God God's wrath is a topic that many people find uncomfortable or offensive.

Some pastors steer clear of talking about God's wrath, focusing on his love and mercy instead.

Today on Truth for Life, Alastair Begg explains why it's vital that we know about

the judgment day so that we can face it with confidence.

Two Corinthians chapter 5, I'm going to read from the 10th verse through to the end of the chapter

it reads as follows for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so that each one may

receive what is due for what he has done in the body whether good or or evil. Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord,

we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

We're not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who

boast about outward appearance, and not about what is in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves,

it is for God, if we're in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ controls us,

because we've concluded this, that one has died for all,

therefore all have died. And he died for all that those who live might no longer live for themselves,

but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh.

Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold,

the new has come.

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself,

not counting their trespasses against them,

and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you

on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake, he made him to be sin, who knew no sin, so that in him

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