Dirt to Clay to the Potter... and BEYONDER...

Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

God He is a poet 

God He wrote a poem

And we really oughta know it

We can, yes we can read it

cause He wrote it in a Book.



It’s different than this poem
Cause I don’t know where I’m goin’
Til I get finished with the thing.



God wrote His poem knowin’ Egss ackly where He was goin’.
And before He left He knew how long it took…

Took to do the Word He was and is,
The Word He ever always is and will be,
The Word found in the Poem in The Book.


God spoke His Poem.
I am writing mine on a Dell laptop with Microsoft word and spell correct.



Had God need of pen and paper?
He could have spoke them into being,
And for our sake I am sure one day He did.



But His poem began with water earth and sky.
In dirt the verse of Adam He did write.
And breathed His own breath of life, Intel Inside?
Eve he wrote in rib from Adam’s side.
For the PEOPLE in His Poem He wrote The Book!!!

Take a look!

He knew us it would help to have His Book.

Take a look!



Not by bread alone He told ‘em
And it seems He had to scold ‘em
Cause so many times He told them:


Listen up,
Hear ye Him,
And they shut their ears and eyes...

So now...


Take a look.
Take a long look.
And eat.
Eat the Book.
Eat the Word.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Be a sword swallower…



Jer 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
 

John 6
Jesus Feeds More than Five Thousand
1 After this, Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, to Tiberias). 2 A large crowd kept following him because they had seen the signs that he was performing by healing the sick. 3 But Jesus went up on a hillside and sat down there with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. 5 When Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 Jesus said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread isn’t enough for each of them to have a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s brother, told him, 9 “There’s a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many people?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was plenty of grass in that area, so they sat down, numbering about 5,000 men. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were seated. He also distributed as much fish as they wanted. 12 When they were completely satisfied, Jesus told his disciples, “Collect the pieces that are left over so that nothing is wasted.” 13 So they collected and filled twelve baskets full of pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they kept saying, “Truly this is the Prophet who was to come into the world!” 15 Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the hillside by himself.



Jesus Walks on the Sea
16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already fallen, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 A strong wind was blowing, and the sea was getting rough. 19 After they had rowed about 25 or 30 stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea toward their boat. They became terrified. 20 But he told them, “It is I. Stop being afraid!” 21 So they were glad to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.



Jesus the Bread of Life
22 The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea noticed that only one boat had been there, and no other, and that Jesus had not gotten into that boat with his disciples. Instead, his disciples had gone away by themselves. 23 Other small boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into these boats and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus. 25 When they had found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus replied to them, “Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were completely satisfied. 27 Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him.” 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to perform God’s works?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is God’s work: to believe in the one whom he has sent.” 30 So they asked him, “What sign are you going to do so that we may see it and believe in you? What actions are you performing? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus told them, “Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 Then they told him, “Sir, give us this bread all the time.” 35 Jesus told them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty. 36 I told you that you have seen me, yet you don’t believe. 37 Everything the Father gives me will come to me, and I’ll never turn away the one who comes to me. 38 I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. 39 And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he has given me, but should raise it to life on the last day. 40 This is my Father’s will: That everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day.” 41 Then the Jewish leaders began grumbling about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They kept saying, “This is Jesus, the son of Joseph, isn’t it, whose father and mother we know? So how can he say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him to life on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, ‘And all of them will be taught by God.’ Everyone who has listened to the Father and has learned anything comes to me. 46 Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who comes from God. This one has seen the Father. 47 Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who believes in me has eternal life. 48 I’m the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness and died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that a person may eat it and not die. 51 I’m the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he’ll live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” 52 Then the Jewish leaders debated angrily with each other, asking, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus told them, “Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I’ll raise him to life on the last day, 55 because my flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink. 56 The person who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will also live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind that your ancestors ate. They died, but the one who eats this bread will live forever.” 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.



