The Reformation focused on the question, How is a person justified? Clearly justification involves a legal judgment by God, a declaration by him that we are just. Then the burning question becomes this: On what basis or grounds does God ever declare anyone just? Must we first become just inherently before God will make such [...]
Posts Tagged ‘God’s Wrath’
The Question on Which the Reformation Focused
Posted in Calvin, John, tagged Christ's Righteousness, Forgiveness, God's Wrath, Iniquity, Justification, Reformation, Righteousness, Sinner on May 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Danger of Repressing Natural Revelation
Posted in Sproul, R.C., tagged God's Attributes, God's Wrath, Natural Revelation on April 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
God directs his wrath to mankind because of their repression of natural revelation. God may be known because he has “shown” what may be known about himself. This showing or revealing is “manifest” or clear. Since creation itself reveals God’s invisible attributes, though invisible, are “clearly seen” – that is, they are seen by or [...]
Two Points Worth Noting About Propitiation
Posted in Bridges, Jerry, tagged Christ's Death, Faith, God's Justice, God's Wrath, Propitiation, Sacrifice, Salvation on September 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We should notice two important points about this propitiatory act of Christ. First, God presented Him, or set Him forth as an atoning sacrifice. It is God the Father who initiated the whole plan of salvation. It is God the father who provided the sacrifice of His Son to satisfy His justice and appease His [...]
It Originated Solely with His Goodness
Posted in Bridges, Jerry, tagged God's Wrath, Grace, Guilt, II Peter on September 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Grace, as we have already observed, is the undeserved favor of God show to those who deserve His wrath. Grace presupposes guilt on our part. By definition, it is sovereign, undeserved favor. (In fact, God did not grant such favor to the angels that sinned [II Peter 2:4]). The decision to grant such favor to [...]
Justification Is Like Two Sides of a Coin
Posted in Bridges, Jerry, tagged God's Law, God's Wrath, Justification, Righteous on September 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
To be justified is to be absolved from any charge of guilt and to be declared absolutely righteous. We are not only discharged from all liability to God’s wrath because of our guilt; we are personally accepted by God because of Christ. Justification is like the two sides of a coin. On the one side [...]
It’s All There In The Scriptures
Posted in Horton, Michael, tagged Extra Nos, God's Grace, God's Wrath, Salvation, Scriptures on May 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We are uprooted from our own existence and are taken back to the holy history of God on earth. There God has dealt with us, with our needs and our sins, by means of the divine wrath and grace. What is important is not that God is a spectator and participant in our life today, [...]
Is This Really Good News?
Posted in Horton, Michael, tagged Evangelicalism, God's Wrath, Gospel, Law on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It may be Law Lite, but make no mistake about it: behind a smiling Boomer evangelicalism that eschews any talk of God’s wrath, there is a determination to assimilate the gospel to law, an announcement of victory to a call to be victorious, indicatives to imperatives, Good News to good advice. The bad news may not [...]
Customers Are Not Always Right – The Danger of Marketing
Posted in Driscoll, Mark, tagged Church, Customer, God's Wrath, Gospel, Hell, Marketing, Sin, Theology on September 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Consequently, the gospel came to be seen as – and in many churches still is – a product to be marketed in an attractive manner so as to draw as many customers to the church as possible to consume religious goods and services. Because in this business model the customer is always right, the church [...]
The Filthiness of Sin and Its Evil Nature
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged Burden, Glorious, God's Wrath, Holy, Punishment, Sin on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The filthiness of sin and its evil nature, as it is an offense to a holy, gracious and glorious God, is not a burden to them. But it is the connexion between sin and punishment, between sin and God’s wrath, that makes it a burden. – Jonathan Edwards, On Knowing Christ, The Banner of Truth [...]
A Quiet Rest and Full Refreshment for Sinners
Posted in Edwards, Jonathan, tagged Evil, God's Wrath, Rest, Sin, Sinners on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is a quiet rest and full refreshment in Christ for sinners that are weary and heavy laden with sin. Sin is the most evil and the most odious thing, as well as the most mischievous and fatal; it is the most mortal poison; it, above all things, hazzards life, and endangers the soul, exposes [...]
