Wrath

‘Wrath’ means ‘intense anger’. God passionately hates all sin and is fiercely angry against it. Because sin has so infiltrated human beings, God’s wrath is directed against them all (e.g. Isaiah 13:9, Romans 1:18). Some people find this teaching difficult, but that is because we tend to think about anger from our perspective. Our anger is tainted by our sin; our anger is selfish and often unjustified or unfair. But God’s wrath is perfect, it is righteous (Psalm 7:11). Because God loves all that is right and true and good, He is angry at the opposite of those things. In fact, if He loved sin, or even did not care about sin, then He would be a terrible God. God is right, then, to be angry at sinful people for their rebellion against Him and the destruction they have brought on each other through that rebellion. And this righteous wrath means that human beings must be punished for eternity in Hell (Romans 2:5). However, the good news of the Gospel is that Jesus Christ has taken the punishment for sin: He has borne the wrath of God for our sins so that by His grace, those who trust Him will not suffer God’s wrath in the judgement to come (Ephesians 2:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 1:10). To hear a clear explanation of how you can avoid suffering under God’s wrath, visit https://crosscheck.org.uk.