The Bible doesn’t say it’s a sin always to be angry. A person who can’t get angry is probably a wimp. But the anger is always under strict control of love, which is why you never want a day to pass without making a particular wrong right as far as possible.
Satan constantly tries to intrude but you never give him permission, and he can’t intrude unless you do give him permission! We can be sure that the Lord is very angry watching all the injustice going on in this world. The more like Jesus we are, the more angry we are at injustice to innocent people. And we are also angry at injustice shown to Jesus Himself. He doesn’t deserve to be “crucified afresh”! Paul is emphatic: “be angry!” Just don’t sin at the same time (Eph. 4:26 [Psalm 4:4]). Don’t be a dishrag.
Spectacular corporation embezzlement is the news of almost every day. Even within church organizations it sometimes happens. Africans have sometimes claimed that London was built with wealth stolen from them in colonial days, especially days of slavery. To what extent First World people enjoy their luxury at the expense of Third World people, the most enlightened economist will find it difficult to estimate. But God’s angel economists have it all tabulated accurately.
The only safe way to prepare for the final judgment is to count all that we possess as not ours, but only lent to us temporarily to be used in trust for those less fortunate than ourselves. If you own a piece of property, don’t call it “mine.” Abraham did not possess even a foot of real estate, and he is our “father.” When Jesus died, He had no money to bequeath. All He had was His robe, which the soldiers gambled for.
“Steal no more”! A good prayer to pray is, Lord, give me the grace from your much more abounding store, to realize that I can claim nothing in this world as really mine! But I do have a Savior.
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