Judgment vs Anger

Psalms 7:11 KJV

God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

The difference between judgment and anger...

It is frequently thought that judgment is an expression of anger; that the one who exacts judgment or executes chastisement is an angry person. Thus the assumption is that

• The parent who disciplines the child must be angry
• The offended party who seeks restitution must be bitter, indeed
• That God must hold wrath against even His own as there is such a thing as judgment beginning at the house of God

Not so.

God is angry at the wicked. The book of Romans says that the wrath of God will one day be poured out upon those who hold the truth of God in unrighteousness. There will be a day when God, in flaming fire, takes vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. But there is no doubt a difference between God's judgment and God's wrath.

To be judged of God is to be

• Corrected
• Molded
• Shaped

into the image of Christ. To face His anger is a story entirely different.