Posted on 03/05/2021 11:15:15 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren" (Proverbs 6:16-19).
The Bible says that God hates some people. Now, God is love, He is. We read of it in 1 John 4:7-11. God is love. I have no question about that; but that's not all that God is. God is also a consuming fire, and there are things that God hates. It’s not just that there are things that God hates; there are also people that God hates. Now, just so you understand, that didn't stop the Lord from “commending his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Okay, God so loved the world collectively, that He gave His only begotten son, and made provision for every man on the face of this earth. But there is still a difference between God commending His love and making provision, and still loving somebody. There’s a difference.
What I need you to see is that in these days, the way the world approaches this is not biblical at all. It is not to take the whole picture of the love and hatred of God in the Bible and to put them side-by-side in columns and learn what the picture is of how God’s love works. The idea is to forget that God ever said anything about hating people at any time, ever. To hear some tell it, anybody that has ever gone to hell, God still loves. To hear some tell it, God still loves the Devil. I want you to know, that is not true.
Look, I do not believe for a single minute that it is wrong to tell somebody that God loved you enough to send His Son to die for your sins on the cross. Don’t hesitate to say that. Don’t stand up and say, “God hates your guts!” Don’t do that. Don't do that, alright?
Tell somebody that God loved them enough to send His Son to die for their sins on the across, but if you tell them; if you put a little :) sign on your garage and it says, “God loves you!”, “Smile, God loves you!” you're lying to a bunch of people. You’re giving them the wrong impression. You're giving them that the impression that they already have the love of God and if they are in the love of God then there's not that much they have to worry about. If God loves you anyway, then what's to fear? Hell is a real place. Don’t give people the impression that the love of God is all you need to keep them from going there.
This is not hard doctrine at all, it's just uncommon in the day that we live in where everything is touchy feely and icky gooey.
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