If you don't answer my three simple questions in the other post, you will be provoking me to anger
But I obviously can choose to act in anger or not.
Anger, like envy is an emotion that affects the will of man. Like greed, lust or even love.
Greed made the will of the Rich Young Ruler unwilling to become a follower of Christ.
Notice after the Rich young ruler left what Jesus said. "It is more difficult for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven."
Why would a man's wealth matter if a man is saved by an effectual calling?
Greed is a motivator of the heart. Just like envy. It just so happens that God has chosen to use envy to provoke some that they "might" be saved.
Bill

But I obviously can choose to act in anger or not.
Anger, like envy is an emotion that affects the will of man. Like greed, lust or even love.
Greed made the will of the Rich Young Ruler unwilling to become a follower of Christ.
Notice after the Rich young ruler left what Jesus said. "It is more difficult for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven."
Why would a man's wealth matter if a man is saved by an effectual calling?
Greed is a motivator of the heart. Just like envy. It just so happens that God has chosen to use envy to provoke some that they "might" be saved.
Bill