God Hates a Great Deal | Psalm 5:4–6
4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. 5 The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. 6 You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. We know that God is love (1 John 4:8), so we sometimes struggle with the idea that He could “hate all evildoers.” The problem is that we have a limited understanding of love, for it must have hatred. If I love my wife, I must, by necessity, hate whatever does her harm. As God loves His children, He must also hate those who hurt them. ...