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God's anger isn't a flaw in his character to be avoided.

It's the very reason evil will not have the final word.

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Exodus,

the gospel one rescue at a time.

In this episode, Paul shows how the wrath of God

is an expression of his love, holiness, justice, and mercy,

ultimately pointing to the cross,

where God's anger against sin and his grace towards sinners meet in Jesus Christ.

To hear more of these studies, visit paultrip.com slash Exodus.

Here's Paul, teaching from Exodus 17.

God's anger is not the embarrassing uncle of his characteristics that you want to hide from the rest of the family.

So we've come all the way to Exodus 17, 14 through 16, and I would call this the violence of redemption.

Then the Lord said to Moses, write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua,

that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.

And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, the Lord is my banner, saying,

A hand upon the throne of the Lord, the Lord will have war with the Malik from generation to generation.

This is a sobering passage.

Because in this passage, we are faced with the terrifying anger of God.

God expresses his determined commitment to make war with the Amalekites until they are no

more. Now, I want to ask you a question. When you are faced with the terrible anger of God in the

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