones responsible. 

Well, Jesus got angry at some people in the temples one day. They weren't doing either of the examples I suggested above. But never-the-less, what they were doing, did not make Jesus happy. That is for sure.

 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. Mark 11:15-17

Oh yes, Jesus was angry that day. Perhaps we can think that the comparison between that event and someone harming children today is well....no comparison at all. And yet,  the fact that it is in the Bible does show us a side of Jesus that while perhaps not seen so much, it is still there. 

Indeed, there were times that his anger did come out.

 I do not believe it is always wrong to be angry. And there are some scripture passages that prove that. Come back tomorrow and we will look at what the Bible has to say on the subject.

Thanks for coming today. God bless!