Learn To Hate Sin
Do not be overcome with hate; but rather, understand the insidiousness of sin and learn to hate it. God does.
Hab 1:13a [NASB]
Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
“you hate”
from sane [Hebrew] – means enemy, foe, be hateful odious, utterly. In NASB, translated: detest (1), enemy (3), enmity (1), foes (1), hate (78), hated (28), hated her intensely (1), hates (19), hating (2), hatred (1), turned against (1), turns against (2), unloved (7).
“all evildoers”
from kol (“all”) + paal (“workers/doers”) + aven (“trouble, sorrow, wickedness”). Literally translates: “all workers/doers of trouble/sorrow/wickedness” (context points to unbelievers, who do this work as a function of their fallen nature)
Ps 5:5 [Amplified]
The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight; You hate all who do evil.
Ps 5:5 [Darby’s]
Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Ps 5:5 [Young’s Literal]
The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.
Ps 32:1-2
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
The Direction of God’s Hatred
If God only hates sin, then why does He cast some away from Himself (from love), namely unbelievers who die in their sins? Could it be to preserve the purity of love, itself? Could it be the just/righteous thing to do after all???
“hates the light”
This is the most natural thing of all for the wicked; in fact, it’s exactly what we would expect from unbelievers because they exist in the sphere of spiritual death (ref: spiritual death = separation from God, who is love).
The Direction of God’s Hatred
If God only hates sin, then why does He cast some away from Himself (from love), namely unbelievers who die in their sins? Could it be to preserve the purity of love, itself? Could it be the just/righteous thing to do after all???
Ps 5:5 [Amplified]
The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight; You hate all who do evil.
Ro 5:8 [Wuest Expanded]
But God is constantly proving His own love to us, because while we were yet sinners, Christ in behalf of us died.
Unlocking Grace and the Gospel
God is gracious because He is love. This graciousness has nothing to do with anyone else, nor anyone who receives the benefits of it. This grace “[proves] His own love to us” (Ro 5:8) – ala Jn 3:16. He loves because of who He is (it emanates), not because of who we are (it’s not attracted to us as sinners).
Learn To Hate Sin
Do not be overcome with hate; but rather, understand the insidiousness of sin and learn to hate it. God does.
Hab 1:13a [NASB]
Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Ps 5:5 [Amplified]
The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight; You hate all who do evil.
The Direction of God’s Hatred
If God only hates sin, then why does He cast some away from Himself (from love), namely unbelievers who die in their sins? Could it be to preserve the purity of love, itself? Could it be the just/righteous thing to do after all???
Ps 32:1-2
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Ro 5:8 [Wuest Expanded]
But God is constantly proving His own love to us, because while we were yet sinners, Christ in behalf of us died.
Unlocking Grace and the Gospel
God is gracious because He is love. This graciousness has nothing to do with anyone else, nor anyone who receives the benefits of it. This grace “[proves] His own love to us” (Ro 5:8) – ala Jn 3:16. He loves because of who He is (it emanates), not because of who we are (it’s not attracted to us as sinners).