Lord’s Day 4, Chapter 2: The Justice of God’s Wrath

But the Catechism in this tenth question and answer denies that there is such a principal distinction between God's attitude toward the wicked in time and in eternity. God does not change. He is not gracious to the wicked in this world, in order to become filled with wrath against him in the next. His wrath is an ever present reality. His just judgment is executed constantly. God cannot wink at sin even for a moment. He punishes all unrighteousness in perfect justice in time as well as in...