Sermons About Hate
A God of Love ... and Hate?
God is love. The Bible plainly declares it and people naturally believe it. At times, people go through situations that lead them to believe that God hates them, but the reason that is unsettling for them is because of their belief that God is a God of love. How could a God of love allow the kinds of things that he allows? Because we live in a broken world, it is difficult to understand what it means for God to be a God of love. This morning we being a new series of teachings on the Old Testament prophet named Malachi. Malachi is the very last book of the Old Testament. He was writing to the children and grandchildren of the group of Jews that had returned from captivity in the land of Babylon. These were people who knew all the promises of God, but were living lives of disbelief. In the first message today, we see Malachi talking to them about what it means to be loved by God. And he reminds us all that God’s love is a cause for great praise to God.
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Declaration of (in) Dependence Part 23
Jacob was a mama's boy who listened to Cold Play and The Dave Matthews Band, but God loved him and hated Esau, who liked Metallica and Ted Nugent.
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The Mission and Call of God For His People: Jonah Chapter 4
God is gracious to save those we hate, God is also gracious to expose us of our own hate and lack of compassion. God could have sent anyone to call out against Ninevite people, but he chose Jonah. God knew that Jonah was harboring pride and hate that God wanted to deal with. Hate and pride are very destructive. God cares not only about obedience, but he cares about the attitude from which we obey. God loves us enough to put us in situations that test where our hearts are at with God. He did this with Jonah and he is doing it with us today.
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The Treatment of Children
Rod Ramsell works at Cookson Hills in Kansas, Oklahoma. Cookson Hills is a Christian Children's home.
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Guarding Our Treasury
Who will shut the doors of this defiled Temple? Who will rise up? Who will give a pure sacrifice? Is there even a priest of God that holy? Is there a priest that loves and does not despise His name? Yes, yes, yes! Malachi’s promise came true. His prophecy has come to pass. His prediction is sure since it is from the mouth of God.
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Where Your Theology Meets the Road (Psalm 139) 6-7-09
In Psalm 139, David not only reveals what he believes about the bigness of God, but he demonstrates how his 'theology' matters to the daily and difficult circumstances of his life.
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1 John 3--Assurance through Love and Obedience
Even after establishing three ways a Christian can KNOW with Assurance that they are truly a child of God, John reiterates himself again to drive his point home. He raises the issue of keeping God's commandments and showing Christ-like love for one another as two JEY ways to know that a Christian is truly saved. And even if a believer still feels condemned in their heart or conscious, they can still approach God in prayer with confidence; because God already knows their heart and knows all things.
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Zealous love for God (Psalm 119:113-120)
When we think about commitment to Christ and to the kingdom we so often put it into a context of mediocrity and we see it around us and start to think that is the standard of zeal. The psalmist confronts with our apathy and models for us a man who is sold out for Christ; a man who has set his heart toward things eternal; because he has set his heart toward the Eternal One. In this section the psalmist displays a zealous love and reverence for God! 3 Evidences of a Passionate love for God (1) Zealous Commitment (113-115) (2) Zealous Prayer (116-117) (3) Zealous Fear (118-120)
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