[Dr. Eckleburg]

"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 139:21-22

[Quix]

THX.

The WHOLE counsel of God in the WHOLE of Scripture is true, and perfect.

Insisting on only one end of a seeming continuum or some such . . . is flawed.

[wmfights]

"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 139:21-22

FWIW;

Isiah 55:8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My Ways, says the Lord.

Free will is a comforting thought. We get to have control and by it we reason that it makes for a more perfect union with our Saviour, but this is human reasoning.

John 10:27-28 My sheep hear my voice....My Father who has given them to Me,..