Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse II · §11 · John Wesley

Anger at sin

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Anger at sin we allow. In this sense we may be angry and yet not sin (Ephesians 4:26). In this sense our Lord himself is once recorded to have been angry. He looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts (Mark 3:5). He was grieved at the sinners, and angry at the sin. And this is undoubtedly right before God.

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Anger at sin, we allow. In this sense we may be angry and yet we sin not. In this sense our Lord himself, is once recorded to have been angry. He looked round about upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts. He was grieved at the sinners, and angry at the sin. And this is undoubtedly right before God.

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