*RESTORATION TODAY*
*THURSDAY 3RD AUGUST 2017*
*BY PASTOR DR. G.O. OLUTOLA JP.*
*THEME: TWO TYPES OF ANGER.*

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

The Bible speaks of two types of anger and sinful anger. Sometimes, Jesus got angry: and when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers money, and overthrew the tables (Johns 2: 15). Money-changing was a system that made a daily habit of insulting God's house. So Jesus had a right to be angry. We know He never sinned (I Peter 2: 22), so His anger definitely wasn't sin.

As our hearts become more like His, there'll be times when our anger is justified like that, too. However, Jesus didn't let His anger be felt by those around Him unless He knew that it was the right thing to get the situation fixed. We don't often see Him angry. Even when He met Zacchaeus, who'd been taking advantage of people's money (Luke 19: 1 - 10), He didn't rage at him. He saw him as a person, first, and loved him.

When we see a system that hurts people (or God), we should let our righteous anger move us to constructive action. Other times, when you know that your anger is perhaps more person-related, learn to defuse the fuse, and approach the person with love.

*ACTION POINTS:*
 Be angry, bust sin not.

*SCRIPTURES:*
James 1: 19
Ephesians 4: 26
I Peter 2: 22
Luke 19: 1 - 10.

*PRAYER POINTS:*
1. Father, help me to love people like You in the name of Jesus.

2. Lord. Grant me the wisdom to know when to be angry enough to take Righteous action against ungodliness in the name of Jesus.

*DAILY BIBLE READING:*
I Samuel 8: 1 , 9: 14
Isaiah 49
II Corinthians 10.