Overcoming the Wrath of God

When I was younger, my father gave me the old “when I was your age” spiel on more than one occasion and his sage advice, more often than not, fell on deaf ears. I can still hear it clear as day, “when I was your age blah, blah, blah blah, something, something, blah, blah”. I am certain that had I been truly listening I would have been far better off growing up. If you do this then the consequences of your actions will be this. The terms of delivery were rather more direct and in a language I should have been able to understand but all I heard was the teacher from the Peanuts wawaing on and on. Just as in Romans 1: 20 “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse”, I was without excuse. If you choose this path then the consequences are your own doing. If I told you once I told you a thousand times, don’t go there. I have given you ample opportunity to change your mind, you need to live with your decision. These are all things my dad spoke to me about growing up and you know what, he was right. The path I chose by my own thought process was usually not the best choice and the consequences were rather harsh at times.

The wrath of God is a choice. It is not God’s choice but rather our own choice. The Scriptures are given for all to read. They are translated into numerous languages, re-written in a manner that our generation can understand it plainly and available for whoever desires to read and understand the Truth. The biggest problem we have in this world is that there is this need to take out the stuff we don’t like or want to hear, we scream that it is judgemental and that the church is full of wrathful and uncaring hypocrites. Okay, truth be told, there is some of that happening in the church but there is a lesson for both sides to take away here. On the one side is this, Christians unite under the one banner, that is the unity of the faith gathering under Christ. When the Saviour says “love God and love one another” there is no boundaries in that statement so quit putting God in a manmade box. For those who are chastising the church for the human frailties of the faith gathering, look at what God has placed before you and follow His word. “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Rom 5:8. There is only one who can claim perfection and He has granted us salvation. With that in mind we are all without excuse and the choice is firmly in our own court.

This Sunday, we will continue to delve into the message from God through His apostle Paul. We invite you to join us in person or online at 10:30 MST or you can watch live on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MainAvenueFellowship/) or view it afterwards on our website (www.mainavefellowship.blogspot.ca).

Blessings
Pastor Todd