BBD 11.01.06 An Intolerant God
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11.01.06
An Intolerant God
(Originally written and sent 10.20.2000.)
Let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbor; and do not
love a false oath. For all these are things that I hate, says the Lord. -
Zechariah 8:17.
We hear it more and more often that we must be tolerant. We are told we
should be tolerant of alternative lifestyles and non-Christian religions. In
the United States, we appear to be headed toward court orders and
legislative directives to enforce this tolerance. In Dunbar, West Virginia,
the First Baptist Church had been having a "Haunted Hollow" at the Wine
Cellar City Park during the previous two years. It is similar to the
well-known "Judgment Houses." During a 45-minute tour, short skits are
performed demonstrating the hazards of sin. This year (2000), they have
dropped the skit negative to homosexuality because of the complaints of some
citizens. However, the Wiccans are now upset and are going to court because
of what they call a negative portrayal of their religion.
The fact is that our God is intolerant. The One True God is intolerant of
homosexuality and witchcraft. But it is unfair to single those two sins out
because our God is intolerant of all sins. Actually, God hates sin! "For all
these things I hate, says the Lord." God hates sin so much that He "spared
not His own Son (Romans 8:32)." What terrible thing caused God's Son to die
an excruciating death on that cruel, cold, Roman cross? It was sin! God
hated sin so much that He sent this One who knew no sin to become sin for
us. God knew that it was only through His Son, Jesus, that we might have
victory over this terrible disease of sin.
Yes, God loves us (John 3:16) but He still hates sin. As His children, we
love the sinners but we too should hate the sin. We should hate the sin so
much that we should oppose it at every turn (Matthew 5:13). We should hate
sin so much that we tell others about God's love of sinners and hate of sin
(Matthew 5:14-16). We should hate sin so much that we "lay" it "aside"
(Hebrews 12:1). We should hate the sin so much that when we sin we
immediately confess it to our Lord so that we may be forgiven and cleansed
of all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).
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