Give it a few years, it's comin'. God loves and wants us to protect the innocent. God hates, the old Authorized version said, "a proud look. " New American Standard Bible. In every false belief system on the planet, there is operating the spirit of anti-Christ, and God does not reward people for functioning in an anti-Christ system. In John 15:19, Jesus said, "If you are of the world, the world would love its own.
One who Sows Discord Among Brothers. These are the saboteurs around you. So, what do we do about it? Notice that is it not some abstract "sin" or "wickedness" that God hates in this verse; it is people whom He hates. You still stumble, carnal ambition will get in your way, personal pride will get in your way, greed will get in your way. In other words, if God hates haughty eyes that means he loves the eyes of humility. We love imperfectly and hate imperfectly, but nonetheless it reflects a shadow of what we see in the perfection of God.
God hates necromancy (Deuteronomy 18:11). New Revised Standard Version. "When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. " You may not habitually "run to evil, " but do you always flee from sin as quickly as you should? God hates perjurers. Another way to look at this verse is "a deceitful heart. " And that would become a prophecy, I believe, for America, that we are now entering into a time when we have love for God in many cases. Ye that love the Lord, hate evil.
The sin of pride is probably listed here in this passage first because it is the root of all disobedience and rebellion against God. At this time we pray for God to send the Holy Spirit into the world in the form of a Second Pentecost to renew our souls and our world so we can love God and one another as Jesus desires. And perhaps the most famous verse in the Old Testament about what God hates is Proverbs 6:16. First, recognize that there certainly is evil and God himself hates it. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant. Running quickly to sin. This is our prayer in your Son's name, Amen. Aramaic Bible in Plain English. Verse 7, "Let us love one another, for love is from God. " Boy, that is an absolute statement. Let us give God glory by remembering the great sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus each and every day.
It's gonna happen in this nation. We are very good, in the body of Christ, of loving what God loves. As I noted, He said, "I came to the world and the world rejected me. " My business is to hate the bad, and to love and commend the good, and that I stick to. God has impressed upon hour heart, for example, to witness to that person seated next to us. Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel. Love of God implies the hatred of all He hates. We've literally overcome the world. Remember when David tried to cover that up and ultimately had that man killed? The phrase, "That person looks down on me! " His word says as much.
Then it stands to reason he loves just the opposite. Well, there are a couple of more reasons why you can't love the world, but we'll save those for next time. I have met a few people in my time who fit this perfectly. Have you ever asked the question, is it wrong to hate evil? The two are actually inseparable, to love perfectly is to hate perfectly. However, love cannot exist in a vacuum. Sometimes he tells us plainly as in Proverbs 6:16: "There are six things the LORD hates…" Sometimes he tells us of things that are an abomination to him or things that are detestable in his sight. We unite at the Time Jesus died for us, 3pm (in our local time zones) to remember the Passion of Christ that saved us from our sins. And sometimes you want to take the books that deny the deity of Christ and throw them against the wall because they anger your soul, because you hate that which misrepresents God and misrepresents the Lord Jesus Christ.
And if my people, and there are supposedly 150 million born-again Christians in America. Keep us from being divisive in any way. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. And Satan involves all the unregenerate as children of disobedience in the system. Now, the Bible is clear that God is a God of perfect love.
And he hates those who proclaim the truth. We must not fraternize and hang out with those whose feet are swift in running to evil or we will find our own feet becoming swifter in running to evil, as well. These people are reprobates and have no fear of God because their conscience is seared. We will all look for meaning, for fulfillment, for satisfaction. The internal working is described in Philippians 3. We know it is wrong, but we do it anyway, like feet running in a race as fast as possible.