7th November 2020
REPENT OR PERISH
David Abankwah
SERIES: Day 14
Idolatry, sorcery, HATRED, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
-Galatians 5:20 | NKJV
Hatred is the extreme dislike or disgust. Hatred is also the ill will or resentment that is usually mutual: prejudiced hostility or animosity towards something or someone. We have about four main types of hatred: 1. Hatred without a cause 2. Hatred with a cause 3. Hatred towards sin 4. Hatred toward righteousness. Another words for hatred include: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, and loathing. There are certain things God hates but that doesn’t make Him a sinner. God doesn’t hate us without a cause and He doesn’t hate us with a cause because He loves the sinner and hates the sin. He knows that before a man can commit sin, it is as a result of the influence of an evil spirit controlling the person.
He hates what is the cause of sin in our lives. God loved us as the world and came to redeem us from the cause of sin. In His lifetime, His love for righteousness and hatred for sin, made Him cleave to what was good and eschewed what was evil. That is what God expects from us. God will not tell us to do something He knows we cannot. He knows we can hate evil and love righteousness and practise holy living. But today in the lives of many believers, that is not the case. Instead of hating the cause of sin that made people offend us, we tend to face the person squarely without tackling the evil spirit behind the person. Every effect has its cause and the effective way of dealing with issues, is to tackle the cause and not the effect.
If we have anything to hate, we must hate the evil spirits controlling us into hell. We must hate the evil spirit that controls us when we sleep. We must hate the evil spirits that controls our mind. We must hate the evil spirits that controls out hearts. We must hate the evil spirits that controls our souls. Sin and lust are our greatest enemies and we must do everything to stay away from them. Why have you stored up hatred for someone more than a week, month, or year? Couples can live under the same roof, but they hate each other. Today when wives are succeeding more than husbands, they begin to feel unsecured and they begin to hate their own wives, thinking they will not respect or submit to them anymore.
If a woman truly submits and respects you, it is not the money that she has that will make her behave otherwise. We shouldn’t allow hatred to ruin our relationships with our fathers, mothers, children, friends, and authorities in our lives. Some people will always offend us. Some people will always succeed or prosper more than us. Instead of us hating them, we must thank God for giving us the opportunity of applying forgiveness. We must thank God for the successes of others and not hate them for what they are and what they have achieved. People tend to neglect the sacrifices of successful people and hate them for their success. I see your hatred turning into love in Jesus name, Amen!
•| Prayer Diary |•
Lift up prayers for deliverance from the spirit of hatred that makes it difficult for you to forgive people when they offend you and others too without cause in the name of Jesus Christ.
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If you have anything to hate, it is sin you must hate, because it is what will make you suffer eternally.
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