“God in the Bible from the beginning to the end of it, appears as the most perfect enemy unto sin.”

Jonathan Edwards, “The Glory and Honor of God,” Works, Vol. 2, 36.

The culture holds that God is indifferent to sin; that he just doesn’t care about it.

But the Christian faith presents God who notices sin, is offended by it, and who intervenes against it. God’s character stands against sin. His holiness militates justice and judgment against it. Yet, most astonishingly, the Holy One also redeems. God’s fierce wrath against sin is focused upon his Son who dies for those he loves. He redeems his people from sin and its fearsome curse. That was a curse he demanded and instituted by his holy hatred of sin.

If God were indifferent, there would have been no cross. No Savior. No grace. Only God can take his holy, unmitigated enmity against sin and turn it into the grandest glory ever expressed. By his love for sinners and his resolve to protect God’s holiness, Christ died for sinners and he paid the terrible penalty for their sin.

This is the highest glory that can ever be known.