The Wrath & The Goodness Of God

Rom. 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Rom. 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Rom. 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

Introduction The goodness of God receives more attention from man than God’s wrath

God’s Wrath 2 Cor. 5:11 “Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men…”

O.T. Examples Of God’s Wrath 1. Adam and Eve 2. Sinful of Noah’s Day 2 Pet. 2:5 “And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly”

O.T. Examples Of God’s Wrath 3. Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim

Jude 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

O.T. Examples Of God’s Wrath 4. Achan in Book of Joshua 5. Uzzah – touched the ark of the covenant

N.T. Examples Of God’s Wrath 1. Elymas the sorcerer Acts 13:11 “And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand”

N.T. Examples Of God’s Wrath 2. Felix trembled when he heard Paul talk of the final judgment Acts 24:25 He did not tremble enough because he did not repent!

N.T. Examples Of God’s Wrath 3. Destruction of Jerusalem 4. Diotrephes

3 Jn. 9-10 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

3 Jn. 9-10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. [

God’s Goodness The Song --God is so Good God is so good, God is so good, He’s so good to me!

God’s Goodness He sent His son He (the Son) died for me Her rose again He’s coming back I MUST OBEY

God’s Goodness Jesus loves me! This I know, For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong; They are weak, but He is strong.

God’s Goodness Mt. 19:17 17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good?[a] No one is good but One, that is, God.[b] But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

God’s Goodness This refers to the infinite and absolute goodness of God

Ezra 7:9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

Neh. 2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

Ps. 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

Ps. 119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

Rom. 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance

Rom. 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

2 Th. 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

God’s Goodness In the creation – Genesis 1-2 In His wonderful providence Acts 14:17 “Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness”

God’s Goodness His goodness abounds in redemption In the great spiritual blessings Eph. 1:3

Eph. 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

God’s Goodness Js. 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”

God’s Goodness Js. 1:5 “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.”

God Is So Good! God is so good, He’s so good to me!

References The Bible Doctrine of Jehovah God, Chap. 12 – God: His Wrath And His Goodness, Robert R. Taylor, (Quality Publications, 2002)