Yeah maybe. Or maybe you just don't understand the real definiton of hate.
Saying Mormons aren't Christians isn't saying you hate them.
Let's just see some of what the Bible says about hate:
" 'Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt." Leviticus 19:17
Interesting. You are expected NOT to hate people but to at the same time be able to rebuke also. How foreign to the church today~!
And for some positive examples of hating - hating iniquity, falsehood, unbelief, and opposition to the true God:
Exodus 18:21 "Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain;
Deuteronomy 12:31 " You shall not behave thus toward the LORD your God, for every abominable act which the LORD hates they have done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
Deuteronomy 16:22 " You shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar which the LORD your God hates.
Psalm 5:5 The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;You hate all who do iniquity.
Psalm 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked,And the one who loves violence His soul hates.
Psalm 26:5 I hate the assembly of evildoers,And I will not sit with the wicked.
Psalm 31:6 I hate those who regard vain idols,But I trust in the LORD.
Psalm 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;Therefore God, Your God, has anointed YouWith the oil of joy above Your fellows.
Psalm 97:10 Hate evil, you who love the LORD,Who preserves the souls of His godly ones;He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 101:3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;I hate the work of those who fall away;It shall not fasten its grip on me.
Psalm 119:104 From Your precepts I get understanding;Therefore I hate every false way.
Psalm 119:113 [ S Samekh. ] I hate those who are double-minded,But I love Your law.
Psalm 119:128 Therefore I esteem right all Your precepts concerning everything,I hate every false way.
Psalm 119:163 I hate and despise falsehood,But I love Your law.
Psalm 139:20b-22 Your enemies take Your name in vain. Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.
Prov 6:16 There are six things which the LORD hates,
Proverbs 8:13 "The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil wayAnd the perverted mouth, I hate.
Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hates falsehood,But a wicked man acts disgustingly and shamefully.
Proverbs 15:27 He who profits illicitly troubles his own house,But he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 28:16 A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding,But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
Ecclesiastes 3:8 A time to love and a time to hate;A time for war and a time for peace.
Isaiah 1:14 "I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts,They have become a burden to Me;I am weary of bearing them.
Isaiah 61:8 For I, the LORD, love justice,I hate robbery in the burnt offering;And I will faithfully give them their recompenseAnd make an everlasting covenant with them.
Jeremiah 12:8"My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has roared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her.
Jeremiah 44:4 'Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate."
And one last one so that you know not to look at outward appearances but examine every man's teaching in light of all of Scripture:
Psalm 81:15 " Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him,And their time of punishment would be forever.
Let’s just see some of what the Bible says about hate:
” ‘Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt.” Leviticus 19:17
Interesting. You are expected NOT to hate people but to at the same time be able to rebuke also. How foreign to the church today!
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For a day or two, read the posts as if the things we hold near and dear are dragged through the mud and spit upon.
Telling us why you think you are right, making what we believe to be wrong, is OK. We do it when we go out and teach.
Just one negative idea to think about is, “peep stone joe” added to something Brother Joseph said. Not only used to cast unfavorable light on what is said, but it is down right disrespecitible and degrading.
“Saying Mormons aren’t Christians isn’t saying you hate them.”
When you say “Mormons aren’t Christians” you are saying that we do not love the Savior and that is very hateful. The Savior is everything to us. Everything. If Jesus Christ had not given His life for us, we would all be lost forever. We love Him. He is my personal Savior and the Holy Ghost is my witness.
Excellent post! Thanks!