Wait...God hates ... no. That can't be true. God does not hate anyone, does He?
Then Romans 9: 13 "I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau." A person named now that God said He hated.
As we examined this verses in the past few Wednesday nights, we have discovered God's Word is true (guess that) and the "hot water" of God runs deep in the wrath of God toward all who sin. So how do we reconcile this with the love of God? Does this cancel out God's love then?
Only with man do we see the impossibility of love/hate running parallel purely in a person's life. But with God....it is there.
We can't use our imperfect wisdom to judge the perfect wisdom of God. So, instead of trying to understand or reason it, we just accept it with shoes off as we stand on holy ground to worship a God that is righteous (Romans 9:14).
But tonight....in our 6:10 service...we will now climb the mountaintop opposite the depths of His wrath and hate. We will examine the love of God from I John 4: 7-10 in a deep theological word called "Propitiation." You see, we can't understand the purity and power of God's love toward us in that He gave His Son as a propitiation for our sins if we don't first understand that the very person for whom God gave His Son to die is also the one He hates as the wrath of God abides on the sinner already. WOW - what love. See you tonight as we go shouting to that mountain top!!
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