The Wrath of God

Romans 1:18-32

Divine wrath is Gods

righteous anger and
punishment,
provoked by sin.

The wrath of God is His eternal detestation of all

unrighteousness. It is the displeasure and
indignation of Divine equity against evil. It is the
holiness of God stirred into activity against sin. It
is the moving cause of that just sentence which He
passes upon evil-doers. God is angry against sin
because it is a rebelling against His authority, a
wrong done to His inviolable sovereignty.
Insurrectionists against Gods government shall be
made to know that God is the Lord. They shall be
made to feel how great that Majesty is which they
despise, and how dreadful is that threatened wrath
which they so little regarded. Not that Gods anger
is a malignant and malicious retaliation, inflicting
injury for the sake of it, or in return for injury
received. No; while God will vindicate His dominion
as Governor of the universe, He will not be
vindictive.

Love of
Wrath
vs.
God
of God

Either /
Or

Both /
And

Love and wrath are

both equally 100%
attributes of God.

3 Truths About the

Wrath of God
The wrath of God is...
1) ...being ________.
2) ...for those who do not _____
God and ______ Him.
3) ...________ by Jesus Christ on
behalf of those who ______ in
Him as their Lord and Savior.

Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is
revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who
by their unrighteousness
suppress the truth.

3 Truths About the

Wrath of God
The wrath of God is...
1) ...being revealed.
2) ...for those who do not _____
God and ______ Him.
3) ...________ by Jesus Christ on
behalf of those who ______ in
Him as their Lord and Savior.

Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is
revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who
by their unrighteousness
suppress the truth.

The wrath of God

was revealed in the
past, is being
revealed in the
present, and will be
fully revealed in the
future.

Why is the wrath of

God being revealed?

Romans 1:19-20
19 For what can be known about
God is plain to them, because God
has shown it to them. 20 For his
invisible attributes, namely, his
eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever
since the creation of the world, in
the things that have been made. So
they are without excuse.

Stunning Views of Earth From

the International Space Station

Romans 1:19-20
19 For what can be known about
God is plain to them, because God
has shown it to them. 20 For his
invisible attributes, namely, his
eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever
since the creation of the world, in
the things that have been made. So
they are without excuse.

Whether you look down

to earth, look up in the
sky, or look through a
microscope, you'll see
the wonderful design
of God in creation.

Romans 1:21
21 For although they knew God,
they did not honor him as God or
give thanks to him, but they became
futile in their thinking, and their
foolish hearts were darkened.

3 Truths About the

Wrath of God
The wrath of God is...
1) ...being revealed.
2) ...for those who do not _____
God and ______ Him.
3) ...________ by Jesus Christ on
behalf of those who ______ in
Him as their Lord and Savior.

3 Truths About the

Wrath of God
The wrath of God is...
1) ...being revealed.
2) ...for those who do not know
God and honor Him.
3) ...________ by Jesus Christ on
behalf of those who ______ in
Him as their Lord and Savior.

"do not know" --> "reject"

Romans 1:21
21 For although they knew God,
they did not honor him as God or
give thanks to him, but they became
futile in their thinking, and their
foolish hearts were darkened.

Romans 1:22-25
22 Claiming to be wise, they became
fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the
immortal God for images resembling
mortal man and birds and animals and
creeping things. 24 Therefore God gave
them up in the lusts of their hearts to
impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies
among themselves, 25 because they
exchanged the truth about God for a lie
and worshiped and served the creature
rather than the Creator, who is blessed
forever! Amen.

Paul is speaking
specifically about Gentile
pagans here but...

Romans 3:23

For all have sinned and fall

short of the glory of God.

Ephesians 2:1-3
1 And you were dead in the trespasses
and sins 2 in which you once walked,
following the course of this world,
following the prince of the power of the
air, the spirit that is now at work in the
sons of disobedience 3 among whom
we all once lived in the passions of our
flesh, carrying out the desires of the body
and the mind, and were by nature children
of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Romans 1:26-32
26 For this reason God gave them up to
dishonorable passions. For their women
exchanged natural relations for those that
are contrary to nature; 27 and the men
likewise gave up natural relations with
women and were consumed with passion
for one another, men committing
shameless acts with men and receiving in
themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to
acknowledge God, God gave them up to a
debased mind to do what ought not to be
done.

Romans 1:26-32
29 They were filled with all manner of
unrighteousness, evil, covetousness,
malice. They are full of envy, murder,
strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are
gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God,
insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of
evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish,
faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though
they know Gods righteous decree that
those who practice such things deserve
to die, they not only do them but give
approval to those who practice them.

One way God shows His

wrath is removing divine
restraints...
"Wrath of abandonment"

3 Truths About the

Wrath of God
The wrath of God is...
1) ...being revealed.
2) ...for those who do not know
God and honor Him.
3) ...________ by Jesus Christ on
behalf of those who ______ in
Him as their Lord and Savior.

3 Truths About the

Wrath of God
The wrath of God is...
1) ...being revealed.
2) ...for those who do not know
God and honor Him.
3) ...absorbed by Jesus Christ
on behalf of those who trust in
Him as their Lord and Savior.

Ephesians 2:4-6
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of
the great love with which he loved us, 5
even when we were dead in our
trespasses, made us alive together with
Christby grace you have been saved 6
and raised us up with him and seated us
with him in the heavenly places in Christ
Jesus

3 Truths About the

Wrath of God
The wrath of God is...
1) ...being revealed.
2) ...for those who do not know
God and honor Him.
3) ...absorbed by Jesus Christ
on behalf of those who trust in
Him as their Lord and Savior.

Application
1) Get _____ with God.
2) Get _______ with God.

Application
1) Get right with God.
2) Get serious with God.

The Wrath of God

Romans 1:18-32