Friday 30 March 2012

Objects of wrath

Have we become so politically correct that we view God's hatred of sin as the sign of a hateful God?
"The truth is, we can never fully appreciate the love of God until we understand the wrath of God. And we can never fully understand the wrath of God until we understand the enormity of our sin. “God hates sin. Sin is abhorrent to God. There should be no difficulty about the term ‘hate’. If you recognize love in God you must recognize hate also. All that is opposed to God is hateful to God.”
 “it is clear that the very character and being of God as holy, makes this doctrine quite inevitable. You cannot mix light and darkness. You cannot conceive of sin as existing in the presence of God. God’s holiness insists upon this doctrine of the wrath of God. God must deal with sin. God must show his hatred of it. It is part of His own holiness and His greatness and glory that He should do so…. [Martin Lloyd-Jones]
We (the Church) have become so morally confused that we are often less use to our fellow travellers than the ancient inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah were to theirs.

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