March 2016If it takes more and more wrath to produce less and less repentance then a God who is determined to give us the infinitely valuable gift of separating us from our sins, must eventually employ wrath in its fullest form continuously.  For anyone who thinks this is a Pyrrhic victory, that the price exceeds the reward, I have two answers.  First, happiness is a small thing next to holiness(separation from sin) and if you don't think so then you don't have enough experience with sin to know anything about it.  Perhaps as Luther suggested you should go out and "Sin boldly." so that you may mourn and be blessed by being comforted.  Where sin abounds grace abounds much more.  Secondly, if we believe that love is an essential attribute of God then it seems that we can trust Him to make that choice for us.