Love God, Hate Sin
- Brandon Bruce
- Oct 1, 2025
- 1 min read
“Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.” -Revelation 2:4-6
The sinful practices of the Nicolaitans were not just disliked by our Lord, they were hated!
Some believers feel really bad about the idea of hating anything because God is love (1 John 4:8) and we are called to walk in the way of love (Ephesians 5:2).
Jesus loved us so much that He gave His life for our sins on the cross, but our Lord still hated sin! He knows more than anyone how much pain and brokenness are in the world because of sin.
To not label sin for the evil it is and not hate it is to misalign yourself with Jesus!
Sin is horrible and hated by heaven! God made it crystal clear what sin is in His written Word! Run from it in your life, speak up against it in the world, and yes… hate it because our Lord did as well!
Never stop loving people and never start dismissing sin as no big deal!
Right on?
Read/listen to Revelation chapters 2-4
Prayer focus: confess any sin to God that has been ignored in your life and ask Him to give you wisdom not to treat sin casually or as anything less than hated by heaven
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