[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

I don’t buy this angry God assertion.

FIrst, only the Old Testament is filled with examples of an angry God. That angry God is completely missing from the New Testament.

Second, wrath does not mean anger in the New Testament. It means punishment. God’s divine punishment, not anger.

[HossB86]

That angry God is completely missing from the New Testament

You might want to re-read the New Testament accounts of Christ's crucifixion.

Hoss

[ExSoldier]

Agreed. The guy who brought me to Christ, Steve Brown, wrote a book that speaks to this exactly. It can be found on his ministry site Key Life Titled: Three Free Sins That really got me tuned into the fact that God isn't angry with HIS people, because all of their sins have already been laid at the foot of the Cross!

[mikeus_maximus]

Just remember— what you want to buy, is not necessarily what His Scriptures plainly say.

[folkquest]

God is Love. His Mercy is a gift. We need to repent and ask for His Mercy. He will gladly give it. When we run from Him, THAT’S when all Hell breaks loose. This mess is our own doing, not God’s. He wants nothing for us but happiness. Loving God with heart, soul, mind and being, and neighbor as self would cure these ills.

[metmom]

I agree completely.

And even in the OT, God is portrayed as a God of mercy.

Psalm 103 is probably the best portrayal of that.

I’m convinced that portraying God as an angry God does more to put people into the bondage of works and legalism than anything else.

[RnMomof7]

FIrst, only the Old Testament is filled with examples of an angry God. That angry God is completely missing from the New Testament.

Really?? As we approach Holy week...read the plea of Christ that the cup (of Gods wrath) be removed from Him.. look at the wrath of God poured out on Christ on that cross.. The cross vindicated the righteousness of God...

The wrath of God is a holy wrath.. Rom 1:18 For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry.

Holy wrath is an attribute of God, that is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.. Rev 19:15 Out of his mouth there comes a sharp sword with which to strike the nations... He will tread the winepress of the furious wrath of God the Almighty.

The NT shows the anger of God through the words and actions of Christ.. Luke 12:49 [Jesus:] "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!"

My friend man is either a trophy of Gods grace or to object of His wrath...there is no 3rd position

[Mr Rogers]

“That angry God is completely missing from the New Testament.”

Don’t tell that to the men forced out of the Temple when Jesus kicked their butts...

[PeterPrinciple]

FIrst, only the Old Testament is filled with examples of an angry God. That angry God is completely missing from the New Testament.

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So what do you do with “He is the same yesterday as today and never changes”?

It is just that our ears do not like to hear it.

Our world does not understand wrath and anger. It is only when we understand that that we begin to understand mercy and love.