Righteous Wrath
This is not emotional rage, but God’s holy and deliberate response to sin.
What is God’s righteous wrath?
This man wrote the book of Romans and was once a persecutor of Christians before becoming an apostle.
Who is Paul?
According to Romans 2:1, when you judge others while committing the same kinds of sins, you condemn this person.
Who is yourself?
According to Romans 2:12, both Jews and Gentiles will be judged for this.
What is sin?
Romans 3:23 says that this is true of every person, and there is no exception.
What is that all have sinned (and fall short of the glory of God)?
Romans 1 says this clearly reveals God’s eternal power and divine nature, leaving people without excuse.
What is creation (or nature)?
In Romans 1:16, Paul says he is not ashamed of this because it is the power of God for salvation.
What is the Gospel?
Romans 2:4 says that God’s kindness, patience, and forbearance are meant to lead you to this.
What is repentance?
Romans 2 teaches that simply hearing God’s law does not make someone righteous; this kind of person is justified instead.
Who are doers of the law?
According to Romans 3:24, we are justified freely by this.
What is God’s grace?
This phrase describes God’s judicial act of removing restraint and allowing people to experience the consequences of their chosen sin.
What is "God gave them over"?
According to Romans 1:16, the Gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to this group, then to the Greek.
Who are the Jews?
Romans 2:6 teaches that God will judge every person according to these.
What are their works (or deeds)?
Romans 2:14–15 teaches that even those without the written Law show that God has written this on their hearts.
What is the law (or God’s moral law)?
Romans 3:26 teaches that God is both perfectly just in punishing sin and this when He declares sinners righteous through faith in Jesus.
What is the justifier?
The clearest picture of God’s wrath is not found in hell, but in this event where judgment and love meet.
Where is the Cross? (or Crucifixion of Christ)
Romans 1:17 teaches that this is revealed in the Gospel—not something we earn, but something given to us through Christ.
What is the righteousness of God?
Romans 2:7–8 describes two groups: those who seek God and eternal life, and those who seek this instead, bringing wrath upon themselves.
What is self (or their own glory)?
In verses 17–24, Paul rebukes religious people for teaching others while failing to teach themselves, calling out this sin that dishonors God’s name.
What is hypocrisy?
This theological term in Romans 3:25 refers to the atoning sacrifice that satisfies God’s righteous wrath.
What is propitiation?
Romans 1 describes a downward spiral where people suppress this, exchange it for lies, worship created things, and eventually approve of sin despite knowing God’s judgment.
What is the truth about God?
Romans 1:17 teaches that the righteousness of God is revealed “from faith for faith,” and quotes this Old Testament truth about how a person truly lives.
What is “The righteous shall live by faith”?
Romans 2:11 declares this truth about God’s character, meaning He does not judge based on status, wealth, or influence.
What is that God shows no partiality?
Romans 2 emphasizes that having greater spiritual knowledge does not reduce judgment but actually increases this.
What is accountability (or responsibility) before God?
Romans 3:27–28 says that because justification is by faith apart from works of the law, there is no room for this.
What is boasting?