A little Scottish boy wouldn’t eat his prunes, so his mother sent him off to bed saying, “God is angry with you.”
Soon after the boy went to his room, a violent storm broke out. Amidst flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, the mother looked into the boy’s room, worried that he would be terrified. When she opened the door she found him looking out the window muttering, “My, such a fuss to make over a few prunes.”
God is wrathful but not against little boys who do not eat their prunes. He is wrathful over children morally mature enough to obey their parents but then willfully disobey them. Disobedience is sin and God’s wrath is directed at sin.
All of God’s attributes are interrelated. His righteousness flows out of His holiness. His justice is His righteousness in practice. His jealously flows out of His love and His wrath is directed against those who try to steal from Him the objects of His love.
The jealousy of God… Please think about this for a moment. John explicitly says, “God is love,” (1 John 4:8) so we understand God is, by nature, love. In Isaiah 6:3, we see the seraphim crying, “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts,” so we understand that God is, by nature, holy. Now, how about Exodus 34:14? “For you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” So, God, by nature, is jealous.
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There are a host of passages that deal with God’s wrath. I’ll cite just one: “Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off” (Romans 11:22).
When it comes to God’s wrath, we need to stand in awe of His holy zeal that seeks to defend His unique nature and His wrath directed at sin that keeps His human creation from entering into His presence. Thus, we need to fear the wrath of God as it flows from His holiness and righteousness against all sin (Matt. 10:28).
We can worship God and Him only should we serve (Matthew 4:10). We should also seek to keep any other person or item away from the throne of our hearts where God ought to reign entirely (Ephesians 5:5).
–Paul Holland
