We possess the Holy Spirit within us.
We have the written and eyewitness record that Christ has come and paid the substitutionary penalty for our sin.
We have seen God's transforming power in the lives of the lost.
We have experienced God's extraordinary material provision for those in need.
But we have never seen the anger of God......yet.
And the cacophony of denial that explodes from the culture around us doesn't make it any easier to keep the reality of the anger of God in mind.
In Ps 103: 8-10, David testifies to the mercy and grace of the Lord. But for us, it is necessary to frame the truths of mercy and grace with the reality of God's anger with sin.
Can I see the anger of God in the mercy of God with the same clarity and at the same time?
Is it even possible to overemphasize the anger of God?
What are the dangers of forgetting the anger of God?
2 comments:
In response to your first question, I believe we see God’s anger and God’s mercy embodied in his son Jesus. God’s wrath against sin was so great that only the Son of God could bear it. His Love for us was so great that he would place our sin on his son in our place. Finally, God's justice required that he pour out his wrath against our sin through the brutal execution of his son.
I think God's anger has been demonstrated in several Old Testament happenings. It seemed his anger was a result of action or lack of action on the part of people. His knowing this event would take place means to me that He responds with controlled, measured and for-known wrath.
It seems to me; God demonstrates a portion of His complexity in His anger, restraint, mercy, grace, love, and so on. I think it is proper to think that God is not angry in the same sense we are or become angry. In my life it seems a reason to become angry could include the feeling of no control over a situation. I do not think God can have this as part of his mix.
It may also be proper to conclude that Gods anger has happened for eternaty, the penalty articulated, and the price will be paid. Perhaps this is similar to pushing a bolder off a cliff, once in motion it will not stop until all the force is removed from the rock. Thinking outload.
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