3. Objection: Christ's Death Reveals Only God's Love.
revealed, Rom. 5:8: "Therefore God commendeth (ovviotnot) his love for us in that Christ died for us, since we were still sinners": thus there can be no reconciliation of the wrath of God through the death of Christ. Answer: According to Scripture, both are revealed in the death of Christ: the love and wrath of God. This is also expressed in this very passage, Rom. 5:8-11: €x9poi Svtec [being enemies] (= Deo invisi, lying under the wrath of God) KATMAAGYHLEV TO Osa. Love moves God to reconcile us with himself through the death of his Son, that is, to do enough of his punitive justice. According to Scripture, it says so: God's will to love does not exclude, but rather includes the confrontation with the righteousness of God.