Who and What Does God Hate?
by Mihran Kulhanjian
God hates all workers of iniquity (Psalm 5:5). If you are a worker of iniquity He hates you. Do you understand what is being said? God's hatred for the unrepentant, unforgiving sinner can be equated as the same hated God had for Esau (Malachi1:4). Esau did not turn to God. Esau disregarded God. He did not have a relationship with God and did not honor God. Esau was unrepentant and unforgiving. He did not submit, surrender or acknowledge God. God hated Esau because God is not with those who turn from Him. But God is seeking those who hate Him because He is a forgiving God and loves those He hates.
What Does God Hate?
We turn to Proverbs 6:16-19 to see a few of the things God hates:
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.
God hates a proud look, an arrogant, self-righteous and the pride that motivates him. God hates the proud, but people [the world] like the proud. Do not confuse pride with confidence. The proud are self-centered, full of self-conceit. God loves the humble--the self-confident in God (I can do all things through the One [Jesus Christ] who empowers me within [Philippians 4:13]).
God hates a lying tongue. Politicians seems to lie a lot. Many voters excuse the lying or are completely deaf to the lying. Many deeply rooted liberal politician are so accustomed to lying it has become natural to them; it has become a disease of the tongue. We know that Satan is the king of liars. Jesus said this in John 8:44:
You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
God hates the shedding of innocent blood. What is innocent blood? A baby in the womb is innocent blood. There is justified killing and unjustified killing. One is justified to kill in a just war and for self-defense. But, any candidate who supports the shedding of innocent blood (abortion) is unqualified to lead. A nation that kills babies is a nation under God's curse.
God hates hidden motives of the wicked heart and hates those who are quick to do evil. A candidate who does things to get elected, to get votes or votes for issues against his own conscious is hated by God.
"A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren (verse 19)" is an abomination to God. God hates (an abomination) the act of one lying to discredit another person. Many political candidates have done this in the past and actively continue to do it today. They do not fear God because they are not born anew with the Spirit of God in them.
It is the pride of life, which is of the world [1 John 2:16], that destroys most men and separates them from the kingdom of God.
God hates evil:
- God also hates all workers of iniquity (Psalm 5:5)
- God hates the wicked and the violent (Psalm 11:5)
- God hates a liar (Proverbs 6:17)
- God hates evil, pride, arrogance, and a perverse mouth (Proverbs 8:13)
- God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16)
- God hates those who see evil and do nothing (Leviticus 20:2, Deuteronomy. 12:31)
- God hates those who commit sexual sin (adultery, incest, homosexuality, bestiality) (Leviticus 20:10-21
- God hates idolaters (Jeremiah 44:3-4)