The wrath of God is a concept we hear a lot about in church. When we fail, we worry that God is angry or wants to punish us. In today’s short video, Scott reminds us how we have been saved from the wrath of God, assuring us that God is not even a little bit mad at us.
Have you ever worried that God might be angry with you? I want to talk to you today about God's wrath. We hear a lot about it in churches. Maybe you blew it somehow or maybe you've failed. You've sinned again for the hundredth time. Is God angry at you? Paul tells us in Romans, “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.” Romans 5:9 (NASB) So, we shall be saved because we are justified by faith.
By the work of Christ, we are saved from the wrath of God.
What does that mean? What is wrath? It's the idea of punishment or God’s anger. And we see here that God is not enraged at us. He is not furious. His wrath has been satisfied through Christ’s death on the Cross.
Jesus died for all our sins. He's not angry at us. He's not up in heaven walking around and shaking His head thinking, “I can't believe it! I'm so mad.” No, we're saved from His wrath.
But you know what I struggle with? It's not the big wrath. It's the little things, like when I believe that God must be annoyed with me because I failed again. I believe God is perturbed. He's upset with me. He's ticked off with me in some way. He's disappointed in me because I caught Him by surprise and He didn't know that I was going to do that last sin. And so He's now disappointed and perturbed with me. And yet we're saved from the wrath of God. The big wrath and the little wrath.
God is not even a little bit mad at you.
Now, I think it grieves the Holy Spirit when we sin. Scripture tells us the Holy Spirit grieves. “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” Ephesians 4:30 (NASB) But grief is not the same as anger. Grief is a sadness. And when we say God grieves, it’s because He knows sin is only going to hurt us. But He's not angry at us; we are saved from the wrath of God. We're even saved from God being perturbed with us. God is not angry at you. Jesus took that on Himself. Either Jesus died for all of our sins or His death didn't account for anything.