Things God Hates

 

God is love. God loves you. Love is the core of who God is. The thing that God loves the most is us, His human creation.

 

He hates anything that harms or damages His human creation.

 

Proverbs 6:16-19

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

 

There are seven things that in this passage we are told that God hates.

 

God hates haughty eyes. God hates when we exalt ourselves. God hates that because He knows that self-exaltation is pride and pride leads us away from God and not toward Him. God knows that when a person depends on self instead of God it will bring that person to failure and even destruction. God tells us to depend on Him and exalt Him, not out of Him needing us to do that but because we need to do it. Humility leads to God; haughtiness or pride leads away from God.

 

James 4:6

But He gives more grace. Therefore, it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is humbling our lives under God’s authority and exalting Him.

 

God hates a lying tongue. God hates deceit, falsehood, sham. God knows that when a person lives based on lies it will bring destruction to that person’s life.

 

Jesus says in John 14:6 that He is the Truth. Everything that Jesus says is truth and that truth brings life and freedom. Lies brings death and bondage.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is living based on truth and Jesus is truth.

 

God hates hands that shed innocent blood. When we love others, we will relate to them in love, not in hatred and will not bring harm to them.

 

Mark 12:31 Jesus says that we are to love our neighbors as we love ourselves.

 

Matthew 5:38-39

You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you, “Do not resist the one who is evil. But If anyone slaps you on the right check, turn to him the other also.”

 

Matthew 5:43-45

You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”

 

We as followers of Jesus are commanded to not retaliate but to love and pray for those who are out to harm and persecute us.  God hates when we retaliate with hatred because it doesn’t reflect who He is and turns people away from Him.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is treating others with love and respect, not hatred and harm.

 

God hates a heart that devises wicked plans. God hates it when people plan evil. This involves making plans to commit iniquity, willful sin.

 

God hates sin (missing the mark).

God hates trespasses (crossing the line).

God particularly hates iniquity (disobeying God and knowing we are disobeying God).

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is having a passionate love for God that leads to complete obedience to Him.

 

God hates feet that make haste to run to evil. God hates it when people do things that are evil because evil acts are good for nothing.

 

Galatians 5:22 tell us that goodness is a work of the Holy Spirit in our lives as followers of Jesus. Evil is the opposite of God. Evil are useless acts and good are acts that help others. God is good and wants His human creation to do good.        

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is moving to what is good and running away from that which is evil.

 

God hates a false witness who breathes out lies. Lies go against the character of God.

 

John 8:31-32

So, Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

 

Truth, because God is truth, sets us free from the bondage that lies bring.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is living free by living based on truth.

 

God hates one who sows discord among brothers. Other translations read “stirs up conflict in the community”. God hates disunity among the faith community of His followers.

 

Ephesians 4:1-3

I, therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

 

God wants His people in unity.

Living in humility

Living in gentleness

Living in patience

Bearing with each other in love

Desiring to keeping the bond of peace in the Holy Spirit

 

We are to live in unity, not uniformity.

 

Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is living in unity with our brothers and sisters in Jesus.

We are to love what God loves and hate what God hates.

 

Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls with God,

Joe