Bro Wade Cox "Why Does God Hate Sin?" Jeremiah 29:11-14
God hates sin because it separates us from him:.
[Isa 59:2 KJV] 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear.
The fact that God hates sin means he hates being separated from us and us from Him.
He created us to have fellowship with him and to bring him glory if we are living in sin we are not doing either one of those
Sin is the very antithesis(opposite) (antimatter) of God’s nature. The psalmist describes God’s hatred of sin:
[Psa 5:4 KJV] 4 For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
[Pro 6:16-19 KJV] 16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
God hates sin because he is holy; holiness is the most exalted of all his attributes-Holiness is The Opposite Of Sin
[Isa 6:2-3 KJV] 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.
[Rev 4:8 KJV] 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Sin entices us to focus on worldly pleasure instead of God’s blessings.To pursue sin is to turn one’s back on God’s gifts. [Jer 29:11-14 KJV] 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. God hates sin because it blinds us to the truth. Jesus likened false teachers to “blind leaders of the blind”
[Mat 15:14 KJV] 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
[Jhn 8:32 KJV] 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
[1Jo 2:11 KJV] 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Sin lessens our love for God. The Bible says, [1Jo 2:15-17 KJV] 15 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.