2009-09-24T09:55:27-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/hate/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2015:17&version=KJV 2009-09-24T09:55:27-05:00 This proverb teaches that it's better to get by with meager resources (characterized here by a meal of just herbs) and a household characterized by love, than to live in luxury but spiritual discord. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205:43-44&version=NIV 2009-09-04T09:17:26-05:00 Jesus frequently challenged human assumptions about justice and godly behavior. When enemies oppress us, our natural instinct is to hate them and seek revenge--but Jesus says that we ought to respond to their hate with love. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke.14.26&version=NIV 2009-07-16T16:41:15-05:00 The strong wording in this passage is striking--does God really expect us to hate our own family? It's a rhetorical device used to emphasize the all-consuming passion with which we are to commit to God--set against God's love for us, any other emotion, no matter how positive, pales in comparison. http://biblica.com/niv/appendix/concordance_resultsingle.php?rowid=108 2008-01-18T16:24:15-05:00 Perversion of God's good creation, breaking God's law. Sin causes a broken relationship with God. Sin is not a part of our original human nature. God created the first people with the ability to choose whether or not to trust and obey God. http://biblica.com/niv/appendix/concordance_resultsingle.php?rowid=106 2008-01-18T16:21:10-05:00 Means "adversary." Satan is the enemy of God. He wants to destroy everything God has created. He is also called "the devil" (James 4:7), "the evil one" (1 John 5:18-19), "the prince of this world" (John 14:30) and "the god of this age" (2 Corinthians 4:4). Satan brought evil into the world.