KEY SCRIPTURE: Romans 2:8-9 “But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;”

God is no respecter of persons. Acts 10:34. The bible is replete with a number of instances of God’s wrath against the unrighteousness and the ungodliness of men.

Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed because of its sin. The practice of homosexuality and lesbianism and their subsequent refusal to repent. Genesis 19:24 ” Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Achan coveted the accursed things that was not to be touched and therefore He was stoned with his family. Joshua 7:25 “And Joshua said, why hast thou troubled us? The Lord shall troubled thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones’.

David committed adultery with the wife of Uriah and murdered Him as well. 2nd Samuel 12:10 ” Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife”. Beloved, no one must allow his status to cause him to play down on God’s word. God is no respecter of persons. David was a man after God’s heart yet when he messed up with God’s word, he attracted God’s anger and fury. NOTE: EVERY MAN IS A MAN.

I wish to clarify the error creeping into the church concerning the grace of God in relation to the wrath of God. Some say because of the grace of God, God would overlook every wrong they commit. To stand in grace means, having a higher power that makes you live above sin: Forgiveness of sin is an act of God’s grace, yet when you keep living in sin ,you are refusing the grace of God. This is what attracts God’s wrath. Some Christians frustrate the grace of God. Galatians 2:21 ” I do not frustrate the grace of God…”God’s wrath comes on all those who frustrate the grace of God.

Ananias and Sapphira died by attempting to deceive the church of God. Acts 5:5 ” And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost; and great fear came on all them that heard these things”.

The brethren who do not discern the blood and body of Christ during communion services. 1st Corinthians 11:30 “For this cause many are weak and sickly among you and many are dead”.

Beloved, God would never tolerate sin. Turn. away less His wrath comes upon you.

CONFESSION

One of the reasons God made His grace available is make men live above sin. I always take advantage of God’s grace to live above sin.

THOUGHT: EVERY MAN IS A MAN BEFORE GOD.YOUR STATUS WILL ONLY BE SPECIAL IF, YOU FEARFULLY HONOUR GOD

FURTTHER STUDIES

Jeremiah 10:10 ” But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation”.

John 3:36 “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him”.

Pls Consider the following questions:

1. What does it mean to say that God is no respecter of persons Acts 10:34

2. What do you understand by the statement, every man is a man?

3. What is the relationship between the grace of God, and the wrath of God.?

4. How do people frustrate the grace of God?