13th Sunday after Pentecost

“God Loves You In Christ”

In this age of tolerance and fledgling fake phony love, we must be clear that hate is

sometimes a beautiful gift of God. God, who is love, can and does hate! He hates evil, He

hates idolatry, He hates false worship. The hatred assigned to God in Scripture is not so

much an emotion as it is a rejection in will and deed. God’s people are also supposed to

lovingly hate as He does. The righteous are to hate what is false. To fear the Lord is to

hate evil. In the book of Romans Christians are to hate evil and love what is good.

You love what is good because love became incarnate and love has a name, Jesus. And

you hate what is evil because Jesus came to hate sin and take it into Himself. God

continues to speak beautiful words of hate towards sin and love