Why I Hate Evil…And You Should too!

Why I Hate Evil…And You Should too!          Kelly Durant

Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.

2. How many of you have watched ‘youtube’ videos of someone being run over by a car and no one stops to help them? It makes you feel sick to see the evil and indifference of the people, doesn’t it? How disturbing to know we live in a world where few have a heart for those suffering! Indifference and hate produce the same effect, a lack of love for another that could save a life or a soul. And sick people leave mocking comments forgetting that that could be them one day!

I know my daughter, myself, and anyone with a conscience at all has felt sick to see a video of a person being cruel to an animal or to another human being. And do you recall only a few years ago there were horrific videos of people being beheaded, burned alive, and executed? And the murder of Christians continues in dozens of countries and how appalling that today few people even recall this fact! 

These things make you feel sick enough to vomit, and make you feel angry at the wicked people who murder, torture, and destroy God’s innocent people. And have you seen pictures of cities where evil people have carried out war. Think of Africa, Syria, Iraq, or of dozens of cities in the Middle East which have been recently demolished by invaders, making millions of families homeless to move with nothing in their hands. Imagine being sent out in a desert with nothing at all!

3. Jesus came to teach all of humankind to love one another, but what do people who do not know Him, or do not accept Him do? They hate! They hate anyone different from their sinful self selves over differences of ever-changing politics, religious convictions, or certain lifestyle choices. Hate is like an infectious disease and people without the cure, which is living in obedience to God’s word, are condemned to carry out evil on those they dislike. This evil in the hearts and minds of the devoid harms others by their evil words and acts. Their evil also destroys their own soul as stated in Romans 6:23 ‘For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord’.  

‘Hate’ today is a hot topic. Usually you see people holding signs saying ‘Stop the Hate’ while they are the ones red faced ranting and raving, accusing, and defaming, even bearing false witness over how things are not how they want them to be. The question is, Is there any system anywhere in the world that is flaw free and making everyone perfectly happy?’ The answer is, no! 

The answer to broken systems has always been to change the system, but problems will always continue as the new system brings within itself a whole new set of problems. Venezuela and dozens of countries prove that in the name of fairness and equality much damage can and will happen, so everyone must wise up and be extremely careful as to what changes are being demanded. The righteous must not back down nor cave to the relentless attacks of the erroneous ones who demand change excluding God, love, and freedom to worship Jesus. 

4. David was ‘a man after God’s own heart’, so let’s see what he has to say about ‘hate’. Hate is a passionate rejection (which usually involves inciting anger), an abhorrence, to loathe, and to despise. 

Psalm 5:5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. (It is expressed that God hates evil and those who practice it)

Psalm 11:5 The Lord tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. (God hates those who bring on violence) 

Psalm 21:8 Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will find those who hate You. (God knows who are the ones who hate Him)

 Psalm 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.(God will allow evil people to be defeated and God is on the side of the persecuted to defend the righteous, which are the true Christians)

We can conclude from hundreds of verses in the Bible that…Psalm 7:11 ‘God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day’. God’s purpose for all of us is to live as in ‘The Kingdom of God’ blessed, happy, healthy, and with peace loving Him and one another as we obey Jesus commands to love. But rebellious God hating people are not having any of that in their life as they want to raise hell, sow dissention, and divide and conquer hating (while accusing others of hate) those who defend God’s statutes, Jesus, and love. 

There are people so perverted with evil, including many world leaders from de-generate family blood lines, that they will never submit to loving God and his humble servants. If they do it would come only by a miracle from Jesus. Submission to Jesus is opposite to the oppressive pyramid paradigms they rule by. 

5. Listen to their words, evil people will overtly or covertly declare that they ‘hate’ (Yahweh) God, and they insult Him by denying that He exists or by breaking every law in His book; the law to love above all. The extreme ignorant ones claim the Bible is a lie and contains worthless fables. How ignorant is this claim as any historian knows much of the Bible’s record of past cities and tribes are provable. The Bible is the most important book in the world!

Most haters as well reveal that they hate Jesus and His people, the Christians. But as a mirror God reflects back to people what they send up to Him. 

Psalm 18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward (defiant and aggressive) thou wilt shew thyself froward.

All people will reap what they sow; if one sows love, one reaps love. The same, if one sows hate, then hate you reap but much more than what you expected. Hosea 8:7(a) ‘For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind’. It is gross ignorance to believe one can mock God’s laws or people and not suffer the consequences. In the end, God’s laws are universal and it is common sense to respect others and God so as not to invite anger and wrath on yourself!

6. So as Christians how are we to respond to this generation of ‘haters’? Proverbs 22:3 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. 

We must avoid getting involved with troublemakers who have offensive mouths, who spew hate and promote violence. To join them in their ‘group think’ is to make one self an instrument of them and a fool. You cannot fight them on their level as they entice you to do. Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

The Holy Spirit must give you and me wisdom and we must not get involved with people who shout out slogans that most usually are misleading with ulterior objectives. Proverbs 14:15 ‘The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.’

7. As Christians, as lovers of God and of others, even being lovers of our enemies, we must learn tactics to control our anger, or we will insult back and sin in the same manner these haters do.

One acceptable way of diffusing attacks is with diversion. Proverbs 26:5 ‘Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.’ You cannot have a serious conversation with an evil aggressive person who is attacking you so you must skew their words and vile mouth.

Here is an example of how to skew an attack. You might get mocked in a group (or by text) with a slogan, ‘You must be drinking the kool-aid of Fox News or of the conservative religion freaks”. These commonly repeated phrases implies you will die from the poison that comes from hearing those whom they identify as the wrong side. And to counter on the defensive and say, “You are wrong, they speak truth”, only brings on more mockery and insults by these evil people.

You might have to divert with a reply like, ”Well, medieval kings made their selves strong by consuming small amounts of poison”. (Within yourself you know this is off subject but it is replying folly for folly; it is just playing with their silly accusation of poison). So do you see how preparation is needed to not fall into the argument trap of the haters who already have pre-schemed dialogues?

8. Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

We cannot avoid getting attacked for our beliefs, faith, and Biblical worldview in this life! So if you stand for Jesus, you might as well do it with boldness and let you light shine and remain strong through the attacks, deceptions, lies, humiliations, and hate coming from the evil opposition.

Proverbs 24:16 For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. We will be free from reaping the consequences of evil by remaining faithful to our Lord and Savior, but we have to keep getting up back into the battle. 

9. Evil comes in many forms, by words and by deeds, and the counter is by the same, by words (God’s Word!) and by good deeds done for others in need. What is curious is even evil people will often leave you alone when you help and serve others. To fight evil we must do good in place of it! And pray God protects as well! 

For example, the Salvation Army in several countries have the circumstance of working in neighborhoods that are full of crime and gangs and it is dangerous work. But I know of several cases (Brazil, Jamaica, etc) of how even the violent gangs do not bother us because they know that if they were to attack us who are doing good and helping others that it would bring on the ire and anger of the neighborhood people to the point they would turn them all in to the authorities. 

James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. Never lose sight as to who is going to win this battle against evil doers and haters, against those with terrible pride and arrogance: it is Jesus and His conquering army! And who is in that army? You and me, His soldiers who are already doing battle for Him saving as many souls as we can! A soft answer turns away wrath and the wisdom in of the Psalms and Proverbs guides us concerning evil and hate. Study to make yourself strong in God’s word and put yourself in the front lines so Jesus will use you to do good! Fear God and labor to save souls and by this you will be countering the evil, hate, and absence of love in the world!