The Words of Eternal Life
60 When many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This is a difficult statement. Who can accept it?” 61 But Jesus, knowing within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, asked them, “Does this offend you? 62 What if you saw the Son of Man going up to the place where he was before? 63 It’s the Spirit who gives life; the flesh accomplishes nothing. The words that I’ve spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But there are some among you who don’t believe...”—because Jesus knew from the beginning those who weren’t believing, as well as the one who would betray him. 65 So he said, “That’s why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father.” 66 As a result, many of his disciples turned back and no longer associated with him. 67 So Jesus asked the Twelve, “You don’t want to leave, too, do you?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Besides, we have believed and remain convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” 70 Jesus answered them, “I chose you, the Twelve, didn’t I? Yet one of you is a devil.” 71 Now he was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, because this man was going to betray him, even though he was one of the Twelve.

The Word of God is the Way, the Truth and the Life…

A light to your path a lamp to your feet.

The Word is like fog lights, street lights, a search light, and a light house on a rocky shore,

If needed it is like the search light on the police cruiser.

It is a sure guide for your heart, mind and soul as you walk the hills and in the valley.

Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Does man have free will?

Does man have free will? Or could it be as Ravi Zacharias once said: “The question is wrong.” I’m not a trained theologian. God’s soveignty, His predestination, have since Calvin’s time (and perhaps before? I really don’t have degree!) have been framed in a versus relationship against Arminius’s “position” that human responsibility is key. Can we say that God does have a will? Yes. Can we say that man is made in God’s image and likeness? Yes. Therefore man has a will. A will is “part” of God Three in One, maybe they have three wills in one will! The problem is not having a will. They and we have one. The problem for man is that in his/her willfulness they find them selves in opposition to God’s will. All men and women have wills. The question is, is it not: “The will I (we, you, They) have, is it free?” Adonai, God, gave the person this order: "You may freely eat from every tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You are not to eat from it, because on the day that you eat from it, it will become certain that you will die." (Genesis 2:16-17 CJB) ‘You may FREELY eat…” Choose any fruit, choose the fruit of every tree except that one tree. If you eat the fruit of that one tree (of the knowledge of good and evil) you will die. We often call this a commandment. We also call it a covenant. Does it also read as a prophecy? God did not say “IF” you eat of it...”, He said “IN THE DAY THAT you eat of it...”

God who knows all things and the end from the beginning KNEW they would eat. Why did God not run to stop them from doing so? Ephesians 3:10 is on the way! God gives what was surely an amazing variety of foods from which Adam could choose. God also says: “You are not to choose that fruit. If you do you will die.” It is so clear that man was not created to know evil. He was created to know God. I’m not sure the forbidden fruit was essentially any different from all the other fruits except for the fact that God singled it out as he did. Was it the fruit that killed Adam? Or was it Adam’s choice to eat it that caused him to die. It was more the choice than the fruit, for he he not chosen to eat he would not have died.

This is connected to the law of sowing and reaping. It is lesson #1. We humans all have wills. Our will is the metaphysical organ of choice, yes? No? When I look out on the world I see that apart from God men are slaves. We have to choose to eat from some tree every day, and do often three times a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner. We are slaves to our physical appetites in that we must choose to satisfy them or we will starve to death. If we fast from food and never eat again, we will die. If we will to fast long, we will to die. If we choose to fast, we choose to die. A preacher once said: “it is so simple it takes a theologian to confuse it.” We have wills. We make choices every day. But do we have FREE will? For that we must know what freedom is! If I am not free, what am I? I am a captive, or a prisoner or a slave. So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. (John 8:31-32 AMP) So Yeshua said to the Judeans who had trusted him, "If you obey what I say, then you are really my talmidim [disciples, students], you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32 CJB) Some things we remember for many years. I remember from close to 40 years ago as a babe in Christ hearing that human will power will fail you. I didn’t really know all what that meant. Now I am beginning to see the thing more and more. We are born with what has been called the Adamic nature, the old man, and the flesh. Simply put we are born in flesh and blood under the sentence of death! We are dying and our will to live cannot change that from happening.The following passage has MUCH to say to us.

