“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. (Eph 4:26-27)
Anger is our normal emotional response to a perceived threat, hurt, wrongful doing, or injustice. Anger isn’t always bad, but it must be handled appropriately. Why is it important to handle anger properly? If expressed thoughtlessly, anger can hurt others and destroy relationships. If bottled up inside, it can cause us to become bitter and destroy us from within. If we nurse our anger, we will give Satan a foothold which can divide us.
Nowadays, people generally define or recognize love as an act of kindness or self-sacrifice. Therefore, words which have become commonly associated with love include those such as giving, helping, caring, having compassion, doing good deeds, and so forth. We can certainly define love through such actions for it is biblical to love in deed and in truth. But how else does the Bible define love?