Whaddya Hate 3

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7 things God hates…

 

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:

 

2.  A lying tongue: 

 

 

3.  hands that shed innocent blood:  Innocence does not imply sinlessness.  But to shed innocent blood is to take the life of one who has done nothing worthy of death.  God loves and wants us to protect the innocent. And yes this scripture screams at the top of its lungs that abortion is absolutely vile and evil and perverted in the eyes of God… to be stopped at all costs….

 

But it does also have a nuance that states that if you shed blood by fist or instrument be it gun or car or brick… it is still hated by God.

It is not the act that is detestable, but rather the motive. Scripture is clear that murder is wrong, killing is not if done for punishment and or protection. If you are mad at someone and feel cheated and just walk up and hit them over the head with a steel bar… thats a no no. God hates this. There are many ways to first try to work through situations. However if you hurt a child, take another life or are in the current situation of protecting yourself - we see clear evidence in scripture that we have the right to shed guilt blood. Now if God hates the shedding of innocent blood, what does he love… what would the opposite of shedding of blood be? Well we understand the mindset of a person shedding blood in this situation is vengeance… so quite the opposite would be forgiveness. 

But not just any forgiveness, but forgiveness from someone who is innocent and willing to stand in the gap for someone who is to be punished… even if neither deserve it. What do I mean.

In Ernest Gordon's Miracle on the River Kwai. The Scottish soldiers, forced     by their Japanese captors to labor on a jungle railroad, had degenerated to barbarous behavior, but one afternoon something happened. A shovel was

missing. The officer in charge became enraged. He demanded that the missing

shovel be produced, or else. When nobody in the squadron budged, the officer

got his gun and threatened to kill them all on the spot . . . It was obvious

the officer meant what he had said. Then, finally, one man stepped forward.

The officer put away his gun, picked up a shovel, and beat the man to death.

When it was over, the survivors picked up the bloody corpse and carried it

with them to the second tool check. This time, no shovel was missing.

Indeed, there had been a miscount at the first check point. The word spread

like wildfire through the whole camp. An innocent man had been willing to

die to save the others! . . . The incident had a profound effect. . . The

men began to treat each other like brothers. When the victorious Allies

swept in, the survivors, human skeletons, lined up in front of their captors

(and instead of attacking their captors) insisted: "No more hatred. No more

killing. Now what we need is forgiveness." Sacrificial love has transforming

power.