God Hates Sin but Loves The Sinner

John 3:16-17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Good Morning and Shalom:

I wanted to bring forth a subject matter that has been misused by so many people from all ends of the spectrum that it needs to be clarified sharply from a biblical perspective and in context but made plainly and simple to understand. 

To start off with this morning's message, you have to understand that is something I have discussed at length, with many people , in different ways, from many conversations I have had, and especially from those who call themselves Christ Like,  and followers of Jesus Christ, Go to Church, pray and try to understand their direction in life. I have had this same conversation in many forms of it, with people who call themselves spiritualists , believe in God and dont take the bible as literal but believe everything that is spiritual is Good. Also again, this same conversation has been brought up by people who are not Christians , who dont believe in God , the bible, the devil or for anything of that matter. Interesting enough its the same conversation over and over. 

However, since this topic has been brought to my attention reecently I am going to touch on the matter. 

As Christians we have to know and understand that our life is not our own, we dont belong to ourselves. 

1 Corinthians 6:19 (AMP)

 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]?

Jeremiah 10:23 (AMP)

O Lord, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself;
It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life].

We are going to face many choices and challenges in our life but all to which ourself doesn't belong to ourselves. If we believe or think that we are only here to make ourself happy , it is foolish and not wise. For whatever reason that we are here on this erth and in this flesh, it  is to fullfill God's promises . That goes for everyone. For those who dont believe in God and in Jesus Christ, it still goes for them too. Just because someone doesn't believe in something, doesn't make the truth any less  true. It is not our job to prove God's existence , it is Gods' job but it is our job to be obedient to God. 

It is through our obedience in Jesus Christ that God uses each one of us . We all have a ministry in GOD, we all have a purpose. One needs to  read the bible and see that we are told what and how our obedience is to look like.

With that said, I will ask you a question: Would you celebrate with someone and share in a celebration with people if they are celebrating sin? Would you share the experience with a person and celebrate someones announcement of murdering someone? Or how about getting drunk or high all the time? Would you  share in the celebration of eating too much and or being depressed? Would you celebrate someones desire to be open about their life's announcement  of stealing for a living? How about a deciesion to push the limits of life without worry or consequences?

God hates the sin but loves the sinner! Why? Because these types of examples show a life of destruction. Each person is special in God's eyes. Each person created is loved by someone. This love starts with God first and God wishes no one  to perish.

I had a friend of mine who told me a story about a woman who was a single mother , and had no place to live. She reached out to her CHRISTIAN friends and no one would help. However, a male gay couple opened their home to her and her son so she could get back on her feet and find a job and a place to live. Later this Gay couple decided they were going to marry and invited this woman to their marriage. She was shunned by her CHRISTIAN friends for going to this wedding. She wanted to acknowledge this couple and their deciesion to wed and thank them in her own way for opening up their home to her when she needed it the most.


Interesting enough, in this story , I got to speak to this woman later, she never understood how to approach this subject with her family and members of church  when she made the decision to go to this homosexual wedding and celebration.

So my question to her was do you love GOD? Do you love what GOD loves? Do you hate what GOD hates? Her answers to all these question were yes. I asked her, is homosexuality a sin in GOD  eyes? She also responded with yes.

Further into my conversation  with this woman , we find several issues at hand , however,  the short of it is , How do we find favor in Gods eyes? Its through our faith in God. The lack of our faith will have each one of us trying to do things in our own will and not trusting GOD to open the door to our needs and building us up in HIS Kingdom and for His rightousness not ours. The scriptures states

Isaiah 64:6 (AMP)

 
For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper],
And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags;
We all wither and decay like a leaf,
And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction].

Returning to the example of the story, God wants us never to choose to turn to trusting in a sinful decision of any kind. So the fact a Homosexual couple opened the door to this woman could have been delt within one or two ways. That she were to live with this couple and been a Godly example to them and shared the Gospel with them, through her obeidenace to God ,let them know the truth daily, in her own walk and sharing the Gospel with them on a regular basis, or turn down the offer and trust that God would open the door to her and her son , knowing through her faith and prayer her petitions would be answered. She might have been tested in her faith over this issue.

