The universal need for the gospel of Christ is imperative, for as Paul writes, God's wrath is revealed from heaven (vv. 18-19). God's revelation always precedes His judgment. He affords every opportunity for rebellious mankind to avoid His wrath. One of the greatest deceptions is to think that a loving God who is perfectly holy will forgo divine vengeance simply because we might find it disagreeable with human sensitivities. The righteousness of God's person demands His wrath on the ungodly, on a world which suppresses His truth, and rejects His Christ. And yet, the divine will of God is to save sinners. God… “is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Pt 3:9).