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Psalm 97:1-12
A friend of mine likes to quote a beatitude that he has invented or borrowed; namely, “Blessed are the balanced.” Well that’s a good point. “Blessed are the balanced.” You can’t walk unless you’re balanced. Well you can do it but not with too much ease. I recall when I was learning how to ride a bicycle. They put me on the bicycle and gave me a push and I could not keep it balanced. If you’re going to roller skate or ice skate or ski you’ve got to maintain balance. This is the way we must walk in our Christian life. That’s why the psalmist said in Psalm 97 verse 10, “You who love the LORD, hate evil.” Now there’s a balance for you. Are Christians supposed to hate? Yes, you’re not supposed to hate one another, but they are supposed to hate evil! Psalm 97 verse 10 tells us that. “You who love the LORD, hate evil.” Now you and I can have one of several attitudes toward the evil in the world today.
We can defend it. I don’t see how we could as Christians, but there are those who defend the evil in this world. There are those who promote it and of course that’s terrible. They’re playing right into the hands of Satan. We can ignore it. We can say, “Well, we’ll just close our eyes!” And like the priest and the Levite in the parable of the Good Samaritan, go by on the other side. Or we can just endure it. Say “Well, it’s here and I’ll just grit my teeth and I’ll clench my fists and put up with it!” The Word of God says hate it and oppose it. Now we do it because we love the Lord. “You who love the LORD, hate evil.” If we love God, we’re going to love the things God loves and we’re going to hate the things God hates. This is even true in everyday life, isn’t it? When you love someone, you love the things that they love and you want to share those things with them. You see when God is going to judge evil, we want to be on His side.
We don’t want to be like Lot who was tolerating, though it grieved his soul, the evil in Sodom and everything Lot lived for was burned up when Sodom went up in smoke. Psalm 97 verse 10 reads and this is an important verse for us to get a hold of, “He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.” “You who love the LORD, hate evil.” You see God is on our side and “If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31).
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A friend of mine likes to quote a beatitude that he has invented or borrowed; namely, “Blessed are the balanced.” Well that’s a good point. “Blessed are the balanced.” You can’t walk unless you’re balanced. Well you can do it but not with too much ease. I recall when I was learning how to ride a bicycle. They put me on the bicycle and gave me a push and I could not keep it balanced. If you’re going to roller skate or ice skate or ski you’ve got to maintain balance. This is the way we must walk in our Christian life. That’s why the psalmist said in Psalm 97 verse 10, “You who love the LORD, hate evil.” Now there’s a balance for you. Are Christians supposed to hate? Yes, you’re not supposed to hate one another, but they are supposed to hate evil! Psalm 97 verse 10 tells us that. “You who love the LORD, hate evil.” Now you and I can have one of several attitudes toward the evil in the world today.
We can defend it. I don’t see how we could as Christians, but there are those who defend the evil in this world. There are those who promote it and of course that’s terrible. They’re playing right into the hands of Satan. We can ignore it. We can say, “Well, we’ll just close our eyes!” And like the priest and the Levite in the parable of the Good Samaritan, go by on the other side. Or we can just endure it. Say “Well, it’s here and I’ll just grit my teeth and I’ll clench my fists and put up with it!” The Word of God says hate it and oppose it. Now we do it because we love the Lord. “You who love the LORD, hate evil.” If we love God, we’re going to love the things God loves and we’re going to hate the things God hates. This is even true in everyday life, isn’t it? When you love someone, you love the things that they love and you want to share those things with them. You see when God is going to judge evil, we want to be on His side.
We don’t want to be like Lot who was tolerating, though it grieved his soul, the evil in Sodom and everything Lot lived for was burned up when Sodom went up in smoke. Psalm 97 verse 10 reads and this is an important verse for us to get a hold of, “He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.” “You who love the LORD, hate evil.” You see God is on our side and “If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31).