For if you live according to your old nature, you will certainly die; but if, by the Spirit, you keep putting to death the practices of the body, you will live. All who are led by God's Spirit are God's sons. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to bring you back again into fear; on the contrary, you received the Spirit, who makes us sons and by whose power we cry out, "Abba!" (that is, "Dear Father!"). The Spirit himself bears witness with our own spirits that we are children of God; and if we are children, then we are also heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with the Messiah — provided we are suffering with him in order also to be glorified with him. I don't think the sufferings we are going through now are even worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us in the future. The creation waits eagerly for the sons of God to be revealed; for the creation was made subject to frustration — not willingly, but because of the one who subjected it. But it was given a reliable hope that it too would be set free from its bondage to decay and would enjoy the freedom accompanying the glory that God's children will have. We know that until now, the whole creation has been groaning as with the pains of childbirth; and not only it, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we continue waiting eagerly to be made sons — that is, to have our whole bodies redeemed and set free. It was in this hope that we were saved. But if we see what we hope for, it isn't hope — after all, who hopes for what he already sees? (Romans 8:13-24 CJB)

There is something in the Arminian position that smells a bit rotted. It is the will of man. What? Bear with me. We are born in the Adamic nature. Our nature is fallen, our world is fallen. And Jesus was sent to save us from hell. In this year 2016 we are watching another presidential election. A word we hear over and over regarding our government is this: CORRUPTION. In the church we have heard and it is written in the Bible; “ALL have sinned…” May I give a rendering? “All have acted corruptly…”

We are made in God’s image and likeness and yet that image and likeness have been subjected to corruption. Therefore can we conclude that our wills are corrupted? I think we can. If they were not, every choice we make would be 100% perfect, flawless. We would see the will of heaven done in earth with out any human failure. I am often just dismayed by my personal failures, they are MANY, but I don’t want to describe them to you. Let me just say that a tangled web is weaved by deceit, and the lie of satan is directed straight at my will, to cause it to continue to choose corruption, to act corruptly. And I have done that.

We are warned not to love the lie. Those who do love it perish. I don’t know what exactly to say of Adam. Did he love the lie? Or of Eve, did she love the lie? The great accusation against Hillary Clinton is that she is a liar. May God forgive us all. At some point we have chosen the lie, yes? No?

The serpent said to the woman, "It is not true that you will surely die;” (Genesis 3:4 CJB)

I think that is the very heart of the lie which is that we can do what God says we are not to do without the consequence God attaches to those acts! When Eve saw the goodness of the fruit she was not seeing the consequence God attached to eating it. Adam, what shall we say? It is said he knew the consequence and ate anyway. We wonder did Adam eat simply because he feared being separated from Eve? I wonder what change in Eve he might have seen after she ate?

It is very sobering to me to read these words: To Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife said and ate from the tree about which I gave you the order, 'You are not to eat from it,' the ground cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live. (Genesis 3:17 CJB)

What did Eve say? Having eaten, her eyes were opened and she knew evil, yes? no?

Adonai, God, said, "See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, to prevent his putting out his hand and taking also from the tree of life, eating, and living forever — " therefore Adonai, God, sent him out of the garden of `Eden to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So he drove the man out, and he placed at the east of the garden of `Eden the k'ruvim [Cherubims] and a flaming sword which turned in every direction to guard the way to the tree of life. (Genesis 3:22-24 CJB)

Choice. We have choice. We make choices. Are we “free” to make them, right or wrong. Or are we PERMITTED to make them? Human history unfolds under the influence of our choices. Your history and mine unfold under the influence of our choices. Arminius emphasized human responsibility; Calvin the Sovereignty of God. Both operate in the world and in the church. There is still the opportunity to do evil on earth. For us humans to be correct in our responsibility to God places limitations on our choices. Adam failed to recognize the goodness of God’s limiting his choice. Only one tree was forbidden! But what a much longer list of things are now forbidden, what a long list of limitations on human choice have flowed out of the eating of one piece of fruit! Bob Mumford says there are 25 works of the flesh found in the New Testament; he calls them a gang of ugly facts. That is a longer list than the Ten Commandments. Because of one ugly act in Eden 25 ugly weeds sprang up in the flesh of every man. They are the inheritance of one man’s sin. Our entire personality including our will is corrupted. Our perception of freedom is corrupted. Paul said that we see as through a dark glass even after we are become the Messiah’s friends. For that reason I think the question of our “free” will versus God’s sovereignty (His able authority to plan beforehand all His will) is an argument springing out of lack of freedom, a lack caused by corruption.

