Nahum 1, and we're going to look at the first 9 verses. The wrath of God is the theme that permeates this passage.
I have to say that of all the topics and all the doctrines in Scripture from beginning to end, there is none more difficult for our hearts and minds to look at without flinching than the wrath of God. Scripture uses the most terrifying imagery and the most extreme terminology to describe the wrath of God against sin. There's frankly no way you could ever exaggerate what Scripture says about the wrath of God, because whenever the Bible describes the outpouring of God's wrath in judgment, it uses infinite expressions and the most gruesome imagery you could ever concoct—fire that is not quenched, worms that don't die, and the smoke of torment that ascends forever and ever. Every mention of hell in Scripture is dreadful in the extreme. Naturally, we don't like to think of it; we don't like to hear about it; many preachers these days flatly refuse to address it without trying their best to soften it—and frankly, most congregations of stylish evangelicals won't stand even to hear a softened message that mentions the wrath of God...
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Phil Johnson is Executive Director of Grace to You, the media ministry of John MacArthur. Phil is also an elder at Grace Community Church, where he pastors the GraceLife fellowship group. He is probably best known for his websites, which include The Spurgeon Archive and The Hall...