Do not sin when you're angry

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Share your best practices during this “stay at home” season— take a selfie with your Bible and Journal [notebook]

From the narrative of the wedding in Cana— we learned several “timeless” principles applicable then, still applicable today, and will always be applicable forever

Timeless Principles that you can go to Jesus with your problems

He will answer your prayers in his own time— and you must be always willing to obey no matter how he answers your prayers

That life without Jesus is empty— He transforms empty lives and Jesus, the best is yet to come

I presume that by now— you got the general idea how to understand the Bible and how to extract “timeless principles” from it, and be able to apply into your lives

Ask the right questions— what, when, where, who, why and how?

Pull out the “Timeless Principles”— write these principles using your own words in your journal

Apply the “Timeless Principles” in your life

Like what I said, it takes willingness and practice to be able to understand the Bible

Let’s take a look at another incident recording in the second chapter of the gospel of John

Jesus is willing to use whip

In your anger do not sin

There will no sign except the sign of Jonah

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John 2:13–25 The Living Bible

13 Then it was time for the annual Jewish Passover celebration, and Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14 In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices, and money changers behind their counters. 15 Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out, and drove out the sheep and oxen, scattering the money changers’ coins over the floor and turning over their tables! 16 Then, going over to the men selling doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Don’t turn my Father’s House into a market!” 17 Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Concern for God’s House will be my undoing.” 18 “What right have you to order them out?” the Jewish leaders demanded. “If you have this authority from God, show us a miracle to prove it.” 19 “All right,” Jesus replied, “this is the miracle I will do for you: Destroy this sanctuary and in three days I will raise it up!” 20 “What!” they exclaimed. “It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can do it in three days?” 21 But by “this sanctuary” he meant his body. 22 After he came back to life again, the disciples remembered his saying this and realized that what he had quoted from the Scriptures really did refer to him, and had all come true! 23 Because of the miracles he did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many people were convinced that he was indeed the Messiah. 24 But Jesus didn’t trust them, for he knew mankind to the core. No one needed to tell him how changeable human nature is!

'Malapit na ang Paskwa ng mga Judio kaya't pumunta si Jesus sa Jerusalem. Nakita niya sa Templo ang mga nagtitinda ng mga baka, tupa at kalapati, at ang mga namamalit ng salapi. Kumuha siya ng lubid at ginawa iyong panghagupit, at ipinagtabuyan niyang palabas ang mga nagtitinda, pati na ang mga baka at tupa. Isinabog niya ang salapi ng mga namamalit ng pera at ipinagtataob ang kanilang mga mesa. Pinagsabihan niya ang mga nagtitinda ng kalapati, “Alisin ninyo rito ang mga iyan! Huwag ninyong gawing palengke ang bahay ng aking Ama!” Naalala ng kanyang mga alagad ang sinasabi sa kasulatan, “Ang malasakit ko sa iyong tahanan, matinding-matindi sa aking kalooban.” Dahil dito'y tinanong siya ng mga pinuno ng Judio, “Anong himala ang maipapakita mo upang patunayang may karapatan kang gawin ito?” Sumagot si Jesus, “Gibain ninyo ang Templong ito, at sa loob ng tatlong araw ay muli ko itong itatayo.” Sinabi ng mga pinuno ng Judio, “Apatnapu't anim na taóng ginawa ang Templong ito, at itatayo mo sa loob lamang ng tatlong araw?” Ngunit ang templong tinutukoy ni Jesus ay ang kanyang katawan. Kaya't nang siya'y muling mabuhay, naalala ng kanyang mga alagad na sinabi niya ito, at lalo silang naniwala sa kasulatan at sa mga itinuro ni Jesus. Nang Pista ng Paskwa ay nasa Jerusalem si Jesus. Marami ang sumampalataya sa kanya nang makita nila ang mga himalang ginagawa niya. Subalit hindi nagtiwala sa kanila si Jesus, sapagkat alam niya ang kanilang mga iniisip. Hindi na kailangang may magsabi pa sa kanya tungkol sa kaninuman, sapagkat nalalaman niya ang kalooban ng lahat ng tao.' Juan 2:13-25

QUESTION: Is it a sin to be angry?

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Passover is one of the three pilgrimage festivals during which all Jews were to travel to Jerusalem to worship at the temple []

JESUS MADE A WHIP FROM SOME ROPES AND CHASED THEM ALL OUT

Jesus is willing to use whip it that is what it takes to carry our the Father’s will

GET THESE THINGS OUT OF HERE! DON’T TURN MY FATHER’S HOUSE INTO A MARKET!

Jesus was obviously angry— did he commit sin with his anger?

When Paul gave instructions on Christian living— he told these to the church in Ephesus

Ephesians 4:26 The Living Bible

26 If you are angry, don’t sin by nursing your grudge. Don’t let the sun go down with you still angry—get over it quickly;

In your anger do not sin

IF YOU HAVE THIS AUTHORITY FROM GOD, SHOW US A MIRACLE TO PROVE IT!

Destroy this sanctuary and in e days I will raise it up— What? it took 46 years to build this temple

But the sanctuary Jesus meant was his body— Jesus also said something about signs and miracles— There will no sign except the sign of Jonah

There will no sign except the sign of Jonah

Matthew 12:39 The Living Bible

39 But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, faithless nation would ask for further proof; and none will be given except what happened to Jonah the prophet! For as Jonah was in the great fish for three days and three nights, so I, the Messiah, shall be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Matthew 16:4 The Living Bible

4 This evil, unbelieving nation is asking for some strange sign in the heavens, but no further proof will be given except the miracle that happened to Jonah.” Then Jesus walked out on them.

Read the book of Jonah

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Jesus is willing to use whip to carry out the Father’s will

In my anger I must not sin

I believe in crucifixion, death and resurrection