Part 1: A recommendation to all of you who are angry and expounding your political beliefs with much “vigor”

“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. (Ephesians 4:26-27)

Paul doesn’t say don’t be angry. He does say when you are angry, do not sin. Be careful if you are in any heighten state, especially anger. Do not give a foothold for the devil to take advantage of, because he will.

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8)

“Your adversary will strive to influence your mind, and irritate your spirit; watch and pray that he may not get any place in you, or ascendancy over you” (Adam Clarke).

To “Be sober” means to be calm and collected in spirit. “Be vigilant” literally translates to “Wake!” Pay attention! Give strict attention and, “take heed lest through remission and indolence some destructive calamity suddenly overtake one” (Thayers).

Are you angry over the recent election results? That’s OK. Just do not allow that anger to become the gateway for the devil.

“Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties” (Psalm 141:3-4)