The Things the Lord Hates

   Proverbs 6:16-19, “There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.”

   This is a follow up on a couple articles that were in September issue of Wisconsin Christian News.  We do not like to think that God or Jesus hates anything. God is love! (1 John(. And if God is love, how can He, who is perfect love, hate anything?  Before the fall of man, Adam and Eve did not even know what evil was. God told them do not eat of the tree of good and evil, but they did. Satan temped them by saying “you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” This world is now filled with evil because man is fallen. 

   God’s Word tells us that man’s heart is so bad, it is beyond repair. Man’s heart is desperately wicked. Think about Sudan and Germany during WW2.  How desperately wicked man can be?  We think here in America it would never be that bad, but I believe that by God’s grace and goodness He has protected us from destroying each other. The heart of wicked mankind, even here in America, is destroying marriages and killing innocent babies every day. Drug use is destroying peoples’ lives every day. Our citie ...

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