St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

III Lent A

John 4:5-42
Romans 5:1-11 "Now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God." Now - we can seek reconciliation with those who we might kill, thereby saving ourselves.
Exodus 17:1-7

Wrath. Often in scripture, a reader gets the sense that the God one is encountering is not the meek God we might see in Jesus. It is not a nice, sweet pollyanna who lets their opponent win to encourage their self-esteem. The person, the being, the essence, of the object of our attention, our GOD, is drawn to be severe and often angry.