Bowls of Wrath: Justice, Mercy, and Repentance

So there's no way we can follow the pattern of the world and reject the cross and think we come to the end and tell God we're right and you're wrong. And God says, I've already taken care of the issue. I've already given my son. Would you just repent and turn to him? Would you just say, I need Jesus. And I need him not just to forgive me, I need him to change me. [01:06:10] (37 seconds)  #NeedJesusChangeMe

Nowhere else would it be poured out. Oh, my friend, you can handle it on your own. You can. You can handle God's wrath on your own, but it'll cost your physical life and your spiritual life. You will spend an eternity separated from him, an eternity in a place where there's the weeping and gnashing of teeth, what what the Bible describes as hell. And that's what sin demands, and that's how you'll pay for it if you don't accept what Christ has done. [01:05:37] (32 seconds)  #ChristPaidTheWrath

But these people don't seem to have a breaking point. They they have been conditioned so much to believe that they are right and God is wrong that even in the face of God's judgment, they dare to tell God we're right and you're wrong. And that's why they don't repent. They don't see a need. There's nothing to repent of. We've not done anything wrong. God's the one at fault. [00:57:37] (29 seconds)  #PrideRefusesRepentance

But repentance is tied to conviction. Conviction is this moment where the Holy Spirit causes us to realize we are wrong. Jesus in an upper room tells his disciples he's he's going to go and and he'll send the Holy Spirit. And one of the things the Holy Spirit will do is convict the world of sin. [00:59:43] (28 seconds)  #HolySpiritConvicts

But the Holy Spirit pricks our heart to say, oh, no. No. No. God is right, my friend. It's you that are in the wrong. And the conviction of a Holy Spirit leads us to repentance. And here's what repentance says. I need to change. I I know everything around me is there, and yeah, it'd be nice if that was there. But let me tell you what the heart of the problem is. The heart of the problem is me. And I I need to change. [01:00:10] (34 seconds)  #RepentanceStartsInside

You see in that moment on the cross, Jesus not only physically pays the penalty of sin and dies this physical death, But he also endures the spiritual judgment of God's wrath being poured out. And he experiences what God's judgment on sin demands so that God can remain just. [01:04:25] (23 seconds)  #JesusEnduredGodsWrath

It means to attribute something to God that's, well, not his or to take something from God that truly is his. Here's what's happening. God is pouring out judgment on sin, and these people are saying, we did nothing wrong. This is your fault, God. You are the cruel individual. You are the one who's acting unjustly. They they wanna tell God you don't have a right to do this. [00:56:07] (30 seconds)  #MisplacingBlameOnGod

You and I live in this world that is constantly moving in a direction to tell us you can define what right and wrong is. And you can live the way you want. And and you ought to do what makes you feel good. And and you ought to follow your heart. And and you ought to do all these things. And and they all sound nice, but it is just taking the temperature of morality and turning it up one degree at a time and moving us further and further away from what God says. [01:01:26] (37 seconds)  #RedefiningMorality