Today when thinking about following Jesus lets try to grasp how God
sees sin. We must get a handle on the seriousness of sin to a Holy
Righteous God!
First we must see God hates sin:
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.
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
Psalms 5:4
For You [are] not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. 5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. 6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Psalms 45:6
Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter of Your kingdom. 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Hebrews 1:8
But to the Son [He] [says]: "Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter of Your Kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."
Colossians 3:5-6
So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming.
Isaiah 59:2
2 but your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
I think it is clear here that God hates sin and it is just common sense a Holy God would hate sin! There are many more verses we could look at but for times sake we won't....look for yourself. With that said if God hates sin then there will be sever punishment for any unrepented of sin that comes before Him and we see that in the bible in the old testamnet:
* Sodom and Gomorrah- Genesis 19
* God gives law on Mt. Sinai and not long after a man is stoned to death for picking up sticks on Sabbath! Numbers 15
* Achan and family die for disobeying God's command not to keep plunder from battle. Joshua 7
* Nadab and Abihu, Aarons sons, die for unauthorized fire before the Lord. Leviticus 10
* Uzzah dies for touching the Ark of the Covenant. 2 Samuel 6
An example in the New Testament would be:
* Acts 5:1-6
5 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.” 5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. 6 The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.
Then the over whelming reality of sin in us and we die without repenting and following Jesus is this:
* John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
* Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
*Revelation 21:8, “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
So we see God hates sin and will not be in its presence and I will end here for today, tomorrow we will look at how does God feel about us as a sinner? Does He love us, hate us or what?
Tom
P.S. Don't play with sin, it is a dangerous thing before God!
First we must see God hates sin:
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.
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
Psalms 5:4
For You [are] not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. 5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. 6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Psalms 45:6
Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter of Your kingdom. 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Hebrews 1:8
But to the Son [He] [says]: "Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter of Your Kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."
Colossians 3:5-6
So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming.
Isaiah 59:2
2 but your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
I think it is clear here that God hates sin and it is just common sense a Holy God would hate sin! There are many more verses we could look at but for times sake we won't....look for yourself. With that said if God hates sin then there will be sever punishment for any unrepented of sin that comes before Him and we see that in the bible in the old testamnet:
* Sodom and Gomorrah- Genesis 19
* God gives law on Mt. Sinai and not long after a man is stoned to death for picking up sticks on Sabbath! Numbers 15
* Achan and family die for disobeying God's command not to keep plunder from battle. Joshua 7
* Nadab and Abihu, Aarons sons, die for unauthorized fire before the Lord. Leviticus 10
* Uzzah dies for touching the Ark of the Covenant. 2 Samuel 6
An example in the New Testament would be:
* Acts 5:1-6
5 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.” 5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. 6 The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.
Then the over whelming reality of sin in us and we die without repenting and following Jesus is this:
* John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
* Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
*Revelation 21:8, “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
So we see God hates sin and will not be in its presence and I will end here for today, tomorrow we will look at how does God feel about us as a sinner? Does He love us, hate us or what?
Tom
P.S. Don't play with sin, it is a dangerous thing before God!
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