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b"The Demonstration of the CrossJust and JustifierRomans 1:18- \\u201cFor the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness andunrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.\\u201dRomans 3:25 \\u2013 \\u201cwhom God put forward (displayed) as a propitiation by his blood, to bereceived by faith. This was to show (demonstrate) God's righteousness, because in his divineforbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show (demonstrate) his righteousness atthe present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.\\u201d1. God\\u2019s wrath against sinWrath is a noun not a verb \\u2013 God is not angry \\u2013 Michael Green \\u2013 \\u201c\\u2018his settled opposition toall that is evil.\\u2019\\u201cGod is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day\\u201d - Psalm 7;11\\u201cFor the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousnessof men\\u2026\\u201d (towards God Himself & against God\\u2019s Law)If God did not hate sin we could call Him holy, righteous or just.Perfect holiness- perfect judge \\u2013 perfect wrath,Immutable God \\u2013 cannot improve or decline in quality2. The SacrificePropitiation - Hebrews 9:5 uses the same Greek word (hilaste rion) as Romans 3:25Translated \\u201cmercy seat\\u201d to refer to the lid of the Ark of the Covenant.1 John 2:2, \\u201cHe is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sinsof the whole world..\\u201d1 John 4:10 \\u2013 \\u201cIn this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and senthis Son to be the propitiation for our sins.\\u201d2 Cor. 5:2 \\u2013 \\u201cGod made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we mightbecome the righteousness of God.\\u201d NIVRom 8:3 - \\u201cFor God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. Bysending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in theflesh,\\u201dThe word for \\u201ccondemned\\u201d, katakrin, is just about the strongest word for condemn you canfind. It\\u2019s made up of the verb krino, which means to judge, and the word kata which meansdown or against. Think of the word catastrophe and you get the idea\\u2026 How hard? So hardthat the sins of billions were condemned in the space of a few hours. So hard that the Son ofGod himself couldn\\u2019t live through it. So hard that sin has been dealt with once and forall (Heb 9:26). The cross was a total catastrophe for sin and a total victory for us.\\u201d- By Paul EllisIsaiah 53:4-5 \\u201cSurely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray;we have turned\\u2014every one\\u2014to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. - Isaiah. 53:4-6Who or what crushed Jesus on the cross?Isaiah 53:10 \\u2013 \\u201cYet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.\\u201d3. Just and Justifier \\u2013 (Perfect wrath and perfect love) Romans 5:8 \\u2013 \\u201cbut God shows (demonstrated) his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. Perfect justice and perfect love were demonstrated at the Cross"