A GANG OF UGLY FACTS

Bob Mumford gives a wonderfully simple definition of freedom: It is the ability to stop and to start. He points out many can start talking, fewer can stop. Or eating or drugging. God’s desire is the we stop sinning! “Go and sin no more...” If we go and sin no more the result must be the will of God! Sin destroys freedom. It is so very simple, the will of God in heaven Abba desires to be done on earth consists of (at least this) one great thing, that we stop sinning! Help us Lord for this is our path to safety. When men sin they put themselves in peril. READ Psalm 107 !!!

Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world,but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Yesterday our Pastor spoke on the will of God for us. He took us to 1Thessalonians Ch. 5 and spoke on being thankful in everything and rejoicing always. Those were two “components” of God’s will for us.

1Thessalonians 5:12 We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,[c] encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. 15 See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies, 21 but test everything; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.

Lord Jesus forgive us if in our confusion, or in ignorance, or even in our willfulness all our sins. We are weak and in some degree, corruption interferes with our attempt to understand, Your will, and do Your will.. The plan was and is Yours, and the outcome is Yours. All souls are Yours. Help us be content with what we have and what we know. If we covet, let us covet the intimacy of Your Spirit and Your LOVE for us, and covet the overcoming power to live in You. Jesus, You are the WORD. Abba God, You are LOVE! THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, A GOOD GOOD FATHER AND A POWERFUL SAVIOR. Amen, AMEN!

So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. (John 8:31-32 AMP)

So Yeshua said to the Judeans who had trusted him, "If you obey what I say, then you are really my talmidim [disciples, students], you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32 CJB)

HATE SPEECH?

HATE SPEECH ? So

Proverbs 6:16-19 KJVR  These six things doth the LORD hate [H8130]: yea, seven are an abomination [H8441] unto him:  (17)  A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,  (18)  A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,  (19)  A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Proverbs 6:16-19 CJB  There are six things Adonai [the Lord] hates, seven which he detests:  (17)  a haughty look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,  (18)  a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet swift in running to do evil,  (19)  a false witness who lies with every breath, and him who sows strife among brothers.

H8130

שׂנא

śânê'

saw-nay'

A primitive root; to hate (personally): - enemy, foe, (be) hate (-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.

H8441

תּעבה    תּועבה

tô‛êbah  tô‛êbah

to-ay-baw', to-ay-baw'

Feminine active participle of H8581; properly something disgusting (morally), that is, (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol: - abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

Christians are accused of being haters, of Muslims, and other religious peoples, atheists, gays and I suppose even black people. We Christians say of the matter that we hate sin, but not the sinner. Now listen up: find me a Christian who does not hate his or her OWN sin and I will have to ask “Are they really Christian?” True Christians hate their own sins.

What is hate? Hate is the absence of love. As cold is the absence of heat and darkness is the absence of light, so hate is the absence of love. God IS love. That is true altogether. Yet we know:

Psalm 7:11 KJVR  God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

Psalm 7:11-17 CJB  God is a righteous judge, a God whose anger is present every day.  (12)  If a person will not repent, he sharpens his sword. He has bent his bow, made it ready;  (13)  he has also prepared for him weapons of death, his arrows, which he has made into burning shafts.  (14)  Look how the wicked is pregnant with evil; he conceives trouble, gives birth to lies.  (15)  He makes a pit, digs it deep, and falls into the hole he made.  (16)  His mischief will return onto his own head, his violence will recoil onto his own skull.  (17)  I thank the Lord for his righteousness and sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.

And:

John 3:16-17 KJVR  …God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  (17)  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 3:16-17 CJB  "For God so loved the world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed.  (17)  For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but rather so that through him, the world might be saved.

