God Hates? By: Steve Morgan
Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV) “There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.”
“God hates sin just as a father hates a rattlesnake that threatens the safety and life of his child. God loathes evil and diabolic forces that would pull people down to a godless eternity just as a mother hates a venomous spider that is found playing on the soft, warm flesh of her little baby.” Evangelist Billy Graham
Genesis 6:5-9b (NIV) “The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the LORD said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created — and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground…’ 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD… 9 Noah was a righteous man.”
Sin separates us from God Isaiah 59:2 (NIV) “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.”
Sin enslaves us and can destroy us Judges 16:21 (NIV) “The Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.”
Sin blinds us to the truth Matthew 15:14 (NIV) “They are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
Sin blinds us to the truth The Apostle John said that the one who hates his brother “does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.” 1 John 2:11 (ESV)
Sin blinds us to the truth Colossians 2:22 (NLT) “I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself.”
Sin lessens our love for God 1 John 2:15-16 (NIV) “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life — comes not from the Father but from the world.”
Sin lessens our love for God “It is apparent to all right -thinking people that there is a lack of depth and reality about the lives of Christians today. Our lives are not God-centered; they are not Christ- centered. We allow other worldly things to usurp that place.” John Murray Scottish theologian
God hates sin, so we hate sin Matthew 18:8-9 (ESV) “If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.”
God hates sin, so we hate sin The only thing that should be the object of OUR hate is SIN
God hates sin, so we hate sin Psalm 97:10 (NIV) “Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.”
Matthew 7:3-5 (NIV) “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
Romans 2:21-22 (NIV) “You, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?”
“It starts with an individual. It starts with you. Don’t try to change the nation, if God can’t even change your heart.” Pastor Tony Evans
God hates sin because it separates us, dulls us, blinds us and binds us
God Hates? By: Steve Morgan
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