Whaddya hate?

 

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Things that men hate…

a shot to the fun pocket…

Being taken advantage of…

Made to look gullible…

Get beat up in front of others…

Manipulated by a women knowing that you have to let her have her way because its just not worth the hassle…

Men hate failing… at anything

Men hate looking weak at anything

Men hate feeling inadequate at anything

Men hate disappointing the people they love

 

But what does God hate? Maybe we would be wise to hate what God hates, and not so much focus on what we hate… just saying. 

So what does God hate? Prov. 6:16 

There are six things the Lord hates,
    seven that are detestable to him:

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        haughty eyes,
        a lying tongue,
        hands that shed innocent blood,

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        a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,

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        a false witness who pours out lies
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

 

1.  Haughty eyes: Haughty eyes deals with pride and God hates pride.  The eyes are the windows into pride.  The phrase, “That person looks down on me!”  That’s the haughty eye and its full of pride.  Pride is the original sin that goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden.  Man wanted to be like God (notice the pride) more than he wanted to be with God.  He looked down on God.

 

But even before that it was the first sin recorded in the history of eternity… even before time existed satan was kicked out of heaven because of pride. 

And can we be honest… don’t you just hate when people are prideful, arrogant conceited …. when I say hate you might say… well thats kind of strong. But God hates these things… So we can as well. Yes love the person but its ok to hate this sin… so much so that you don’t want to be around them.

But if God hates this… then he must love the opposite… and that would be humility. 

The Bible defines humility as “the fear of the Lord” (Proverbs 22:4). Its etymological root is in the Latin word "humus" meaning "of the earth." To be humble is to be face down in the dirt, submitting to the authority of another, without personal pride. This is the Christian's proper position before the Lord.

James says "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you." (James 4:10)

Did you know that in scripture Humility is a critical and continuous emphasis on godliness in the Bible.

Do you want to be humble, be Godly, do you want to be Godly, be with God… daily.

One of my favorite examples of becoming more like God is looking at my friends who grew up with me in Wisconsin (insert nasal tone) and have moved down south… after just a few years they all started to talk with a southern drawl… now what I didn’t realize is that when you move down south you can take classes to learn how to talk with a southern drawl… uhm no - that would be false… how does one acquire a southern drawl? You hang around people who have a southern drawl… how does one become humble? They become Godly, how doe they become Godly… they hang around God, his word, his people, his spirit, his church.

Hate pride, be humble, spend with with God and be Godly.