{"id":49221,"date":"2018-10-01T01:14:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T06:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=49221"},"modified":"2018-10-01T01:14:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T06:14:53","slug":"you-provoked-the-lord-to-wrath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/01\/you-provoked-the-lord-to-wrath\/","title":{"rendered":"You provoked the LORD to wrath"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>Exodus 4:14<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses<\/p>\n

2 Samuel 6:7<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error,<\/p>\n

1 Kings 11:9<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD,<\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 21:7<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel<\/p>\n

Numbers 12:9<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them<\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 3:26<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But the LORD was angry with me because of you and would not listen to me. And the LORD said to me, \u2018Enough from you; do not speak to me of this matter again<\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 9:8<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Even at Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, and the LORD was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.<\/p>\n

Psalms 78:58-60<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.\u00a0\u00a0When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.<\/p>\n

Philippians 2:21<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

2 Timothy 4:10<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 4:23<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Anger of God.\u00a0 <\/span>Wrath of God.\u00a0 <\/span>We hear much preaching and devotionals of God\u2019s grace, mercy, and love but do not hear that much about His anger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Colin Smith” wrote an interesting devotional about this and after I read it I deleted what I wrote and shared his with you.<\/em><\/p>\n

As peace is a truth widely loved, wrath is a truth widely loathed. Many in the history of the church has been embarrassed by God\u2019s wrath and have wanted to revise this biblical truth.Yet, this theme of the wrath (or anger) of God toward sin and sinners is clearly and widely taught in the Bible. This truth is so interwoven with the hope of our peace with one another and with God that if we lose our grasp on the one, we lose our hope of the other.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

1. The anger of God is not like our anger.<\/em><\/h3>\n

When we speak about the wrath of God, remember that it is the wrath\u00a0of God.\u00a0\u00a0So everything we know about God\u2014he is just, he is love, and he is good\u2014needs to be poured into our understanding of his wrath.<\/em><\/p>\n

The words \u201canger\u201d and \u201cwrath\u201d make us think about our experience. You may have suffered because of someone who is habitually angry, loses his temper, or flies into a rage. Our anger can often be unpredictable, petty, and disproportionate.<\/em><\/p>\n

Although these things are often true of human anger, none of them are true of the anger of God. God\u2019s wrath is the just and measured response of his holiness toward evil.<\/em><\/p>\n

2. God\u2019s wrath is provoked.<\/em><\/h3>\n

The anger of God is not something that resides in him by nature; it is a response to evil. It is provoked.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Bible says, \u201cGod is love.\u201d That is his nature. God\u2019s love is not provoked. He does not love us because he sees some wisdom, beauty, or goodness in us. He loves you because he loves you, and you can never get beyond that (Deuteronomy 7:7).<\/em><\/p>\n

But God\u2019s wrath is different, his holy response to the intrusion of evil into his world. If there was no sin in the world, there would be no wrath in God. So the Bible\u2019s teaching about the wrath of God is different from ancient mythologies, gods who run around frustrated and fuming. God\u2019s anger is his settled resolve that evil will not stand.<\/em><\/p>\n

3. God is slow to anger.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Why does God allow evil to continue in the world? Why does he not wipe it out?<\/em><\/p>\n

God holds out the offer of grace and forgiveness in Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:9). People are coming to him in faith and repentance every day, and God patiently holds open the door of grace. The day of God\u2019s wrath will come, but God is not in a hurry to bring it because then the door of grace will be closed.<\/em><\/p>\n

4. God\u2019s wrath is revealed now.<\/em><\/h3>\n

How does God reveal his wrath when sinners suppress the truth about him, exchange the truth for a lie, and worship created things rather than the Creator? God gives them up (Romans 1):<\/em><\/p>\n