The Big Secret… "Hate What God Hates And Love What God Loves”

But we also live in a world today:

• If you drive a TESLA people will hate you so much, they will burn your car up that cost you your hard-earned money.

• If you belong to a particular political party some people will hate you and call you all kinds of names.

• If your skin is darker than yours some people will hate you.

• If you belong to a different nationality than some people will hate you.

• If you belong to a different social level than some people, they will not even look at you and smile.

The world in which we live is filled with hate.

Why?

Hate comes from the DEVIL and if he did not fill the world with hate the devil knows…

• We would not have wars and killings

• We would not Church splits

• We would not have divorces

• We would not have gossiping

• We would not have gangs

• We would not have violence

The devil knows to fill the earth with sin he has got to first fill the earth with HATE!!!

And I think we will all agree HE HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB!

Illus: A well know Christian was being interviewed on the radio.

• The host asked, “How would you defend Christianity?”

• “I can’t defend Christianity.”

• “But I thought you were a Christian, why won’t you defend Christianity?”

• “I am a Christian, but Christianity means something different to you and to me—there are as many different definitions of Christianity as there are listeners. I can’t defend Christianity, but I can talk with you about the love of Jesus and how he has changed my life.”

Christianity is not a religion; it’s a relationship with Jesus Christ

The world does not need more “Christians.” The world needs more men and women who are more like Jesus.

When you love Jesus, you will live your life differently. Jesus said John 14:23, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” That’s genuine biblical Christianity!

Someone has said, “The secret to godly living is simple: LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES AND HATE WHAT GOD HATES.”

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

God LOVES PEOPLE but HE HATES SIN. God hates sin all the more because it separates Him from those He loves.

Luke was a Gentile without a bias, and more importantly, he was a Christian without a bias.

Luke knew we are supposed to LOVE THE SINNER BUT HATE SIN!

Luke was not influenced by the Judaizes to hate Samaritans, and in return, he was not a Jew to be hated by the Samaritans.

He was writing this gospel intentionally to a wealthy gentile like himself named Theophilus, and I think that by including this parable in his gospel he was a Christian showing a Christian truly supposed to help everyone equally without a bias.

But let us begin to look at what some of the things this parable teaches.

It began when a Jewish lawyer approach the Lord Jesus.

But he wasn’t the kind of lawyer we think of. He was an expert in the Old Testament laws and interpreted how they should be applied to their society.

Like all lawyers he was trained to ask question to make a point.