Psalm 7:11 God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. Were any one of us to be completely in the power of some mysterious stranger and did we know that we had done that which would arouse his anger, how anxious we should be to know his purposes towards us. But men do not feel like this in regard to God, against whom they have sinned and in whose power they know they are. They are careless and confident as if all was well with them. But Scripture gives them no encouragement. Consider our text and think — I. OF WHAT THE ANGER OF GOD IS. Anger is only right where there is that which can properly arouse it. Human anger is, generally, only selfish, and therefore sinful. But the anger of God is only that indignation which benevolence itself must feel toward the enemies of all good. II. AND THIS ANGER IS ON THE WICKED EVERY DAY. 1. Scripture affirms this. 2. The holiness of God necessitates it. "The righteous Lord loveth righteousness"; He, therefore, must have anger towards its opposite: else He would be as destitute of affections as a statue. Holiness is repugnance to all moral impurity and deformity. 3. The justice of God and the tendency of sin. For the justice of God is His moral perfection directed to uphold His moral government. It is in this character that He is "a jealous God." III. CONCLUSION. 1. How false and dangerous to deny the reality of the Divine anger. Many do. 2. The wicked cannot have God's favour while they continue in sin. 3. How changed the condition of the righteous. 4. How awful the situation of the stupid sinner. (M. W. Taylor, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.WEB: God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day. |
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