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How is this possible?

 

Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

 

The Anger of MosesThe breaking of the tables of stone was but a representation of the fact that Israel had broken the covenant which they had so recently made with God. It is a righteous indignation against sin, which springs from zeal for the glory of God, not that anger prompted by self-love or wounded ambition, which is referred to in the scripture Be ye angry, and sin not. Such was the anger of Moses.The Review and Herald, February 18, 1890. (Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, 101.)  

 

therefore,  the only kind of anger that is acceptable is anger against sin

 

Jesus cleansed the temple twice in righteous anger. 



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Ephesians 4:26 appears to be referring to righteous indignation, and the first quote below says this.

Mark 3:5 is an example where Christ exhibited righteous anger, and the second quote below discusses this passage.

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The breaking of the tables of stone was but a representation of the fact that Israel had broken the covenant which they had so recently made with God.  It is a righteous indignation against sin, which springs from zeal for the glory of God, not that anger prompted by self-love or wounded ambition, which is referred to in the words of Scripture, "Be ye angry, and sin not" [Ephesians 4:26].  Such was the anger of Moses.  {19MR 110.3}

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Upon another Sabbath, as Jesus entered a synagogue. He saw there a man who had a withered hand.  The Pharisees watched Him, eager to see what He would do.  The Saviour well knew that in healing on the Sabbath He would be regarded as a transgressor, but He did not hesitate to break down the wall of traditional requirements that barricaded the Sabbath.  Jesus bade the afflicted man stand forth, and then asked, "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?"  It was a maxim among the Jews that a failure to do good, when one had opportunity, was to do evil; to neglect to save life was to kill.  Thus Jesus met the rabbis on their own ground.  "But they held their peace.  And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, He saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other." Mark 3:4, 5.  {DA 286.2}



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