God's wrath, who is the recipient?

 God's Wrath: God’s negative reaction to people who steadfastly oppose him and disregard his call to repent. God's wrath is for those who disregard his call (Matthew 12:31) and his call cannot be revoked (Romans 11:29).  Can blasphemy be forgiven?

All this brought me to 2 Tim 3:2: For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred."

Said another way, "unholy" - not set apart. 

Why does this happen? False prophets introduce destructive heresies, ignoring facts of wrath (2 Peter 2)

What must we do to be saved from God's wrath? Jesus Illustrates God's plan as a Door and Good Shepherd

How is it determined that someone will go to Hell in Christianity?

Among the weeds of my heart with the Master Gardener

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Empty sinfulness leads to Judgement only Jesus can save us from (Hosea 10)

 Hosea 10 looks like the American dream. I've discovered the only way to abide in the Lord (John 15) is to pray continually (1 Thes 5:16-18)

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

A) Riches breeds promiscuous idol worship (10:1-6)

B) Results in desire to be expunged, hidden from God's wrath (10:7-10)

C) Jesus provides God's mercy, a changed life (10:11-15) 

10:1-2) More luxurious, rich, bountiful we are the more pagan/promiscuous the worship, squandered, guilty - Lord will break altars down

3-4) "no king, we didn't fear LORD, useless", empty words, covenants without intension, injustice

5-6) People's idols invoke fear, mourning, but resulting in ridicule and shame because people have trusted in idol

 - Thinking of the Statue of Liberty

7-8) Samaria is history place of sin crumble, beg mountains "bury us, plead with hills fall on us"

 - Jesus repeats this in Luke 23:30 and later in Rev 6:16...Isaiah 2:19... "if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?" - Luke 23:31

 - Desire to hide is in our nature Gen 3:8) "they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God"

 - And, "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?" 1 Peter 4:18

9-10) Only sin and more sin, no progress, wicked men: Be punished for multiplied sins

11) Israel trained heifer, loves easy work, Judah pulls plow, break up the hard ground

 - Jesus from the line of Judah, learn from him (Matthew 11:28-30)

12) plant the good seeds of righteousness, harvest crop of love, plow hard ground of your hearts, seek the Lord shower righteousness upon you

 - Knowledge of SIN cultivates a conscience and heart for God

13) see ourselves: cultivated wickedness, harvested thriving crop of sins, eaten fruit of lies. trusting military, believing great armies

 - Walking in light involves progressive humility and honesty (1 John 1:5-2:6)

14-15) see the day of judgment dawns

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Wrath of God is our biggest problem (Gen 18:20-21, 19:12-15)

 The outcry of evil from Sodom and Gomorrah was so great that the Lord went to investigate the wickedness before bringing judgment on the cities. (Gen 18:20-21)

The wrath of God is an expression of His fierce anger toward sin. 

God’s wrath is not impulsive. God exercises His wrath with perfect justice and absolute knowledge. God is just. Therefore, He must exercise justice and judge sin (i.e. respond with wrath). God is consistent with His perfect character. 

All people have a sin nature (Romans 5:19) and deserve God’s eternal wrath as His just response to their sin. 

God’s wrath works in harmony with His patience and mercy. He does not compromise one of His attributes to exercise another. 

Proper respect, holy fear, of the just wrath of God is an appropriate response for all humanity. 

The full weight of God’s wrath fell on His Son when He bore the punishment for sin

• John 3:36 “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9 “For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,”
• Romans 5:9 “Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.”

Application: Interceed for others, to bring truth to people we must have a credible personal witness

Gen 19:12-15) The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

Psalm 7:11 “God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.”

Ephesians 5:6  “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.”

Romans 1:18 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.”

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Abraham intercedes before Sodom is destroyed with Lot's wife (Gen 18:16-19, Luke 17:32)

Gen 18:16-19:38 

Focus Verses

"Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.” - Gen 19:20-21

“So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.” – Genesis 19:29

God's Wrath

A) Abraham interceded with God 6 times for Sodom and Gomorrah.

16-19) Lord reminds Abraham promises, chosen to keep the way of the LORD, doing right/just so LORD will bring about the promise

20-21) Lord "outcry against Sodom/Gomorrah, sin grievous, I'll see for myself"

22-25) two men went to Sodom, Abraham intercedes w/ Lord destroy righteous w/ wicked? Judge

26) Lord, "whole place spared for 50"

27-33) Abraham "bold, yet dust and ashes, 45,40,30,20,10

Principle: God wants us to know him in conversational prayer. 

Application: When the grievous sin of people comes to mind how much do I intercede for the righteous who are tormented by it? Lord let my disgust turn into hope for rescue and reconciliation with the righteous ones. 

19:1-2) two angels, to Sodom's square evening Lot bows, stay with me tonight leave early

3-5) Lot prepares meal, every male in city surrounded house to have sex with angels

6-8) Lot "my friends don't do this wicked, take my virgin daughters instead, I protect them"

9-11) "you foreigner, now judge" they pressured but angels pulled Lot in, shut door, struck doormen with blindness

12-13) Angels "any family here? we're destroying because outcry to the LORD against its people is great"

14-15) Lot spoke to sons-in-law, they thought he was joking, angels urged LOT to leave or die

16-17) they took him by the hand, led to safety "As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”

 - This is where Dan C became a Christian, a preacher took this passage with the two men on the cross next to Jesus, one repented the other mocked. (Luke 23:32-55)

 - God sends us to help others and give warning as well, Lord help me not to miss your call.

