God's Wrath vs God's Love
We going to read 2 scriptures from the Bible. It depicts a doubleminded God, which means a very unstable God. Now we know that God is not unstable.
Isa 13:9
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
If we take that scripture at face value, God is going to destroy all of us, because all have sinned and fell short of the glory. It sounds like God hate us. Now listen to this verse taken out of the 2 Cor 5:19:
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.
If he is reconciling the world to himself, then who is not a part of the world?
In the Bible, reconciliation signifies a restoration of harmony and unity, particularly between God and humanity.
Now that is a description of an all loving all caring God who loves us unconditionally. There is no mistake that we can make that would keep him from loving us.
If he is restoring us to himself, then his wrath is against the things that separate us from him. If there is separation IT’S NOT God, it’s us. God has a plan to unite mankind together with him. Jesus left the 99 sheep to find that wayward one and bring him back.
There are many references in the Bible of his love for the wayward folks. Everyone has a measure of his faith placed in us. When the prodigal son came to the end of himself, he remembered that his father would take him back.
Heb 13:8
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
If God never changes, then he can’t have wrath towards folks one day and then turn around the next day and show his grace towards them.
His wrath is aimed towards all unrighteous, not the people but the acts and thoughts of man that are not in line with the divine.
This whole topic of wrath vs grace is summed up in this one scripture.
John 14:9
Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you?
We believe every word Jesus speaks. If we want to know the Father, then all we need to do is look at Jesus.
If we need proof of God’s nature and his feeling for mankind.
Psaml 145:8
The LORD is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
Let’s get back to Jesus:
Many times during his earthly ministry, Jesus was filled and moved with compassion.
Mat 9:36
36 When he saw the vast crowds of people, Jesus’ heart was deeply moved with compassion, because they seemed weary and helpless, like wandering sheep without a shepherd.
He still feels that way today. Jesus had compassion for everyone. He did not discriminate or separate the good from the bad. He loved everyone and that is how he wants us to be.
If Jesus showed that kind of unconditional love, then the Father is the same way. For God so loved the world (cosmos).
If we still need examples of unconditional love, look at the woman caught in adultery. The law says stone her to death, while grace says where are your accusers. Jesus then said, neither do I accuse you. If he didn’t condemn her then he wouldn’t condemn anyone