Seven Things God Hates Series

But listen, in spite of who these people were and what they had done wrong; God still used them and don’t forget that He was the One who chose them in the first place even though He knew they’d fail. Listen, God doesn’t chose us because He knows our potential but as Augustine said, “He chose us because He chose us.” Listen, that’s great news; because God is still using losers!

So, here in Proverbs 6, we have a little piece of wisdom God gave Solomon and He said, there are seven things I hate and since all of us who are saved are indwelt by the Spirit of God then it only makes sense that we should hate them too! And these seven things are found in Proverbs 6:16-19:

"These six things does the Lord hate. Yea, seven are an abomination unto him: a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.”

Or as someone said, “A liar, a murderer, one who always makes criminal plans, a mischief maker, a slanderer and a troublemaker in the church.”

Now, let me just sidestep this passage for a minute and tell you that there are several other things God says He hates. For instance, He tells us He hates divorce in Malachi 2:16 and the reason He hates divorce is because divorce disolves marriage and marriage was created for the benefit of both the man and the woman. And not only does it disolve the relationship which was meant to last for a lifetime but it also marks the lives of those who are divorced. I mean, God even says there are certain offices of the church; like pastor or deacon where He doesn’t want divorced people serving.

And then in Deuteronomy 16:22 we’re told God hates idolatry. And we can understand this because someone is putting something either large or small, pretty or pretty ugly in the place of God. And God finds this repulsive.

Let me use a really strange illustration here. Let’s say, you went away for a week and when you came home you found a blown up doll with your picture on it sitting in your favorite chair in front of the television and when you asked what this was all about; your husband or wife said, “I made that when you went away because I really missed you and it kept me company when you were gone.” And you think, well, my picture is glued on the head and it’s about my size; but it’s not alive and there’s an awful lot missing. And no matter how long you look at it you come to the point of realizing how stupid it is. And the same is true of anything we use to represent God and that’s why He hates idolatry because anything we use to represent Him; actually takes away from who He is; because there’s always so much more to Him than anyone could ever imagine.

And then in Psalm 45:7 we’re told God hates evil and that means He hates any kind of evil. So, what’s evil? In Genesis 6 it says, “The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.”