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The Wrath of God is Revealed


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Romans 1:18-25 NKJV



18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who [a]suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is [b]manifest [c]in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and [d]Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like [e]corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.



A revelation of the wrath of God is needed to understand the righteousness of God. How can you understand grace if you do not even recognize what you have been delivered from? All mankind liable to God's wrath.  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold back the truth in unrighteousness. Here Paul begins is argument, the first position to be established is that all mankind without exception is guilty of sin before God, and therefore unable of itself to put in a plea of righteousness. But that’s not fair you say, so said the Israelites before you



Ezekiel 33:12-20



 "The wrath of God" is an expression with which we are familiar in the Bible. It denotes his holiness, his antagonism to sin, to which punishment is due. It expresses an idea as essential to our conception of His righteousness as do the words, "love" and "mercy." Wrath means “vengeance”. To Paul, it was indispensable to use words which people used; but when applied to God they do not mean precisely what they do when applied to man. When the Savior is said Mark 3:5 to have looked on his disciples with anger (Greek, "wrath," the same word is here), it is not that he had the feelings of a man seeking vengeance. Wrath is in opposition to His favor, by excluding the offender from the favors which he bestows on the righteous. It is not an unamiable, or an arbitrary principle of conduct.  Wrath or indignation is used in the following Scriptures:



Ephesians 2:1-3And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.



1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.



1 Thessalonians 2:15-16who (speaking of the Jews) killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are [a]contrary to all men, 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost. This word occurs 35 times in the New Testament.



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