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1 | Who is revealing God's wrath? | Rom 1:18 | wick08 | 225568 | ||
The majority of the english translations state that the wrath of God is being revealed, not including the NLT which states that God shows his anger from heaven. My question is, who is revealing God's wrath? Is the sin of man revealing how much God hates sin, or is God revealing his own hatred for sin and punishing man? | ||||||
2 | Who is revealing God's wrath? | Rom 1:18 | BradK | 225569 | ||
Hello wick08, It is the wrath of- or belonging to- God. Youngs Literal Translation reads, "for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness." The Amplified reads, "For God's [holy] wrath and indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who in their wickedness repress and hinder the truth and make it inoperative" As Robertson notes, "There is a parallel and antecedent revelation (see verse 17 ) of God's wrath corresponding to the revelation of God's righteousness, this an unwritten revelation, but plainly made known. Orge is from orgaw, to teem, to swell. It is the temper of God towards sin, not rage, but the wrath of reason and law (Shedd). The revelation of God's righteousness in the gospel was necessary because of the failure of men to attain it without it, for God's wrath justly rested upon all both Gentiles ( Romans 1:18-32 ) and Jews ( Romans 2:1-3:20 ). I hope this helps, BradK |
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3 | Who is revealing God's wrath? | Rom 1:18 | wick08 | 225574 | ||
I feel as if I didn't portray my question very well. What I'm trying to get at is there is a difference between God's wrath being revealed (meaning sin gave the punishment to the Romans) and God revealing his wrath (meaning God gave the punishment to the Romans). However, translations say both. I feel like this important because it helps to understand God's character better. If God revealed His wrath, I think it shows that He punishes man when they are habitually caught in sin. If the verse is read as God's wrath is revealed, then this could mean that when one is caught in habitual sin, it naturally disconnects them from God, and God is only revealing His wrath, not punishing man. Sin is punishing man on its own, without God. So I think I can sum up the question by asking, is sin the cause of the Romans depravity, or is sin God's cause for depraving the Romans? | ||||||
4 | Who is revealing God's wrath? | Rom 1:18 | EdB | 225575 | ||
Let me answer the easy part. You asked, " So I think I can sum up the question by asking, is sin the cause of the Romans depravity, or is sin God's cause for depraving the Romans?" Sin is the cause of man's depravity. In the garden we see man sinless and innocent. When sin entered man through man's rebellion to God's word all manner of depravity entered the human race. The punishment of sin is death. So far we haven't seen God punish sin as such, what we see is the natural consequences of sin. The sins of man will be punished at the White Throne of Judgement when all sins will be judged. That said we have and do see the sequences of sin, sin separates us from God and thus we can't receive God's blessings. Sin also destroys everything we hold most dear. Sin is a cruel taskmaster taking us to where we don't want to go, keeping us longer than we want to stay and costing us more than we want to pay. Incidentally the sins of this world were paid in full but to accept that payment for our personal sins we must accept Jesus as the only one that could pay for those sins. So in effect Sin itself will not cause our destruction, it will be our failure to accept Jesus as Lord and Master that bought us with a price, His life. |
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