God's Justice and W
rath
Prepared by Charlie R. Lopez
God's Justice
God punishes the evil works and the evildoer itself. H
e alone executes justice on all. He rewards the evildo
ers according to their works(Rev. 20:12-13 , Rom.2:6-
8, 2 Cor. 5:10) and based on God's standard. He is jus
t, He is just in His decisions and will stand as Suprem
e Judge during the day of Judgement.
"God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with th
e wicked every day." (Psalms 7:11)
God's Justice
“Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far
be it from God that he should do wickedness, and fro
m the Almighty that he should do wrong. For accordi
ng to the work of a man he will repay him, and accor
ding to his ways he will make it befall him. Of a truth,
God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not p
ervert justice."
- Job 34:10-12 ESV
God's Justice
As Just God, He does not tolerate the evildoers and t
he evil itself. He acts according to His righteousness a
nd He is always just in actions and decisions.
"For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; e
vil may not dwell with you. The boastful shall not sta
nd before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. You destr
oy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodt
hirsty and deceitful man." - Psalms 5:4-6
God's Justice
"The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are jus
tice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just a
nd upright is he"
-Deuteronomy 32:4
He has the only authority to execute forever tormenti
ng punishment against those transgressors of His Law
.
God's Justice
God's Justice are:
1. Rectoral Justice- God created moral government in
the world, imposing just law upon men. He is the Law
giver and Sovereign Legislator of Universe. His Law co
ntains promised rewards for obedient and punishme
nt against transgressor.
God's Justice
According to Psalms 99:4, "The King in his might loves ju
stice.You have established equity; you have executed jus
tice and righteousness in Jacob."
2. Remunerative Justice- According to Louis Berkhof, "It i
s really an expression of the divine love, dealing out its b
ounties, not on the basis of strict merit, for the creature
can establish no absolute merit before the Creator, but a
ccording to promise and agreement, Luke 17:10; I Cor. 4:
7. God’s rewards are gracious and spring from a covenan
t relation which He has established."
God's Justice
3) Retributive Justice- it is imposed upon the heavine
ss of the person's sin.
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the
wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I
will repay, says the Lord.”
- Romans 12:19
God's Wrath
God's wrath is Holy righteous immutable and powerf
ul wrath. His wrath is against evil and transgressor th
emselves forever. "For the wrath of God is revealed fr
om heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousn
ess of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress t
he truth."(Rom. 1:18)
Evildoers cannot survive in God's wrath and they can
not stop it.(Revelations 6:16-17)
God's wrath
God's wrath is manifested in terrors, judgement and a
fflictions. It is specially reserved for the day of His wrat
h.
"and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as t
o us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven wit
h his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance
on those who do not know God and on those who do
not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.They will suffer t
he punishment of eternal destruction, away from the
presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might"-
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
God's Wrath
"For a burning place has long been prepared; indeed,
for the king it is made ready, its pyre made deep and
wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of
the LORD, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it." -Isaiah 3
0:33
Because of God's wrath, punished sinners suffers eter
nal condemnation, shame, torment, contempt and et
ernal fire. God is consuming fire(Hebrews 12:29)
God's Wrath
According to A.W. Pink, "The wrath of God is eternal
detestation of all unrighteousness. It is the displeasur
e and indignation of divine equity against evil. It is th
e holiness of God stirred into activity against sin. It is
the moving cause of that just sentence which He pass
es upon evil doers. God is angry against sin because it
is a rebelling against His authority, a wrong done to H
is inviolable sovereignty."
God's wrath
"whom God put forward as a propitiation by his bloo
d, to be received by faith. This was to
show God's righteousness, because in his divine forb
earance he had passed over
former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the p
resent time, so that he might be just and the justifier
of the one who has faith in Jesus."
- Romans 3:25-26
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain
salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for
us so that whether we are awake
or asleep we might live with him. "
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
