DEVOTION ~ PERFECT HATRED

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Theme: Perfect Hatred
Text: Psalm 139:21&22
21 Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.


In yesterday's devotion, we learned that the wicked oppose God and the psalmist sought that the Lord punish them. In today's text, the psalmist reveals that he detests the wicked or those who oppose the Lord with perfect hatred. Dear beloved in the Lord, we are called to love as Christ loves us. In analysing David's perfect hatred, Horne stated, "A good man hates, as God Himself doth: he hates not the persons of men, but their sins; not what God made them, but what they have made themselves. We are neither to hate the men, on account of the vices they practice; nor to love the vices, for the sake of the men who practice them.” May we not find any excuse to give in hating others. Be guided by the love of Christ this season and beyond. 



Let us Pray: Almighty God, I come to You today and I desire to be filled with Your immeasurable and unconditional love. Grant me grace not to hate others because of their evil ways or love the evil they indulge in. May Christ manifest in me this season and beyond. This I ask in the Name of Jesus Christ. AMEN! 

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