So later, she was invited to this Homosexual's couple wedding celebration. She attended, to be able to share with them and acknowledge  she was grateful to them for their hospitality . Again , if Homosexuality is a sin in God's eyes and GOD hates sin , would want to celebrate and share in the celebration of what God hates? No she answered.  So How can we as a Christian, share in God's love with each person regardless of their sin? God's love is shared first by our action and then by our response. We are told our road to the Kingdom of Heaven is a narrow path. 

Matthew 7:13-14 (AMP)

The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.

We have to understand, we as Christians are charged to love each person for who they are , because God created them too. However sometimes the narrow path is the choice that is not  liked . So we have to tell people the truth even if they are not going to like it. We have to make decisions based on our belief and understanding the truth and stand on our faith even if people dont like them. However we are charged to do it with the love of GOD and relay it as if were relaying it through GODs eyes and not ours. You as a Christian maybe the only person that may have pentrated the trust of someone who is living the life of sin. This maybe a good thing or bad thing. Because so many Christians have  pentrated people and bombared people with so much hate and negativity , it has become increasingly hard to tell Christians apart from the world. 

I personally watched a demonstration of a large group of  people shout and chant " Jesus Christ" and circle one man who is Islamic who was praying quietly by himself. This doesnt show God's love. To also shout and chant at people that they are going to Hell doesnt show God's love either. However, it is our Job to  be viligant and to always be on our gaurd from the enemy of our soul , to be ready to share the Gospel with people who crosses our path  to share God's Love.  Also to stand firm and to give an account of our actions to anyone who may question our fath in Jesus Christ is also another way to show and relay our faith. 

So if you are invited to a wedding between a homosexual couple and if you wanted to love them unconditionally and show God's love through your eyes, a way to show this this love is explain to this couple why you love Jesus Christ and why you cannot attend a celebration that is sin in Gods eyes. That you will  pray for them and hope they will come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

One has to understand the context of this message, the Christians who closed their doors to this woman and her son, as it seems were not acting in a Christ Like manner, yet the Homosexual couple did. Because sin abounds so greatly today, The perversion of sin will look more like help and christ like then those who are Christians. 

Satan is always looking for a chance to pervert the scriptures and so Called Christians, and many of Christians will fail their tests of faith God has for them. However the context of this message doesnt outlined the complete test of the woman and her son who didnt have a place to live for a little while or for the reason. However, we dont know if this woman were to stand on her faith, if God was about to open the door to something that only God could have orchestrated . We dont know all the circumsatnces that surround the context of this story. 

The end is still the basic fundamental understanding,  choosing and standing on our belief system . We all have a ministry to share the good news of the bible with each of our fellow man. That is our charge through our life actions. 

It is a matter of how we will choose to do that will show the condition of our heart towards God in our obeidence .

In the Book of Daniel ,in the bible, Daniel stood fast against the orders of King for which  were not of God . The King had Daniel thrown into the den of Hungry lions . Daniel was thrown into this den but was not touched. Daniel had spent the night in this den of lions. In the morning when the king rose he went to the den of Lions where he found Daniel safe . The king removed Daniel from  and threw in the men  and their families who conspired against Daniel and they were crushed to death.

The question remains to you, where does your faith stand and to what level? Does the lions you face become greater then Gods ability to work in your life?

You have to undersstand that when Jesus Christ stated if anyone who chooses to follow Him must lay down their life and pick up their cross , meant they had to surrender their own understanding  of self and die to their own wants and needs .To follow the path of God's will and  in choosing God's will in all circumstances over our own, even until death. It doesnt state that we will always understnad this but it only means that we are surrendering all that we are to God and allowing Him to truly work in our lives. 

To conclude todays message , I will conclude with the story of Daniel , once Daniel was released from the den of lions, the King who gave the orders to kill Daniel, eneded up praising the same God of Daniel. 

The message was so clear to this King ,that God had proven his point and favor over those who obey God, the God of Daniel, that it turned this king  to order a decree to reverently Fear this very same GOD of Daniel. The great "I Am" YHVH. The same one that you and I believe in.

The Gretaest way to show an acknowlege love to all people , even those who choose to lead a blatant life of sin , is not give your congratulation to them and celebrate with them in  sin, but to show and tell them HOW MUCH  GOD really loves them and then stand on that! AMEN!

In service to Yeshua Hamoshiach,

Jay