Be Angry, Sin Not

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Christianity has an amazing approach to lying and to anger that almost nobody else has. For truth-telling, it says truth must always be told with love. And for anger, it says, “Be ye angry, and sin not.” Paul doesn’t say, “Well if you get angry, it might be okay.” He says, “Be angry. Do it.” Very often it is wrong not to be angry. But then he turns around and says, “and sin not.” It must mean two things: that anger can easily lead to sin and trouble, and that it’s possible to be angry but not become sinful. Ephesians 4 shows us a lot about lying and anger. Let’s look at 1) what it means to speak the truth in love. And then we’ll discuss how 2) anger is not wrong in itself, 3) we are to sin not, and 4) we have a way to deal with anger. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on January 27, 1991. Series: Christian Lifestyle. Scripture: Ephesians 4:25-32. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Each year we make a special free resource available during the season of Lent.
0:08.1	For the 40 days from Ash Wednesday through Good Friday, Gospel in Life would like to send you a daily devotional.
0:14.1	Sign up to receive this daily email at gospelandlife.com slash lent.
0:18.6	Now here's Dr. Keller with today's teaching.
0:27.4	Thank you. Life.com slash lent. Now, here's Dr. Keller with today's teaching. Could you get out your handout for tonight?
0:32.2	On anger.
0:35.0	And I'm going to stick tonight.
0:40.8	You know, sometimes you get out this handout and I never say, you know, I ignore the handout and almost nothing I say has anything to do with what's
0:46.2	on the handout. And some of you say, wow, that's interesting. I wonder why he gave this to us.
0:52.3	And it means it's all, it's relevant information that I just didn't get to.
0:57.0	But tonight I'm going to be covering things pretty closely.
1:00.9	I'm going to follow that hand out fairly closely.
1:02.8	So if you've got it, let's look at it.
1:13.9	All right, Ephesians 4.
1:17.0	We're looking at this whole section from 25 to 32.
1:24.0	And though we're going to read the whole section,
1:30.4	we are focusing every week on another verse, another subject, because every verse brings up another subject of part of the great Christian lifestyle, which Paul is outlining
1:35.8	for us. Verse 25, therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are
1:47.5	all members of one body.
1:50.7	In your anger, do not sin.
1:54.0	Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry.
1:58.2	And do not give the devil a foothold. He who has been stealing must steal no longer,
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