“Let those who love the Lord hate evil.”
Came across that verse today through a podcast @Auxmos sent me, and it speaks volumes for the present moment. A lot of people need to hear that they need to hate evil.
Discussion
I think this is terrible advice.
You cannot hate the sin and love the sinner because the sin is not an entity. There is no "murder" out there somewhere in the world you can weigh or drop on your foot or feel hate towards. There are only murderers.
So the question is: will you hate the sinner or love the sinner?
You cannot hate genocide or child rape?
You cannot pray for sinners to be saved and to turn away from their sin, living in Christ?
These do not conflict.
Correct, you cannot - because these are not entities on which you can act but actions performed by entities
You can hate it, but when do you pick up the sword?
It is a great question... one of my solid Christian friends routinely talks about loving the sinner and forgiving. He doesn't say he is a pacifist, but it feels like it to me. So the question is when does the righteous Christian fight back against the perceived evil? It's quite a question to ponder.