Does God feel angry?

So while God is not human, he does get angry. And he has good reason for reacting to human behavior with anger. In fact, God wouldn't be good if he didn't have strong reactions to evil and injustice.
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What is God's anger like?

The anger of God is not like human anger.

You may have suffered because of someone who is habitually angry. Human anger can often be unpredictable, petty, and disproportionate. These things are not true of the anger of God. God's wrath is the just and measured response of His holiness towards evil.
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Where in the Bible does God get angry?

Exodus 32:10

Now then let me alone (“give me rest”), that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation. Moses intercedes for the people, and God turns from his anger.
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What does the Bible say about God's anger?

The Bible speaks about God's wrath being poured out at the cross: “I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and spend my anger against you” (Ezekiel 7:8). This takes us to the heart of what happened there: The divine wrath toward sin was poured out on Jesus.
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Is anger a sin to God?

Anger itself is not a sin, but the strong emotion, unrestrained, can lead very quickly to sin. As God said to Cain, “It's desire is for you, but you must rule over it” (Genesis 4:7).
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Is it wrong to be angry with God?



Is God a wrathful God?

From the Old to the New Testament, God is portrayed as permissive and wrathful. Jews avoid this contradiction, as they only accept the God of the Old Testament as truly divine.
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Who is the most angry God?

In Hinduism, Kali (Devanāgari: कलि, IAST: kali, with both vowels short; from a root kad, 'suffer, hurt, startle, confuse') is the being who reigns during the age of the Kali Yuga and acts as the nemesis of Kalki, the tenth and final avatar of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu. This article contains Indic text.
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How can we make God happy?

4 Ways To Make God Happy
  1. Doing good. Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. ...
  2. Getting to know God better. ...
  3. Get strong. ...
  4. Thank God! ...
  5. Further study.
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What pleases God according to the Bible?

Hebrews 11:6.
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Does God want happiness?

God wants our joy to be full, as Jesus says in John 15:11, "These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full." This may or may not include those evanescent and effervescent feelings that all people desire.
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How do we know God wants us to be happy?

Psalm 37:3-4

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. This verse not only commands us to trust the Lord, but reminds us that finding delight in the Lord will also result in positive things coming your way!
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Can a man be angry with God?

It is not sinful to feel angry toward God. It is human. We have a concern for righteousness, and whenever we encounter what we perceive to be unjust situations, we experience anger. Knowing that God is all-powerful and could have averted these events, our anger is often toward God.
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Who is the destroying God?

Shiva is known as "The Destroyer" within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity which also includes Brahma and Vishnu.
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What is it called when God punishes you?

Divine retribution is supernatural punishment of a person, a group of people, or everyone by a deity in response to some action.
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Why sloth is a sin?

Sloth is a sin against God's love in that it goes so far as to refuse the joy that comes from God and to be repelled by divine goodness. It is a loss of hope in ever achieving what God wants for us: our eternal happiness.
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Is there a jealous God?

“For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Exod. 34:14).
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Why was God mad in the Bible?

Why Does God Get Angry? In the Bible God gets angry at human violence. He gets angry at powerful leaders who oppress other humans. And the thing that makes God more angry than anything else in the Bible is Israel's constant covenant betrayal.
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Who did God make mad?

"Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad" is quoted as a "heathen proverb" in Daniel, a Model for Young Men (1854) by Reverend William Anderson Scott (1813–85). Brigham Young quoted the phrase in a discourse delivered on March 16, 1856, attributing it as an "ancient proverb".
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Who created the God?

We ask, "If all things have a creator, then who created God?" Actually, only created things have a creator, so it's improper to lump God with his creation. God has revealed himself to us in the Bible as having always existed. Atheists counter that there is no reason to assume the universe was created.
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Is it OK to question God?

It's not a sin to question God — search the scriptures if you doubt. I believe God wants us to question His plan and His ways. He settles our doubts by giving us the belief that His ways are not always our ways.
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Can we argue with God?

When the circumstances are right, you can indeed argue with God. Recall the distinction between arguments-1 and arguments-2.
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What are the 3 things God wants us to do?

Theology Thursday: What God Asks of Us
  • To Do Justice. The first thing God desires of His people, is that they do justice. ...
  • To Love Kindness. The second thing God desires is that His people love kindness. ...
  • To Walk Humbly With Our God. Finally, God desires His people to walk humbly with Him.
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Does God want us to be rich?

The Bible issues several warnings against the love of money and the snare of wealth (1 Timothy 3:3; 6:10), but in Proverbs 30:8–9, Agur, the gather of wise sayings, asks that he would have neither poverty nor wealth.
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Is God happy in himself?

God is happy in himself — who he is and what he's accomplished — and through the saving work of Christ, he welcomes us all into his full and lasting happiness (Psalm 16:11).
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