In New York City, a drunk man dropped his shoe down onto the train tracks at the Staten Island Railway and climbed down to retrieve it. When Steven Santiago saw him struggling to get off the tracks, he jumped down and helped the man to safety. Unfortunately, Santiago himself was struck by the train, and tonight he’s fighting for his life in critical condition.
The reason the drunk man was struggling was due to his sin of drunkenness, and a sober man, one who had not committed this man’s sin, jumped down to save him. Sounds analogous to God the Son who came down to sinful humanity through taking on a human nature, while remaining fully God. He is One Person with a fully human nature and a fully divine nature. By acting through His human nature, God the Son saved us from God’s wrath, even though He did not commit our sin(s). He saved us by taking God’s punishment toward our sin. He died for our sins, but then conquered death three days later. All those who come to God through Him will be saved from death as well, both temporal and eternal death.
God’s train is coming for sinners. Are you safely hidden in Christ? Has He taken God’s punishment for you to where you no longer fear God’s eternal wrath? If not, you are on the train tracks in a drunken stupor and God’s train of righteous judgment is headed toward you. Won’t you sober up, believe and trust in Christ alone for your salvation today?
Finally, I pray for Steven Santiago’s temporal and eternal life, that he knows God through Christ. I also pray for this drunk man, that he quickly repents and trusts in Christ alone for his salvation.
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“Finally, I pray for Steven Santiago’s temporal and eternal life, that he knows God through Christ.”
I think it is likely that Steven knows the heart of Christ very well, Jared. The reason is he wasn’t afraid of a train that some would see representing ‘God’s Wrath’ headed towards him;
instead Steven instinctively obeyed a law that asks of us to love others as Christ has loved us. . . something you can only do through the power of God’s grace.
The train hit him. His life is ‘in the Hands of God’, in the words of his family. They are people of faith, if they believe that.
If we are able to put aside the frightening ‘image of a wrathful God’ and turn our hearts instead toward Our God of mercy and compassion,
it is because we know Him through Christ the Lord . . . who has truly revealed God to us.
Through Christ, we come to know God’s wrath is aimed towards sin and towards all of those things that keep us away from Him;
not at us, for whom He has infinite love. We have Christ to thank for showing us the Father.
Christiane, there are people burning in hell tonight who would disagree with you. God’s wrath is not merely aimed at sin, but at sinners as well.
Hi JARED,
I found a really detailed discussion of the ‘wrath’ of God in a theological article written by a professor that had been inspired by the writings of John Stott, who is, I think, admired by evangelical people. It is very scholarly, and there is much to think about in it. Apparently the subject of God’s wrath and God’s love has been confronted by Christian people for two thousand years, and the article contains many references of interest, presenting various points of view on this interesting topic. I won’t comment on my own thoughts on the article, so as not to cause any distraction.
I hope you enjoy the article:
http://www.theologynetwork.org/doctrine-of-god/the-wrath-of-god-as-an-aspect-of-the-love-of-god.htm
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