Whosoever is Angry …. Is a Murderer!

July 17, 2022

Anger is certainly indicative of something. One can be angry and sin not, but one

cannot be angry at his brother and sin not. Jesus was angry, braided a whip, and

overturned the money changers tables because of what they were doing in the

temple; but he never allowed himself to be angry with his fellow man. We might

conclude then that one can be angry about things, situations, circumstances, and etc.

but not a person. Especially not a brother, a Christian or a fellow human. Jesus says

in Matthew 5:22-24 while upgrading the Law that one should reconcile with his

brother before offering anything to God.

Therefore, we conclude that anger directed at a brother is dangerous and can lead to

murder as in the case of Cain and Abel. The loving apostle John says, “Whosoever

hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life

abiding in him” (1 John 3:15). The only solution to this anger issue is to love our

brothers. In 1 John 3:14 we are commanded to love and by so doing we have passed

out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother

abideth in death. John says that Cain slew his brother because his own works were

evil, and his brother’s were righteous (1John 3:12). Let’s not fall into that trap,

because it belongs to Satan. Let us choose, deliberately choose, to do what is right

and love our brother. James puts it quite simply when he says, “let every man be

swift for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God” (James 1:19-20).

We know that listening to our own jealous heart will get us to the same place that it

got Cain. Listening to ourselves never seems to get us above ourselves, but listening

to the Lord, who died for the unworthy, helps us choose love over cursing and

death. The good news is that we can repent, Peter did, and be forgiven. Cain did not

repent and was driven out because he became paranoid by thinking, or projecting,

that everyone was going to kill him. Choosing to love your brother is much easier

when you remember that he is a brother to Christ and that Jesus died for him. You

can prove your love and accept the challenge, ‘to outdo yourselves in proving your

love for one another’.

Dr. Kenneth E. Morrison