In the book of Romans, Paul pulls no punches, but repeatedly addresses this aspect of God’s perfect holiness (1:18 2:5,8 3:5 4:15 5:9 9:22 12:19).

It is His righteous indignation and fierce anger against all that does not conform to His perfect character. It is His holy vengeance that reacts in judgment against all that is unholy. What is the wrath of God? The word wrath ( orge) refers to His settled, determined indignation against sinful mankind. Apart from this truth, sinners are under the wrath of Almighty God. Further, everyone that you and I will meet today as we go to our places of business, everyone with whom we rub shoulders during the day, is in dire need of this gospel. Therefore, the whole world desperately needs the saving message of Jesus Christ. Paul commences his presentation of the gospel with the wrath of God, because the entire human race apart from Christ is under His fierce anger. The apostle starts here, because the good news of the gospel is never good news until you first know the bad news. In this theological argument, Paul begins his case with every person’s need for the gospel, which is, namely, the fact of the wrath of God upon every member of the sinful human race who is without Jesus Christ. This is his magnum opus, his most extraordinary treatise for what the gospel is. In the book of Romans, the apostle Paul is writing to the church in Rome in order to present his most profound case for the gospel. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures (Romans 1:19-23). For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

Because that which is known about God is evident within them for God made it evident to them.

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