Called to represent God's work of grace in the lives of others, many of us in ministry need to reevaluate how we think about the anger of God. Sometimes we can treat God's anger like the embarrassing uncle in our extended family. It's as if we're working hard to keep this attribute of God away from public exposure. Are we secretly worried about causing undue embarrassment to the family of faith? We're tempted to act as if anger were the dark side of God's character.
God doesn't have a dark side! John says, "God is light; in him there is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5). It's impossible for there to be anything evil in God. It is impossible for him to feel or act unrighteously. He's entirely holy in every respect. He's completely good in everything he does. He's not evil, can't be tempted by evil, and doesn't tempt anyone to do evil. He's perfectly holy, always, and in every possible way.
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