Why Justified Anger Is a Deception From Devil?

Recently, in India, there was a news in the media, that a woman poured hot oil on her husband after a quarrel.

Let's take the individuals involved in this incident out of the picture, because we respect their privacy. We must also pray they both come to the knowledge of Christ, and forgive each other, and live a beautiful life, loving each other in Christ to the end of their lives.

Now, assuming this incident happened in any house, its easy to understand that a person generally could not be so hard-hearted to pour oil (that too on their spouse) after the first quarrel he/she had with their spouse.

The incident of pouring oil on the spouse must have occurred after several rounds of quarrels on different days. For example,

• The first quarrel might have resulted in the couple hurling abusive words on each other.

• The next quarrel might have resulted in one of them slamming the door to express their frustration.

• The next one might have resulted in intentionally breaking a thing like TV or any valuable thing, out of desperation to prove their point.

• The next one in threatening the other person or physical abuse.

• The next one might have gone up to throwing something in their hand (like a cloth or pillow or a small key) that cannot cause severe hurt on the other person.

• The next one could have been pouring the hot oil or even beating up or killing the other person.

Each time, the devil secretly fed the people involved with a subtle, unnoticeable, gradual increase in their aggression towards the other person. If the satan led a person to pour oil after the first quarrel, they would have clearly sensed his trick. But he made them feel their aggression towards the other person is actually right by increasing it gradually such that at one point, the person even starts to think that pouring hot oil or killing the other person is a solution.

What we think as Justified Anger is a deception from satan. Even if we are 100% sure the other person is doing wrong intentionally, we must remember that we, as humans, are all fallen, and rely on the work of Christ on the cross to get God's salvation.

Our salvation is a merciful act by God Himself that He chose to give His only begotten Son as a spotless lamb on the cross. So we must choose to forgive the other person and seek peace. Our happiness must not be based on another person's behavior towards us, but based on Christ Himself being our companion.

The next time, you feel you have a justified anger, remember this verse:

For we are not unaware of his (satan's) schemes. 2 Corinthians 2:11

Justified anger is one of the deceptions (or schemes) of the devil. There are other ones too, which we look forward to write about in the upcoming blogs.

Do you still think your anger is justified? Check out this post to learn how Jesus reacted when He faced such situations!

Still struggling to forgive and move on? Read this post to recall how much you're loved and forgiven by Christ, and realize you forgiving the other person is no match to the forgiveness you yourself received from God!