God is so merciful!!!

You know, I keep hearing about ALL these people who claim to know and love God, but it is so sadly, obvious that they are preaching HATE, AND NOT LOVE!!!

The Word of GOD says, He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love.  1 John 4:8 (AMP)

I see ALL these folks with their signs proclaiming that God hates and quite frankly, it makes me mad to see them lying on God!!!  I really would like to tell them a thing or two, but God says that HE LOVES THEM, TOO!!!

I can only hope that some day they truly get to know the Lord God Almighty, the one who in HIS INFINITE WISDOM AND MERCY has NOT cast them aside for telling lies, the one who keeps giving them chance after chance (just like the rest of us) to get it right!!!

Some of these folks are protesting at funerals and others have shown up to protest a presidential candidate with signs saying that God hates you!!!  I even saw a sign that said God caused the 9-11 attacks because HE hates America!!! 

ALL THIS makes me so sad that so many folks believe ALL these lies!!!  And that ALL these folks are TELLING LIES ON GOD!!! 

Well, folks, let me tell you what the WORD of GOD SAYS!!! 

First of ALL, John 3:16 (NKJV) says, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

 

Then Hebrews 13:8 (CEV) says, Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

 

So, to sum it ALL up, God loved the world so much that HE sent Jesus to die on the cross and Jesus chose to give his life for the world, and HE never changes!!!  

Therefore, there is NO WAY that anyone who knows THE WORD of GOD can say that HE hates the world or even America, because it is part of the WORLD!!!  

1 John 4:20 (CEV) But if we say we love God and don't love each other, we are liars. We cannot see God. So how can we love God, if we don't love the people we can see?

 

So, what does GOD hate???

God tells us what HE hates in HIS WORD!!!

Proverbs 6:16-19 (NKJV): 

¹⁶ These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:  ¹⁷ A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,  ¹⁸ A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, ¹⁹ A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.

To make this as clear as possible, here is that same scripture in the Common English Bible.  Proverbs 6:16-19 (CEB)

¹⁶ There are six things that the LORD hates, seven things detestable to him: ¹⁷ snobbish eyes, a lying tongue, hands that spill innocent blood, ¹⁸ a heart set on wicked plans, feet that run quickly to evil, ¹⁹ a false witness who breathes lies, and one who causes conflicts among relatives.

You know, I don’t see where it says that God hates any one person, but it does say that HE hates certain things and certain actions!!!

I mean, if we are going to say that GOD hates someone, then that person that GOD WOULD HATE would be the liar!!!  But that doesn’t mean the liar is going to hell.  God is in the forgiving business!!!  If the liar repents, he can be forgiven and he can go to Heaven!!!

1 John 2:2 (AMP)  And He [that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

Acts 3:19 (AMP) So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord;

Psalm 136 (NKJV)

¹ Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
         For His mercy endures forever.

 ² Oh, give thanks to the God of gods!
         For His mercy endures forever.

 ³ Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords!
         For His mercy endures forever:

 ²⁶ Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven!
         For His mercy endures forever.

I could have shown ALL 26 verses of this psalm, so that you could see that in each verse that the Lord says, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.  
  

There are 26 different times in this one psalm that the Lord says, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.      

So, I say to you today, 

OH, GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD! 
FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER. 
OH, GIVE THANKS TO THE GOD OF HEAVEN! 
FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.