5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

6 He will render to each one according to his works:

— Romans 2:5-6

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

— Romans 1:28

8 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.

9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might,

— 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

— Daniel 12:2

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and love from Christ to you.

The wrath of God addressed by Paul in his Roman’s is the manifestation of His righteous hatred of sin and wickedness. Paul describes God’s wrath as both a present and future problem for fallen humanity.’ In the present, God’s wrath is experienced as He gives people over to sin’s consuming consequences. In the future, apart from salvation through Jesus Christ, God’s wrath against sin ultimately brings spiritual death and eternal, conscious separation from God. God perfectly expresses His holiness and love as He righteously exercises His justice. As God pours out His wrath on sin, He also mercifully provides an escape from His wrath through faith in Jesus, the perfect atoning sacrifice.

God is not like us. He is not wicked, evil, depraved, envious, or driven by irrational anger. God does not exercise His wrath as payback or to get even. Because of His compassion, God hates the destruction in sin’s wake and seeks to save sinners. Because of His omniscience and wisdom, God perfectly measures His punishment to fit each sin. Because of His impartiality, God will hold all people accountable for their response to His truth. Because all people are born with a sinful nature, no one meets God’s righteous standard. All people deserve God’s wrath and need a Savior.(Inspired by BSF’s Study of Romans)