Guides for truth and a life apart.

A wise man listens to others before he speaks (Proverbs 1:5) and carefully considers what he has heard. He also says very little for he knows that the more he speaks the better the chances are he will say something to offend others (Proverbs 10.19). A SPIRIT controlled believer will have control over his anger. He will not blow up on people and say rash things. Patience (control over one's tongue) is a powerful quality, which is more valuable than being physically strong or commanding large armies (Proverbs 16.32). We should control our anger because it never brings forth righteous fruit. Anger is sin and it always causes problems in a family, especially the family of God. We are commanded to let go of anger (verbal and physical) along with bitterness, clamor, slander and abusive speech (Ephesians 4.31; Colossians 3.8). When we get angry with someone we should resolve it before the end of the day (Ephesians 4.26) or it will fester and grow into hatred. Hatred is something that can interfere in our fellowship with God..  There are times when we should have righteous anger toward evil deeds and sinful acts (Ephesians 4.26), but we should never act in the flesh. We should pray and wait until our anger has subsided before we do anything. This type of anger is still in keeping with "walking in the Spirit."



To walk in the Spirit is to keep from living a life of sin – keeping your self unpolluted by the world. If you are very involved in worldly matters, you are not walking in the SPIRIT (Galatians 5.16, 25).