greyhawke
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Scripture teaches that God does not love all people. He loves the sheep and hates the goats. Neither is his love unconditional:-
Sirach 12:6 ¶ For the Most High also hates sinners and will inflict punishment on the ungodly.
Psalm 5:5 ¶ The boastful will not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.
Psalm 11:5 ¶ The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates the lover of violence.
Hosea 9:15 ¶ Every evil of theirs began at Gilgal; there I came to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their officials are rebels.
Leviticus 20:23 ¶ You shall not follow the practices of the nation that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
Romans 9:13 ¶ As it is written, ‘I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.’
Now, the Book of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus is a Deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament, which is the only book that is disputed by Protestant Christians; nevertheless, Psalm 5:5 is the one passage that is most closely resembling of Sirach 12:6; for they have both claimed that God hates all evildoers and sinners, which is the most crucial point of this entire thread.
Besides Sirach 12:6, all the other passages are unanimously accepted by Christians worldwide.
Consequently, there can be no question that God hates all evildoers and sinners.
That is the most crucial point.
Please discuss the aforementioned.
Sirach 12:6 ¶ For the Most High also hates sinners and will inflict punishment on the ungodly.
Psalm 5:5 ¶ The boastful will not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.
Psalm 11:5 ¶ The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates the lover of violence.
Hosea 9:15 ¶ Every evil of theirs began at Gilgal; there I came to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their officials are rebels.
Leviticus 20:23 ¶ You shall not follow the practices of the nation that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
Romans 9:13 ¶ As it is written, ‘I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.’
Now, the Book of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus is a Deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament, which is the only book that is disputed by Protestant Christians; nevertheless, Psalm 5:5 is the one passage that is most closely resembling of Sirach 12:6; for they have both claimed that God hates all evildoers and sinners, which is the most crucial point of this entire thread.
Besides Sirach 12:6, all the other passages are unanimously accepted by Christians worldwide.
Consequently, there can be no question that God hates all evildoers and sinners.
That is the most crucial point.
Please discuss the aforementioned.
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