Pr. 8 [The Message]

How do you fear God You hate evil. [Pr. 8:13]

We don’t hate evil enough. We are not necessarily sanctioned to hate the evil in others, [Matt. 7:3] We are to be self-examiners, harder on ourselves than anyone else. Christ loved righteousness and hated evil but he LOVED THE SINNER. There’s a critical difference between the man and the sin. Christ died for sinners. God knew the horrible fate for those who love evil and will suffer eternal damnation if they don’t accept the cleansing of Christ’s blood.

We need to hate evil enough that we can’t bear the thought of souls suffering in the Lake of Fire for eternity. Then, we do something about it. We hate the sin, but love the sinner and preach the gospel to them.