The Most High God has a love-hate relationship with us, Although he loves us he hates us at the same time.
Ecclesiasticus 12:6
“For the most High hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment.”
"GOD HATES ALL WORKERS OF INIQUITY”
Psalms 5:5
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight:
thou hatest ALL workers of iniquity.
THE BIBLE SAYS AHAYA HATES SINNERS, NOT JUST THE SIN!
THE HISTORICAL POSITION OF THE CHURCH
AS REVEALED BY ITS REPRESENTATIVES.
Understand that a few of these are quotes are from very well known men and scholars who knew the truth!
AUGUSTINE (354-430, Bishop of Hippo): “For it may be that GOD HATES A PERSON to the degree more mildly, as not to destroy him, but whom He destroys HE HATES THE MORE EXCEEDINGLY, by how much He punisheth more severely. Now HE HATETH ALL WHO WORK INIQUITY: but all who speak lies He also destroys.” (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol.3, p.462
JOHN WESLEY (1703-1791, founder of Methodism): “But as for the wicked, GOD HATES THEM, and will feverishly punish them.” (Explanatory Notes Upon the Old Testament, Vol.2, p.1639)
CHARLES H. SPURGEON: “Verse 5 - Note the singular opposition of the two sentences. GOD HATES THE WICKED, therefore in contrast He loves the righteous...” (The Treasury of David, Vol.2, pp.57-58
AUGUSTUS HOPKINS STRONG: “There is no abstract sin that can be hated apart from the person in whom that sin is represented and embodies. It is the sinner who is punished, not the sin.” (Systematic Theology, p.290f
LAYMAN’S BIBLE COMMENTARY: “God’s Hatred of Evildoers (Psalm 5:4-5)… God is not said to love the sinner and hate his sin; He is said to HATE BOTH THE SINNER AND HIS SIN. This sounds harsh to modern Christian ears, but there is truth here we dare not overlook.”
J. VERNON MCGEE: “If you think God is just lovey-dovey, you had better read this (Ps.11:5) and some of the other Psalms again. GOD HATES THE WICKED who hold onto their wickedness... I do not think God loves the devil, I think He hates him, and HE HATES THOSE WHO HAVE NO INTENTION OF TURNING TO GOD. Frankly, I do not like this distinction that I hear today, that ‘God loves the sinner, but hates the sin.’ God has loved you so much that He gave His Son to die for you, but if you persist in your sin, and continue in that sin, you are the enemy of God. And God is your enemy.” (Psalms, Vol.1, p.72)
“God hates the sin but loves the sinner”
has become the motto of American evangelism today. Certainly, AHAYA hates sin, there can be no equivocation. And the Bible makes it plain that AHAYA loves the sinner. But the Bible also states unambiguously, with striking frequency, that GOD HATES SINNERS. The Bible says that He will laugh at the wicked when their calamity comes like a whirlwind, and that He rejoices over the wicked to destroy them. If you find this concept of AHAYA incompatible with the tenets of your religion, I question whether you really know the God of the Bible.
Justice is an attribute of love. A Judge in a courtroom of justice rejoices to catch the criminals, convict, and punish them. Is it because he is unloving? No! If he is loving, he will be glad the rapists, murderers, car thieves, child molesters are sent to jail - for the greater good of society. AHAYA hates sinners in the same sense a Judge would hate criminals - for the greater good of mankind! AHAYA hates sinners in the same sense that He hates the devil - to promote the general welfare of man. Not because AHAYA is hateful, but because He is benevolent. For the greater good of the universe, He will rid the earth of all rebels and reign forever. It’s best, it’s right, it’s the loving thing to do. As long as sinners serve the devil by continuing their relentless war against AHAYA, their Holy Maker hates, abhors, curses, detests, despises them, and will ultimately destroy them in His wrath - because AHAYA is Love.
There is a sense in which AHAYA loves all men unconditionally, sinners and saints, which is not at all contradictory to the Biblical teaching of AHAYA’s hatred for sinners. AHAYAH loves the sinner in the sense that He is benevolent to them - He wills their good. AHAYA wills that all men repent and not perish (2 Pet.3:9). His disposition toward man is to show mercy - He is longsuffering, He is slow to wrath and quick to forgive. He does not send speedy judgment when we sin but convicts us by His Spirit and gives us time to consider our ways. AHAYA’s unconditional love for mankind prompted Him to send YASHAYAH to live and die to motivate man to turn from sin to AHAYAH, and to secure the salvation of those who meet the terms of the covenant. Most of the time the Bible speaks of AHAYAH’S love, it is in the context of YASHAYAHS death on the cross (John 3:16, Rom.5:8, I John 3:16). This type of love for man is unconditional.
AHAYA’s benevolence for sinners is not emotional driven or sentimental feelings.
He does not accept sinners “just the way they are” they must repent (change) and believe in order to be accepted by Him (Acts 10:35).
He doesn’t love sinners the way that they want Him to: He does not give them unconditional approval, unconditional acceptance, unconditional forgiveness, or unconditional friendship. He has unconditional love for the sinner, but he doesn’t like them.
The Bible also speaks of a love AHAYA has for man that is CONDITIONAL.
Oh Hear the Word of AHAYA my People!
John 14:21
“He that hath My commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and HE THAT LOVETH ME SHALL BE LOVED OF MY FATHER, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.”
AHAYA’s conditional love is the love of complacency and friendship, such as the love a man would have for an old, faithful comrade. AHAYA’s conditional love is fellowship (Keeping the sabbath Day). We enjoy this love only by responding in a loving way to the influence of His unconditional love. “We love Him because He first loved us.” We cannot know AHAYAH and His conditional love unless we cease to love sin (Transgression of the Law) and He becomes our First Love.
Love by definition must be voluntary, so AHAYAH cannot force His love upon anybody. That would not be benevolent - just as it would not be benevolent for a man to “force” himself upon a woman. AHAYAH wants our love to be a free expression from our heart. Only in this would He receive glory and be pleased. AHAYAH invites, persuades, pleads, and beckons man to leave his idolatrous loves and worship and adore his Creator above all, to give AHAYAH pre-eminence in his life. If man complies, AHAYAH delights in him. Should God delight in Hitler and Moses alike? Should God be pleased with Judas Iscariot and John the Apostle the same? As long as sinners reject the Law of God shown on the bloody tree of Christ, they cannot receive AHAYAH’s conditional love. As long as they continue in their sins and disobey his laws and commandments, they are at war with the Lawgiver, and under the condemnation of His Law and wrath of His justice, AHAYAH'S love notwithstanding. Unless they meet the terms of the covenant - fear God, repent, obey (The Law), love God and keep his commandments supremely - they are doomed to the lake of fire of AHAYAH’s Holy hatred and wrath on Judgment Day!
The real question is not “Does AHAYAH love you?” but “Do you love AHAYAH?” Never did YASHA or any of His Apostles ever tell the lost multitudes, “AHAYAH loves you” Never! Rather, they told the multitudes of their duty to love AHAYAH and keep his commandments and laws supremely and love their neighbor equally (Rebuking You Neighbor) - this is all the Law of AHAYA. If sinners would not keep AHAYA’s Law, they were warned of the righteous judgments of AHAYAH, so that they would fear Him.
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