PROVERBS 8: 12-13
"I wisdom, live together with good judgement. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment. All who fear the Lord, HATE EVIL! Therefore I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech."
Is it ever OK to hate? Do you hate someone or something? It seems the whole world is filled with hate, evil, arrogance, corruption and perverse speech. We live in an R rated culture that seems to get more perverse every passing day. Many attempt to portray alternate life styles as and acceptable alternative to morality and righteousness. The word sin is considered passe' and unacceptable to so many. The One Truth Today is to point out the if you want wisdom and good judgement, if you want knowledge and discernment, then if you fear the Lord, you will HATE EVIL! God hates pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech and He HATES EVIL!
It is OK to hate evil!
The beginning of wisdom is the "fear of the Lord". If the Lord hates evil then we must do the same. That is the beginning of wisdom to know, love and fear God. As His children we should desire good judgement, knowledge and discernment. The Reverent Fear of God, causes us to have enmity with evil, perversion, pride, arrogance and perverse speech. That is a gift of God, to give us these positive attributes. That is what allows us to make good choices and to receive good consequences. We are very uncomfortable around a perverted mouth, full of twisted speech, arrogance and pride. In short it is OK when we HATE EVIL!
Is it possible to love our neighbor and at the same time to HATE EVIL? If your neighbor is sinning, you can hate the evil but still love your neighbor. The Lord loved us while we were still in sin. God wants us to separate the evil acts from the soul that can be redeemed and saved! Remember we have all sinned and come short of the Glory of God, no one of us is good, no not one! We need to see and treat others as we want to be treated by God and others. We need to HATE EVIL, but love the person. Use God's knowledge to show your wisdom and understanding that allows the separation of the person from the act. God is Love and we are to Love One another. We can see evil for what it is and how it corrupts and like God we can also
HATE EVIL!
