THINGS GOD HATES

There are some things we, Christians too, do that God really does not like.

Here are some of them.

• Haughty eyes (Oh how I wish I could deny this! But how many of us have looked down on someone else and thought much better of ourselves than we ought to).
• A lying tongue (Again, how I wish I could deny this, but I fall into the trap too often, kidding myself that it is for a ‘good reason’)
• Hands that shed innocent blood (Are we guilty when we don’t help?)
• A heart that devises wicked plans (Our heads are full of bad feelings and thoughts which we need to deny continually)
• Feet that hasten to evil (Not knowingly, but I suspect, more than we realise throughout our lives)
• False witnessing (Again, something I have done as a child I.E. “It wasn’t me…it was her!” Maybe more often than I care to admit)
• A man who sows discord among his brothers or neighbours (As above)
• Ignoring widows, orphans and the needy (Guilty by ignorance and unwillingness to think about the suffering of others)
• Sexual immorality. (His plan for us was one man loving one woman until death parts them. No sex before marriage. Staying pure).

SO HOW CAN ANYONE GET INTO HEAVEN?

With man – impossible! With God, through Jesus, all things are possible.

That doesn’t mean we can get complacent; we must put on the armour of God* and fight the battles of temptation every day.

But we have hope. We hope for things yet unseen. That’s why we ask God for help every day! I hope for a clear mind and a kind, honest, loving nature without anyone or anything blocking the goodness of God.

When we ask for good things, he cannot refuse us.

This is how I understand my God.

Read for yourself, see what you think.

*Ephesians 6:10-18

See proverbs 6:6-19