18-22) Lot argues, pleads for a smaller city Zoar instead of the mountains, angels spare this city because of Lot

23-26) Sunrise, LORD rained down burning sulfur, destroying all the living in the land, Lot's wife looked back and became a pillar of salt

From GotQuestions: She lagged behind. She turned and watched the flaming sulfur fall from the sky, consuming everything she valued. Then it consumed her. The Hebrew for “looked back” means more than to glance over one’s shoulder. It means “to regard, to consider, to pay attention to.” The Scriptures don’t say whether her death was a punishment for valuing her old life so much that she hesitated in obeying, or if it was a simple consequence of her reluctance to leave her life quickly. Either she identified too much with the city—and joined it—or she neglected to fully obey God’s warning, and she died....Hebrew for “pillar” refers to a garrison or a deputy, that is, something set to watch over something else. The image of Lot’s wife standing watch over the Dead Sea area—where to this day no life can exist—is a poignant reminder to us not to look back or turn back from the profession of faith we have made, but to follow Christ without hesitation and abide in His love (Luke 17:32).

- Eph 4:22-24, take off the old self that is ruled by sin and put on the new self that is in the likeness of God

 - 1 John 5:16, willful deliberate sin can lead to death 

27-29) Abraham sees Sodom and Gomorrah burning, God remembered Abraham and brought Lot out

30-38) Lot's daughters get him drunk and have Moab and Ben-Ammi (Ammonites)

 - Enemies to Isreal yet in the Geneology of Jesus (Naomi sees redemption through Ruth, Boaz, and Obed (Ruth 1-4)

Genesis 19:1-14; Ezekiel 16:49-50; 2 Peter 2:5-11

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False prophets introduce destructive heresies, ignoring facts of wrath (2 Peter 2)

2 Peter 2

1) false prophets introduce destructive heresies (paganism/pantheism, agnosticism, dissents), denying Master who bought them
 - 2) many follow sensuality because of them, the way of truth maligned
     God and the world are polar opposites (1 John 2:15‭-‬17)
 - 3a) their greed, exploit you with false words
3b) their judgment/destruction is not idle or asleep
 - 4) God didn't spare angels, cast to hell, committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment
 - 5) God didn't spare the ancient world, preserved Noah, flood world of ungodly
Principle: God's faithfulness in the past at being true to his word, ensures faithfulness in the future
6-8) if condemned Sodom Gomorrah, if rescued righteous Lot (oppressed by the sensuality of unprincipled men/lawless deeds).
 - 9) Then God rescue godly from temptation, then unrighteous punishment day of judgment
 - 10a) especially those indulge in the flesh - it's corrupt desires (I do what I do because I want what I want) and despises authority (Biblical Authority of God), daring, self-willed

The Bible teaches we have 3 enemies, the Eph 2:1-3, the world, the flesh, and the devil
 - a "fleshly" disposition says "I do what I do, because I want what I want" -selfishness
The Holy Spirit opposes the flesh: Gal. 5:16-17
 - a "worldly" disposition says, "take all you can, no one will give it to you" -godlessness
The Father opposes the world: I John 2:15-17, the world tries to shape our thinking toward godlessness (John 15:18-25)
 - a "devilish" disposition says, "I do what I do, because I hate myself and others" - wickedness
The Son opposes the Devil: Luke 4, I John 3:8 - Disposition is the power to deal with something as one pleases

 - 10b) Daring, self-willed, not trembling revile (slander) angelic majesties,
   - Character traits of ungodly: lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy (2 Tim 3:2), Scoffers (Psalm 1, 2 Peter 3:3)
  - Antithesis Character: As God's steward, an overseer must be above reproach--not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money. (Titus 1:7)
   - Revile/slanders: You must not blaspheme God or curse ruler of your people (Ex 22:28)

"Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, is any sin that a person clings to by continually resisting the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. Keep in mind that there is not one specific sin that is unforgivable, such as lying, stealing or murder, but rather a perpetual hardening of the heart and willfully sinning against God and man (1 Timothy 4:2; Titus 1:15). Can blasphemy be forgiven?

11-13) Slander where they have no knowledge like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, suffering wrong for doing wrong, reveling in their deceptions as they carouse with you
14) eyes full of adultery, never cease from sin, heart trained in greed
Principle: Looking comes before the sin (David and Bathsheba)
Application: Biblical Logic: If then conclusion about who God is and what He's historical done will prove for us in the future.
15-16) forsaking the right way, gone astray, the way of Balaam - who loved wages of unrighteousness
 - Balak and Balaam share fear, madness and condemnation
17-18) springs without water, speak arrogant words, vanity
19) promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, enslaved
20) if escaped defilements of world by knowledge of Lord, Savior Jesus Christ then entangled/overcome again. The last state has become worse for them than the first
21-22) would be better not to know, than to know way of righteousness, then having known it turn away from holy commandment handed to them
Application to save your life: Works the Holy Spirit does in the believers life
 - see also: Jesus the Bread from Heaven, offered to all offensive to most, Geysers, planters and pruners: How people are born into and matured in the Faith


Bottom line:

Bible claims to be effective, it dramatically effects people (Isaiah 55:9-11 like rain, seed is Word from my mouth - it accomplishes all I desire). Matthew 13:1-23; Luke 8:1-15
Seed: 2 Corinthians 9:10; Isaiah 61:11;Hosea 10:12
Rain: Deuteronomy 32:2; Isaiah 30:23; Psalm 72:6,7;
Response: Hosea 2:21; Isaiah 30:23; Matthew 13:23; Luke 8:15; Luke 8:18
Never underestimate the power of God’s Word to change a person’s heart

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