GOD IS LOVE!
There is a problem in the Church
that goes all the way back to the original sin (Genesis 3 & 4), that is
hate! Hatred is not of or from GOD but ever since Adam’s disobedience humans
have hated! We have hated each other and obeying GOD, but why? All GOD has done
is Love us!
“GOD is Love!” 1 John 4:7-19 (16).
“GOD so Loved the world…” John
3:14-17 (16).
“’…As I Live,’ says JEHOVAH GOD,
‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked…’” Ezekiel 33:11.
“JEHOVAH is not slack concerning
His Promise…not willing that any should perish but that all should come to
Repentance.” 2 Peter 3:8-9.
“ …knowing that you were not
Redeemed with corruptible things…but with The Precious Blood of CHRIST…He
indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world…so that your Faith
and Hope are in GOD.” 1 Peter 1:13-21 (18-20).
Hatred is why JESUS tells
Believers:
“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you!”
John 15:18.
“Blessed are those who are
persecuted for Righteousness sake…Blessed are you when they revile and
persecute you…for My sake…” Matthew 5:10-12.
Then to: “…Love your enemies,
Bless those who curse you, Do Good to those who hate you, Pray for those who
spitefully use and persecute you…” Matthew 5:43-48 (44).
Matthew 10:16-39 is a study in
hatred and persecution for and of the Church.
GOD is Love and those who serve
Him must Love as He Loves! Ephesians 4:25-32; 1 John 3:16-23.
If GOD is Love, What does GOD
Hate?
Deuteronomy 1:27, 16:22; Psalm
5:5, 45:6-7 (Hebrews 1:8-9); Proverbs 6:16-19; Isaiah 1:14, 61:8; Jeremiah
44:1-4; Amos 5:21; Malichi 2:16; Zechariah 8:14-17; Revelation 2:5-6, 14-16.
Who does GOD hate? Esau: Genesis 25:21-28
(Malachi 1:1-5; Romans 9:13-15).
Rebellious Israel: “Speak to the
Children of Israel and say to them, ‘When you pass have over the Jordan into
the land of Cannan…and it shall be that I do to you as I thought to do to them.’”
Numbers 33:50-56; Jeremiah 12:8; Hosea 9:10-17. Judas: Matthew 10:4, 26:14-16,
21-25, 47-49, 27:1-8; Acts 1:15-20.
Why does GOD hate? If you reject
GOD, if you reject JESUS, If you reject The SPIRIT of GOD or if you reject
GOD’s Word (The Bible) you reject His Love and His Salvation: Proverbs 1:20-33;
Isaiah 55:11; Mark 3:28-30; Ephesians 4:17-20; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; Revelation
22:18-19.
GOD tells us:
“Seek Me while I may be found!”
Isaiah 55:6-7; Jeremiah 29:11-14.
Those who worship something or
someone else hate GOD! Romans 1:18-32 (30) “For the wrath of GOD is Revealed
from Heaven against All ungodliness and Unrighteousness of men, who suppress
(hold down) the Truth in unrighteousness…who knowing the Righteous Judgment of
GOD, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do
they do the same but also approve of those who practice them.” (vss. 19-31) “…and
they (those who took the name, mark or number of the anti-christ) did not
repent.” Revelation 16:8-10
“Blessed are those who…But outside
are…” Revelation 22:14-15
No comments:
Post a Comment