WHY ARE WE HEARING SO MUCH TODAY ABOUT THE HATRED IN OUR COUNTRY?

The hatred is not a trait one is born with rather it is one that is taught. The area may be homes, schools, communities or places of worship. Jesus came that men might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). God promises that He can do more than we ask or think, therefore no follower of Jesus Christ would preach hate (Eph. 3:20). The foundation of the gospel of Jesus the Christ is that God so loved us that He gave us His only begotten Son (John 3:16). We through knowledge of the scripture are brought to understand that we love Him because He first loved us (I John 4:19).

God is not willing that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9). The followers of Jesus the Christ cannot engage in hate and be consistent with the teachings that came from Jesus to us through the Spirit (1 Cor. 2:13). I, therefore, in a home that is Christian no such language of hate would be able to long survive. As we speak to a world lost in sin we do so, speaking the truth in love (Eph. 4:15). The preaching of hate does not come from Jesus the Christ or any of His true followers. The only way for such hatred to come from the hearts of Christians is if they misinterpret something that Christ taught. There is no evidence from the teachings of Christ or of the example of His life that anyone can prove that He preached hate as He went about.

The hate we hear about on our daily news is a result of people not getting what they want. They cannot answer arguments raised by sincere people, so they resort to attacking the messenger. Hate and love both requires great effort. Hate from the view that one allows it to grow in the heart with the only outlet left is violence, either in word or action. The love from God requires the effort to understand what sin does in the life of individuals, courage to forgive those who act in hate and always being ready to forgive. I know of no other religion that offers such to mankind. When we see the terrorist act in violence, pause and ask, where does this kind of thinking come from? It can never come from the Bible.