18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
OF HIS OWN WILL...... he SPAKE and CREATED US and the Universe which is ever expanding still, and every living things on this world because it pleased HIM to do so....
HE created ADAM first and then Eve from Adam, that we should be a firstfruit of all HIS creatures he created. We are the top of the order of all the created beings GOD created and put on this Earth.
We are NOT the top of hierarchy of all HIS created beings. He created MANKIND in the likeness of HIMSELF..
BECAUSE GOD made MAN in HIS likeness, similitude, HE wants MAN to exercise some of the traits and characteristics of being GODLY in our daily lives so that they reflect and bring glory to HIM..
OUR anger does not bring glory to God.
DO YOU have a TEMPER??? Have you asked GOD to bring it under subjection or remove it from you????
Unrighteous, unholy anger is not a good thing.
I know. I have struggled with this all my life.... But James has made GOD's message very clear hear.
So it behooves us to become more like HIM and less like our old unregenerated self..
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