God Loves the Sinner, But Hates the Sin?

Ask Pastor John

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🗓️ 30 July 2013

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

If we don’t understand that God finds us hateful and loathsome in our sin, we won’t be as stunned by the depth of his love for us.

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0:00.0	Marko from Reading, Pennsylvania writes in to ask this question, Pastor John, what do
0:10.0	you make of the saying God loves the sinner but hates the sin?
0:15.0	The problem with the statement God loves the sinner but hates the sin is that it's misleading.
0:21.4	It's not a false statement and what's misleading about it is the word but.
0:28.2	He hates the sin because but should be and God loves the sinner and hates the sin because but implies he doesn't hate the sinner.
0:40.2	That's not true.
0:42.2	God does hate sinners.
0:46.2	Some five verse four, you are not a God who delights in wickedness, evil may not dwell with you.
0:54.2	The boastful shall not stand before your eyes.
0:57.2	You hate all evil doers or some 11 verse five.
1:02.2	The Lord tests the righteous but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
1:10.2	So it's just not true to give the impression that God doesn't hate sinners by saying he loves the sinner and hates the sin.
1:21.2	It does hate sinners.
1:24.2	His wrath is real.
1:27.2	It's not something he pours out on people he approves of.
1:32.2	This infinite disapproval is what the Bible means when it says God hates sinners.
1:39.2	He infinitely disapproves of them.
1:43.2	Sin is not sinful except as committed by sinful hearts.
1:48.2	Sin is an expression of anti-God human corruption, human hearts.
1:53.2	Sinful volitions are owing to sinful hearts.
1:56.2	Sin doesn't just hang out there with its own existence. It is in hearts or it's nothing.
2:03.2	Sin's do not suffer in hell.
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