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To: OCCASparky
Love the sinner, hate the sin--I believe that's in the Bible as well, no?

No..

Paul wrote, "Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil" (Rom. 12:9) introducing the concept of hypocritical love. What is hypocritical love? "Should you… love those who hate the Lord? Therefore the wrath of the Lord is upon you" (2 Chr. 19:2). Warning the wicked of the coming judgment is harsh, but is a necessary component of acceptable love. A love that is not hypocritical rebukes and condemns, and then points the way to God.

1,135 posted on 12/19/2010 11:15:02 AM PST by LowOiL (War Damn Eagle ! Playing for the National Championship game this year. Jan 10th)
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To: LowOiL

To: OCCASparky

No, it is not in the Bible. That’s one of the cotton-candy sayings brought out by modern sects to promote the idea that God doesn’t condemn people, only acts. The Bible states that “As a man thinketh, so is he.” It also has this to say:

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
(Psalm 139:19-22)


1,143 posted on 12/19/2010 11:22:50 AM PST by Aleya2Fairlie
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