Hatred on SermonAudio

Psalms 25:14 "The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant." King James Version

As long as the earth stands, there has always been and always will be a hatred of the natural man against Christ and his spiritual offspring, truly born again people.

This sermon is on the 6th Commandment

The nature and consequences of sexual sin The Seventh Commandment 1. the exceeding hatred 2. the extreme devastation 3. the extent of God's tender love

Many people have a problem with Jesus Christ. They have a problem because He is not what they either want nor what they expect of a Savior. Many believe that Jesus should simply help them when in a pinch or be there for them to bless their fleshly desires, otherwise they have no need of a Savior. Jesus came to do the will of the Father, to speak His Words. The Jews then, as today, did not know the Father and therefore had a problem with Jesus because He spoke the Words of the Father.

Based on Jonah 4:1–3, this sermon examines Jonah's anger at God's mercy toward Nineveh and exposes the danger of knowing sound theology without having a heart transformed by it. Jonah knew that God was gracious, compassionate, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, yet he treated God's mercy toward his enemies as an evil. The sermon challenges the church to examine the ways we can condemn the sins of the world while refusing to love the people trapped in them. We may know Scripture, defend sound doctrine, and speak confidently about justice and mercy, yet still resist God when His grace reaches someone we believe does not deserve it. True love does not ignore sin or compromise God's justice. It tells the truth about sin, warns of judgment, and points sinners to the mercy available through Jesus Christ. At the heart of the message is a sobering truth: without a changed heart, Christianity is dead. Knowledge alone cannot produce genuine love for our neighbors. We need God to transform our hearts so that we no longer call His mercy evil, distort His justice to suit our preferences, or remain silent because we fear people more than we fear Him. The sermon calls us to repent of our own hardness, trust the God who changes hearts, and love our neighbors enough to proclaim both the seriousness of sin and the hope of the Gospel. The greater than Jonah has come: Jesus Christ bore judgment so that guilty sinners might turn and live.

This sermon examines the inevitability of worldly hatred toward believers, rooted in the fact that Christians are chosen out of the world to belong to Jesus. It contrasts the secular worldview, described through Hegelian philosophy as driven by alienation and conflict, with the Gospel's offer of true recognition and peace through humility and faith. The message emphasizes that while persecution is a realistic expectation for those who follow Christ, believers are not left to endure it in their own strength. Instead, the Holy Spirit provides the necessary equipment, strength, and comfort in the moment of need, ensuring that those who suffer for Christ's sake are sustained by His presence. The sermon concludes with a call to trust completely in Jesus' care and to respond to the world's hostility with compassion and love, rather than retaliation.