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- God is love (1 John 4:8). That love is holy and pure, and therefore moral, promoting what’s good and opposing evil. God’s anger arises when evil threatens or hurts what is good. It defends those good things and corrects the wrong. This means it’s impossible to separate God’s anger and wrath from his love, since they’re rooted in it.
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Mar 7, 2011 · God’s wrath is not an implacable blind rage. However emotional it may be, it is an entirely reasonable and willed response to offenses against His holiness. At the same time His love wells up amidst His perfections and is not generated by the loveliness of the loved.
- Wrath Is Not an Attribute of God - The Gospel Coalition
God’s wrath arises from his holy love in opposition to...
- Wrath Is Not an Attribute of God - The Gospel Coalition
Mar 24, 2023 · God’s wrath arises from his holy love in opposition to wickedness. Wrath only exists where sin exists. Therefore we should uphold the priority of God’s love—and the necessity of God’s wrath to safeguard his love in a fallen world.
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Jul 10, 2017 · In order for God to be a God of love, he by necessity must also be a God of wrath. If you try to remove the wrath of God, you actually are creating a God of less love. Think of it like this. When you love someone deeply, you care a lot about their well-being. You desire what is best for them.
Aug 17, 2020 · This means it’s impossible to separate God’s anger and wrath from his love, since they’re rooted in it. His anger isn’t vindictive, nor his love permissive, but both are expressions of his zeal to love and defend what’s good, including his creation and his own holiness.
- Q1. What Is True? Is God Loving Or Is God Wrathful?
- Q2. How Does The Bible Bring Wrath and Love Together?
- Q3. Is The Father Wrathful and The Son Loving?
The answer is that both are true. We find God’s love and God’s wrath in the Old Testament, for example in Exodus 34. “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he p...
Our God is ‘holy, holy, holy’ (Isaiah 6:3) and—because he is holy—he wants his people to be ‘a holy nation’ (Ex 19:6, 1 Pet 2:9). ‘You shall be holy, for I, the LORD your God, am holy.’ ‘I am the LORD; I make you holy.’ (Lev 19:2, 20:8). Yet God’s holiness also means danger for his people. Because God is holy he: 1. tells us of our sin 2. tells us ...
People sometimes give this impression when they’re offering a short description of the gospel. But Scripture shows us that the Father and Son are both wrathful toward sin, and bothloving toward sinners. God the Father loves us, and sent his Son to save us.
Jun 16, 2012 · How do we reconcile God's wrath with his love? Does God have a "dark side" that is opposed to his love and mercy? We can't deal with this apparent contradiction by sweeping aside God's wrath as though it were non-existent or unimportant.
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Nov 4, 2014 · God’s love for his glory motivates his wrath against sin. Admittedly, God’s love for his own glory is a most sobering reality for many and not good news for sinners. It is after all, “a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31).
