Condemnation, divine

God's righteous condemnation is directed against human sin and wickedness.

God's wrath causes divine condemnation

Romans 1:18–20 See also Revelation 16:1–7

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

The reality and certainty of divine condemnation

Mark 16:15–16; John 5:28–29 See also Matthew 12:36–37, Matthew 25:31–33, Matthew 25:41–45; 2 Peter 2:4–9

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out — those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

People's awareness of being under divine condemnation

2 Samuel 24:10 See also Psalm 32:3–5, Psalm 51:3–4; Daniel 9:7–14

After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

Examples of divine condemnation

Condemnation of individuals

Genesis 3:16–19; Acts 5:1–11; Revelation 20:11–15

Condemnation of groups, cities and nations

Genesis 11:4–9, Genesis 19:23–25; Joel 3:1–8, Joel 3:12–13

Divine condemnation averted through the work of Jesus Christ

John 3:16–18, John 5:24; Romans 8:1–4 See also Romans 8:31–34

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.