Today’s Scripture: Colossians 3:6
“The wrath of God is coming.”
The wrath of God is a subject ignored by most believers. Perhaps we shy away from it because of the violent emotions and behavior we frequently associate with the word wrath when used of sinful human beings. We’re reluctant, rightly so, to attribute that same attitude and activity to God.
I suspect, however, that the more basic reason we avoid or ignore the subject is that we simply don’t think of our sinfulness as warranting that degree of judgment. Frankly, most people don’t think they’re that bad. A divine reprimand or an occasional slap on the wrist may be needed—but an outpouring of divine wrath? That’s much too severe. Perhaps another reason we avoid the subject is that we don’t want to think of our nice, decent, but unbelieving neighbors and relatives as subject to God’s wrath.
