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Let me begin with a brief outline of the beginning of Romans.
The structure of the letter looks like this.
ROMANS
Introduction- 1:1-17
Sinfulness-1:18-3:20
Of the Gentiles-1:18-32
Of the Jews-2:1-3:8
Universal- 3:9-20
Last week, we finished up the introduction of the letter.
We said, that the last two verses of the the introduction, verses 16, and 17, could be thought of as the theme of the letter, as well as a transition out of the introduction into the next main section of the letter.
The first main section of Romans is on sinfulness.
Paul will take the rest of chapter 1, all of chapter and most of chapter 3, taking about sinfulness.
Paul starts by writing about the sinfulness of the gentiles.
Chapter 1, verse 18, and continues to verse 32.
Then he writes about the sinfulness of the jews, in chapter 2, verse 1 all the way until chapter 3 verse 8.
Then, he writes about a universal sinfulness we all share in chapter 3, from verse 9, through to verse 20.
Today, we are beginning the section on the sinfulness of the gentiles.
Gentiles , are all the people who are not jewish.
Remember, Paul is talking about two groups of people, the jews and the gentiles.
Being a jew was both a religion and a race.
You were a jew by birth, and part of the Nation of Israel, whether you followed the law or not.
Everyone who was not a jew was referred to as a gentile.
They were not born into the jewish nation.
Being a gentile, also meant that those people did not know, or follow the God of Israel.
Sure, from time to time, there were gentile’s who did become God-followers, but for the most part, when the Bible refers to gentiles, these are people who do not know the God of Israel.
Paul is writing to the church in Rome.
The Church is made up of people who believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Some of those Jesus followers were jewish before they believed the gospel, others were gentiles.
This first portion is directed toward the gentiles, or those that do not know God, before they became Christ followers.
I will begin reading at verse 18, but before I begin let me pray.
Verse 18.
The wrath of God.
We don’t like to think about the wrath of God.
We don’t talk about it we don’t discuss it, it is not a pleasant subject.
Wrath means anger.
The wrath of God is the divine anger of God, and people do not like talking about that.
I get that.
This section of Romans, can be difficult, and it can be harsh, but I promise you, there is good news coming.
Continue to listen, if you do not like the wrath bear with me, and do not tune out or you will miss the good news.
The wrath of God in the Old Testament
The Old Testament frequently talks about the wrath of God.
For instance-God flooded the earth in the days of Noah-God poured out His wrath on the Egyptians to free His people.
The prophets are filled with the wrath of God.
Let’s turn to the book of Nahum for a minute.
This is awful, right?
It is bad.
But, there is something that you should know.
This is written in regard to Nineveh.
Remember Nineveh?
God called a man named Jonah to preach to Nineveh.
Jonah was to call them to repent and turn back toward God.
God so wanted them to have the opportunity to repent, that when Jonah refused to preach to them God sent a great fish to swallow him to make sure he went to them to preach.
The people did repent, and they avoided the wrath of God.
Here in Nahum is the second time, someone was sent to preach to them.
Previously, they repented, now they turned away again.
They went back to their old ways, and Nahum is sent to warn them again.
People sometimes get so bothered by the wrath God, that they do not want to hear it, so they avoid the Old Testament all together.
They don’t read it, or they say I like the God of the New Testament, he is nicer than the God of the Old Testament.
The wrath of God in the New Testament.
However, the wrath of God is in the New testament too.
God is unchanging.
The God of the Old Testament is the God of the New Testament and he still has anger.
But what about John 3:16 they say?
But further down, in verse 36, John says why God gave his one and only son.
God’s wrath remains on him.
There it is the wrath of God.
The wrath of God is for those that do not repent.
Here is the point.
The wrath of God is in the bible, not just in the Old Testament, but in the New testament as well.
We may not like it, but it is there.
We cannot ignore it.The wrath of God, is the anger of God, that is set against the sin and the evil in the world.
The wrath of God, is not like our anger.
our anger is often emotional, it can be unfair, or even arbitrary at times.
But God’s wrath is different.
It is always set within a just God, a merciful God, a loving God.
His anger occurs within his perfect righteousness and is fair and just, not arbitrary or capricious.
The wrath of God is always set in the context of the possibility of redemption for those that repent.
The wrath against Nineveh was set against the fact that God sent messengers to them giving them the opportunity to repent.
The wrath of God in John is set against Jesus coming as God in the flesh.
To avoid the wrath of God, repent and believe the gospel.
Now, I want you to see this here in Romans.
Let’s go back one verse.
Verse 17, we said is the theme verse of Romans.
Paul writes.
For in the Gospel the righteousness of God is revealed.
Now, verse 18
Alongside the righteousness of God revealed, the wrath of God is being revealed.
V. 17-Righteousness of God revealed-in the Gospel.
V. 18-Wrath of God revealed-to those who suppress the truth
Gos is just, and fair.
He does not get angry unless it it is the right thing to do.
His wrath or anger, is always set along with his righteousness, that is available to us.
His anger is a just and righteous anger, toward that which is sin and evil.
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His wrath is revealed against the godlessness , and wickedness.
Now other translations say godlessness and unrighteousness.
Revealed against the godlessness.
That is those that do not have God in their life.
Those that have nothing to do with God.
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