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1 | Could David hate his enemies | Ps 139:21 | Finder | 168657 | ||
I thought Christians should love their enemies and have compassion towards the lost. But now I got shocked when I read this part of Scriptures: Psalm 139:21-22 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against you? 22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies. Isn't that a contradiction? Finder |
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2 | Could David hate his enemies | Ps 139:21 | BradK | 168666 | ||
Dear Finder, C.H. Spurgeon in his Treasury of David writes this: "Ver. 21. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? He was a good hater, for he hated only those who hated good. Of this hatred he is not ashamed, but he sets it forth as a virtue to which he would have the Lord bear testimony. To love all men with benevolence is our duty; but to love any wicked man with complacency would be a crime. To hate a man for his own sake, or for any evil done to us, would be wrong; but to hate a man because he is the foe of all goodness and the enemy of all righteousness, is nothing more nor less than an obligation. The more we love God the more indignant shall we grow with those who refuse him their affection. "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be Anathema Maranatha." Truly, "jealousy is cruel as the grave." The loyal subject must not be friendly to the traitor." Hopefully this sheds light on this "seeming" contradiction:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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