The cross of Jesus Christ lies between the righteousness of God (Romans chapter 1 verse 17) and the wrath of God (Romans chapter 1 verse 18) as surely as the cross of Jesus Christ stood between the two thieves on the cross, one lost under the wrath the God, rejecting Christ and the other made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ! The righteousness of God flows from the character of God, through the conduct of God to the conclusion of God's work in the Gospel. His righteous attributes, activities and achievements are all seen in the Gospel, not only removing sinful man but removing sin from man.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie