Wrath, unlike love, is not one of the intrinsic perfections of God. Rather, it is a function of God’s holiness against sin. Where there is no sin, there is no wrath-but there will always be love in God. Where God in His holiness confronts His image-bearers in their rebellion, there must be wrath, or God is not the jealous God He claims to be, and His holiness is impugned. The price of diluting God’s wrath is diminishing God’s holiness.
The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God, Crossway, 2000, p. 67. Get this book! D.A. Carson
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Just a few chapters prior, Paul addresses that this wrath results from a THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD and his inability to ignore sin.
Romans 3:21-31.
God is righteous.
We are not.
He must punish sin
But he is also merciful and gracious.
SO, God made a way to maintain his righteousness WHILE finding a just way to punish sin.
Because for him NOT to punish sin would make him an unjust God.
His wrath IS RIGHT AND GOOD and must be satisfied.
