“惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死，上帝的爱就在此向我们显明了。” 罗马书 5:8
人更容易接受上帝的爱，而忽视上帝的另一个属性。说实在的，被上帝抓住把柄可不是闹着玩的。上帝有爱，也有恨。事实上，如果没有恨，爱就成了无原则的爱。圣经告诉我们，上帝憎恨离婚、说谎、骄傲等各样的罪。箴言 6:16-19节就说明了神对罪的恨恶，他要在烈怒中审判罪。
大卫说，“我向你陈明我的罪， 不隐瞒我的恶。 我说：我要向耶和华承认我的过犯， 你就赦免我的罪恶。 ”诗篇 32:5
从这节经文中，我们不难看出，上帝绝不轻忽罪。我们生活在一个对罪视而不见的世代。人们认为上帝总是宽厚仁慈，即便违反祂的诫命，祂也不会追究。人们很难相信上帝会憎恨什么，更不用说是罪了。
卡尔·门宁格（Karl Menninger ）博士注意到我们当代文化已经不谈罪，就写了一本书《罪的去向如何》。要知道，上帝不会忘记罪，即使人假装罪不存在。上帝憎恨罪，因为罪若不被赦免，就会让人进地狱。上帝不愿意一人灭亡，乃愿人人都认罪悔改 回到他的身边。
你怎么看待罪的问题呢？你有没有认罪悔改，接受基督做你的救主呢？如果你已经是一个基督徒，是不是又被绊倒，没有荣耀神呢？认罪悔改吧。不要再等。让上帝赦免你，回到祂的面前，被他使用，享受祂的恩惠。
今日祷告：
天父，我们的罪何其多，求你赦免。求你把我们带入你奇妙的荣耀之中。愿你的灵充满我们，引导我们一生远离罪恶。奉耶稣的名，阿们。
January 28
GOD IS LOVE, BUT…
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, which we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
There is a tendency to focus only on the love of God to the exclusion of the other side of God’s nature. Indeed, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Lord.
God loves, but He also hates. In fact, love would be sentimental were it not for its opposite, hate. We are told in the Scriptures that God hates divorce, that He hates liars, a proud and haughty look, and all other manifestations of sin. God has promised to judge sin with the fierceness of His wrath (see Proverbs 6:16-19).
David said, “I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin” (Psalm 32:5). It is easy to see from this verse that God does not take sin lightly.
We live in an age when sin is winked at and where God is treated as one who is indulgent, soft-hearted and understanding, and tolerant of those who break His commandments. People today find it difficult to believe that God hates anything, much less sin.
Dr. Karl Menninger correctly observed the absence of a concept of sin in our contemporary culture when he wrote the book Whatever Became of Sin? I will tell you that God has not forgotten about sin, though some men may be pretending it does not exist.
The reason God hates sin is that it is sin which, left unforgiven, sends men and women out into a timeless eternity in hell. God is not willing that any should perish, but that all might come to a knowledge of Him.
What are you doing about sin? Have you confessed your sin to God and received Christ as your Savior? If you are already a Christian, have you let sin creep back into your life so that you are no longer a vessel of honor to God?
Confess your sin today. Don’t wait. Receive God’s forgiveness and restoration so that you might be of use to Him and enjoy His love.
Pray for the day:
Father, forgive us our sins, which are many. Bring us into Your glory, which is wonderful. Fill us with Your Spirit, to lead us and keep us far from sin all the rest of our lives, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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