How to Hate Well | The Writings | Psalm 101

Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

Ten Minute Bible Talks

Mental Health, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Are Christians called to be haters? What does God want us to hate? How can we hate in a loving way? In today's episode, Keith looks at Psalm 101, reminding us that we are called to love God and hate what is evil. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Psalm 101

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life, in the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	I'm Keith Simon.
0:17.0	Tell me what you love and I'll tell you what you probably hate. Do you love Taylor Swift?
0:18.4	Then you probably hate Kanye West.
0:20.2	Do you love being organized?
0:21.5	Then you probably hate a messy kitchen. Do you love being organized? Then you probably hate a messy kitchen.
0:23.5	Do you love early mornings? Then you probably hate late nights.
0:27.0	Love and hate have a strange relationship.
0:29.5	On the one end, they're opposites. To love is to adore, to approve, or to worship something.
0:34.3	To hate is to despise, to reject, to demean something. But what's interesting is that
0:39.6	while love and hate described two opposite feelings, they almost always run closely together.
0:45.4	Jesus understood this truth, which is why in Matthew 6 he tells his disciples,
0:50.1	no one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
0:57.5	In Jesus' mind, love and hate go together. To love one thing means you will hate its opposite. This means that if we love God
1:04.6	with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength just like Jesus teaches us to, then
1:08.6	there will end up being things that we should learn to hate, especially if those
1:12.2	things are in opposition to God.
1:14.6	Yes, the Christian life requires us to become haters.
1:17.6	But what are those things that God calls us to hate?
1:20.6	In Psalm 101, King David wrestles with this question and in this song we'll see how love and hate are woven together
1:27.8	We pick up in verse one
1:29.6	I will sing of your love and justice to you. Oh Lord I will sing praise I will be careful to lead
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ten Minute Bible Talks, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Ten Minute Bible Talks and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.