any talk about God hating?
He says He hates.
He says there are times to hate.
This is not talking about "hate the sin, love the sinner" garbage.
God hates.
And He hurts.
Not something really pondered because of our view of Him as this titanium, stoic Being impervious to pain who can do whatever He wants at any time.
Too bad God is painted and portrayed like this. Leads to a disconnect we don't really ponder to explore.
Not much tugs at a parent's heart like their child who weeps over them when they're hurting.
Selah
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You're right, God does hate. But the direct result of that hate is the cross. To become hated. It is a shame that we don't talk about the depths of his hate in church. It provides a very superficial understanding of his mercy and the depths of his love.
Hate-->>suffering for the sake of the hated? What kind of love is that? Hate is good. Certainly better than apathy, but does the hate lead eventually to grace and mercy? That kind of hate is God's hate.
Well, man's hatred certainly might end up at the cross.
I was referencing Father's hatred, not man's...
Primarily because at least in this current society people get vehemently petrified about the idea of God & hating being associated in any form or in the same sentence.
The only sentence they'll (gasp) mention hatred (oh no) is pretty much "hate the sin and love the sinner", which is a crock of dung.
Father's hatred ends up at the cross as well. The root of his hatred is the deepest love. If I watched my children destroying themselves and destroying eachother, I would hate them because of my great love...And if I am to tell the truth, if they were really doing terrible evil, I would wish them dead. Because my love would long for the pain to end. But God, who is holy responds to his own hatred with the cross. He takes the punishment of his own scorn. That cross is the manifestation of his hatred. So that we would see 1) The extent to which he hates sin and 2) That for the deepest of all hates the response is the greatest act of love and mercy imaginable, his own son tortured and killed. He that hated suffered hatred so that we might be loved and restored to him. He hated this so much that he would rather be beaten and murdered than have it continue. Hate and love are not oposite. They are two sides of the same coin. If we are to be afraid of something, it is apathy. Apathy is the most dangerous emotion that a follower of Christ can feel. Apathy means we are disconnected. It is appathy that we should tremble to speak of.
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