Quotes by Wrath We deserve punishment and get forgiveness; we deserve God’s wrath and get God’s love. Philip Yancey serving-god punishment wrath Do you doubt that the least effects of nature were not used as marks of the wrath of heaven? It was to the interest of pontiffs, priests, and augurs, as much as it is to the interest of lawyers and doctors that there should be lawsuits and sickness. No wonder they took care that the people should not grow slack in their religion. Pierre Bayle doctors wrath people If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead. Plautus gratitude wrath people Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead. Plautus wrath giving men For he who gives no fuel to fire puts it out, and likewise he who does not in the beginning nurse his wrath and does not puff himself up with anger takes precautions against it and destroys it. Plutarch wrath anger fire The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who begins to live and grow away from God, who lives away from what is good, is turning his life toward wrath. Pope Benedict XVI wrath grows way A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol. R. C. Sproul wrath idols justice Like Muslims we assume that God will judge us "on balance." If our good deeds outweigh our bad deeds, we will arrive safely in heaven. But, alas, if our evil deeds outweigh our good ones, we will suffer the wrath of God in hell. We may be "marred" by sin but in no wise devastated by it. We still have the ability to balance our sins with our own righteousness. This is the most monstrous lie of all. R. C. Sproul wrath wise lying He who conquers his wrath overcomes his greatest enemy. Publilius Syrus wrath overcoming enemy Christ exposed Himself not only to the unbridled hostility of angry men, but, more significantly, to the unmitigated wrath of God. R. C. Sproul angry-man wrath men Scripture does not say that God is 'love, love, love' or that He is 'wrath, wrath, wrath,' but that He is 'holy, holy, holy.' R. C. Sproul scripture wrath doe There's probably no concept in theology more repugnant to modern America than the idea of divine wrath. R. C. Sproul wrath america ideas I’ve often wondered where Jesus would apply His hastily made whip if He were to visit our culture. My guess is that it would not be money-changing tables in the temple that would feel His wrath, but the display racks in Christian bookstores. R. C. Sproul wrath christian jesus A loving God who has no wrath is no God. He is an idol of our own making as much as if we carved Him out of stone. R. C. Sproul wrath idols stones Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath. Radhanath Swami instruments wrath compassion It is amazing that we hesitate to talk about the wrath of God, for fear of making sinners feel fearful. The fear they feel this side of the grave will be nothing compared to the fear they feel when they stand before Almighty God. Ray Comfort almighty wrath sides Instead of preaching the good news that sinners can be made righteous in Christ and escape the wrath to come, the gospel has degenerated into the pretext that we can be happy in Christ and escape the hassles of life. Ray Comfort news wrath christ A Christian is the greatest freeman in the world; he is free from the wrath of God, free from hell and damnation, from the curse of the law; but then, though he be free in these respects, yet, in regard of love, he is the greatest servant. Love abaseth him to do all the good that he can; and the more the Spirit of Christ is in us, the more it will abase us to anything wherein we can be serviceable. Richard Sibbes wrath christian law We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrath strong past How do we beat her? I asked. You pretty much don’t, Horus said. She is the incarnation of the sun’s wrath. Back in the day when Ra was active, she would have been much more impressive, but still. .She’s unstoppable. A born killer. A slaying machine— “Okay, I get it!” I yelled. Rick Riordan killers machines wrath «678910111213141516»