We know by John 3:16-17 that God does love those who sin. If not He would not ever have sent Jesus His Son to save anyone, for ALL have sinned, see Romans 3:10-18. But God is able to save us from the literal hell we deserve for our sins. The salvation we have through our God given faith by His grace given to us is a miracle so large we cannot comprehend well how large it is. Paul prays for us:

Ephesians 3:16-21 CJB  I pray that from the treasures of his glory he will empower you with inner strength by his Spirit,  (17)  so that the Messiah may live in your hearts through your trusting. Also I pray that you will be rooted and founded in love,  (18)  so that you, with all God's people, will be given strength to grasp the breadth, length, height and depth of the Messiah's [Christ’s] love,  (19)  yes, to know it, even though it is beyond all knowing, so that you will be filled with all the fullness of God.  (20)  Now to him who by his power working in us is able to do far beyond anything we can ask or imagine,  (21)  to him be glory in the Messianic Community [the church] and in the Messiah Yeshua [Christ Jesus] from generation to generation forever. Amen.

God has two commands which we all must heed: 1) That we change our minds and hearts and trust God in Christ to save us from hell (and for heaven), and 2) that we learn to love each other as He loves us. I believe that 99% of God’s will for us we will do when we learn and do love one another as Jesus loves us. We see well how He loves us in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and even in the Old Testament! If we say we have faith in Jesus for forgiveness and salvation we MUST and WILL show the evidence of this by obeying these two commands. We will not change effectively until we begin to be somewhat angry when we find ourselves sinning. If my sins do not trouble me I am comfortable doing them. That is a perilous place to live. Yet strangely it seems that love in our human lives must be discovered in the midst of things we do and others do that make God angry EVERY DAY !!! We will learn not hate people, even not to hate ourselves,, but we will also become angry because of the wickedness people do, even that which we may do. And for that we are instructed:

Ephesians 4:26-27 KJVR  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:  (27)  Neither give place to the devil.

Ephesians 4:26-27 CJB  Be angry, but don't sin — don't let the sun go down before you have dealt with the cause of your anger;  (27)  otherwise you leave room for the Adversary.

Jesus said:

“…the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

Matthew 22:36-40 KJVR  Master, which is the great commandment in the law?  (37)  Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  (38)  This is the first and great commandment.  (39)  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.  (40)  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

This second greatest commandment is found only once (am I wrong?) in the Old Testament at Leviticus 19:18. There is much for us to hear in the 3 verses preceding verse 18:

Leviticus 19:15-18 KJVR  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.  (16)  Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD.  (17)  Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.  (18)  Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:15-18 CJB  " 'Do not be unjust in judging — show neither partiality to the poor nor deference to the mighty, but with justice judge your neighbor.  (16)  " 'Do not go around spreading slander among your people, but also don't stand idly by when your neighbor's life is at stake; I am Adonai.  (17)  " 'Do not hate your brother in your heart, but rebuke your neighbor frankly, so that you won't carry sin because of him.  (18)  Don't take vengeance on or bear a grudge against any of your people; rather, love your neighbor as yourself; I am Adonai [the Lord].

Ephesians 4:32  Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted; and forgive each other, just as in the Messiah [Christ] God has also forgiven you.

Bob Mumford said the easiest way to get in trouble with God is not to forgive as He forgives us. If this seems too basic, consider that all of the racial tension and violence of our day could end if everyone of every color forgave every one of any other color. And it would be very wise for us all to forgive those of the same color we ourselves are. Forgiving others might well be called a part (significant) of “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus,” see Romans 8:2. We need to be taught EVERYTHING. As the law of Moses was a school master to lead the Children of Israel to Christ, so the Holy Spirit and Christ’s anointing lead us as we work out our salvation with fear and trembling.  

John 14:16-17 KJVR  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;  (17)  Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. Joh 14:26 KJVR  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:7-11 KJVR  Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.  (8)  And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:  (9)  Of sin, because they believe not on me;  (10)  Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;  (11)  Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

1John 2:27-29 KJVR  But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.  (28)  And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.  (29)  If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

Jeremiah 31:33-34 KJVR  But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.  (34)  And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

I hope this is not seen as bragging, but some years ago I decided I must make (receive) God, in particular the Holy Spirit as my first and last Teacher. I do read the words of men but believe the Holy Spirit knows better than any on earth today.

