There are many who
say Jesus is all love and doesn't hate anything. Let's see if we can find any Scripture on the
subject.
Here we go. The letters are in read indicating it is
Jesus speaking. In fact it is Jesus
telling John what to put in Revelation.
Look at the last line.
Revelation 2:1-6(NKJV)
“To the angel of the
church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His
right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
“I know your works,
your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you
have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them
liars;
and you have
persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not
become weary.
Nevertheless I
have this against you, that you
have left your first love.
Remember therefore
from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come
to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you
repent.
But this you have,
that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Now don't
misunderstand. I'm not suggesting that
we use this verse to justify running around hating. I am merely pointing out that once again
people like to ignore Scripture that doesn't back up their view of Jesus.
Seeing this
Scripture about Jesus hating also verifies another part of Scripture. That would be Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time
for everything under the sun. A time for
war and a time for peace for example. So
logic would dictate that for Ecclesiastes to be true then Jesus would have to
both hate and love. If Jesus was all
love and no hate it would make God a liar in Ecclesiastes. And as you know, one of my beliefs is to
always look for verification of a view or principal in both the Old Testament
and the New Testament. In this case I
believe we have it. Make sense?
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