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SEVEN THINGS GOD HATES – #1: PRIDE
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014In a day when down is up and up is down…in a day when good is called evil and evil good…in a day when lies and liars are good while the Truth offends…one thing is constant. God STILL hates sin. He despises it and says so and will judge those who commit it.
A book which a perishing world, which is too blind and stupid to recognize it is under judgment already, despise – the Bible contains Truth for today and the Playbook for Life. It behooves every person alive to seek its revelation and knowledge. It belongs to every person alive to search it for comfort and peace. It contains the message of Salvation to all who would listen and apply….FREELY. It has everything and is sufficient for everyday life.
To that end, we look at the following passage to grasp the knowledge of what God hates so that we, you and I who seek relationship with Abba Father, will draw closer and not do these things. These things are difficult at times to maintain and stay away from….for even the strongest follower of Jesus Christ, because we live in a broken fallen world. So should that fact keep us from pressing on? No! We press on every more and press IN to prayer, intercession, fasting, digging deeper into His Word.
So we will examine each of these “no-no’s” which God hates individually. First – PRIDE! There is a reason God hates Pride as the number one abomination. You see it was the pride of a created being named Lucifer which brought sin into existence and therefore, into the world. Here is where Pride began (from Isaiah 14:12-21)