It is true that Jesus forgave the world 2,000 years ago dying and rising from the dead. It is true Jesus is the lamb slain from the foundation of the world. It is said God lives outside of time as we know time. He inhabits eternity.

Isaiah 57:15 KJVR  For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

I’m not saying the following is accurate; weigh this one with God as your teacher: God’s for – give - ness for our sins was something planned for us before time began. God had given us

for – give – ness  before He made the world. We were a fore hand given eternal life by God the lamb slain before the foundation of the world! That is, I think, before He made Adam, before He made the universe and before He made the angels He gave His only and uniquely begotten Son Jesus in Love, (God is Love) for us so that we would live forever with Him, Father, Son and Spirit.

I began this article quoting Proverbs:

Proverbs 6:16-19 KJVR  These six things doth the LORD hate [H8130]: yea, seven are an abomination [H8441] unto him:  (17)  A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,  (18)  A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,  (19)  A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Proverbs 6:16-19 CJB  There are six things Adonai [the Lord] hates, seven which he detests:  (17)  a haughty look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,  (18)  a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet swift in running to do evil,  (19)  a false witness who lies with every breath, and him who sows strife among brothers.

1. a haughty look
2. a lying tongue
3. hands that shed innocent blood
4. a heart that plots wicked schemes
5. feet swift in running to do evil
6. a false witness who lies with every breath
7. him who sows strife among brothers

Has God forgiven the sin of the world? Surely He has. Of those sins the seven above He hates. ALL sins are evil, yet God HATES these seven enough to have it written about in His Book in a very precise way. It must be that He wants to draw our attention to them. Paul writes to us that we should examine our lives.   

  

1Co 11:28-31 CJB  So let a person examine himself first, and then he may eat of the bread and drink from the cup;  (29)  for a person who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself.  (30)  This is why many among you are weak and sick, and some have died!  (31)  If we would examine ourselves, we would not come under judgment.

Am I haughty (proud, arrogant)? Am I a liar? Do I shed innocent blood (think about that one and Matthew 5:21-22)? Do I plan to do evil deeds? Do I run quickly to do the evil I plan? Do I say lies under oath (swear to falsehoods, even in court)? Do I stir up trouble in my own home or church?

A very wise and sober believer once said to me: “I’m not saying you are under the Old Covenant but God is not kidding around.

Christians, do we need to take God and His Book more seriously? I think we do. I do. Those who call Christians haters, do they believe The ONE True God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who really does hate sin? In the times we live in we need to be equipped when we are challenged and able to then share the Truth and Gospel with those who actually hate us. They hate us in their ignorance. Let us not be ignorant or found hating them with knowledge.

2Timothy 2:23-26 KJVR  But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do engender strifes.  (24)  And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,  (25)  In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;  (26)  And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

1Peter 3:8-18 CJB  Finally, all of you, be one in mind and feeling; love as brothers; and be compassionate and humble-minded,  (9)  not repaying evil with evil or insult with insult, but, on the contrary, with blessing. For it is to this that you have been called, so that you may receive a blessing.  (10)  For "Whoever wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,  (11)  turn from evil and do good, seek peace and chase after it.  (12)  For Adonai [the Lord] keeps his eyes on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers; but the face of Adonai [the Lord] is against those who do evil things."  (13)  For who will hurt you if you become zealots for what is good?  (14)  But even if you do suffer for being righteous, you are blessed! Moreover, don't fear what they fear or be disturbed,  (15)  but treat the Messiah [Christ] as holy, as Lord in your hearts; while remaining always ready to give a reasoned answer to anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you — yet with humility and fear,  (16)  keeping your conscience clear, so that when you are spoken against, those who abuse the good behavior flowing from your union with the Messiah [Christ] may be put to shame.  (17)  For if God has in fact willed that you should suffer, it is better that you suffer for doing what is good than for doing what is evil.  (18)  For the Messiah [Christ] himself died for sins, once and for all, a righteous person on behalf of unrighteous people, so that he might bring you to God.

For other things God hates see :
Deuteronomy 12:31; Deuteronomy 16:22; Psalm 11:5; Isaiah 1:14; Isaiah 1:14;  and Jeremiah 44:4.