Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | Psalm 5:5 The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 5:5 The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight; You hate all who do evil. |
Bible Question: Psalm 5:5 "for you hate all who do evil". My youth group and I are struggling with this one. They're not understanding how God can hate anyone if he's supposed to be a God of love. Can someone give me a way to explain it well? |
Bible Answer: Hi TKBjork! Some Biblical passages are confusing... we must attempt not to assimilate them as individual values but in light of the rest of the Bible! True, God Hates Sin, but He Loves His Creation (and He saw that it was Good...). Unlike us, Yahweh is able to separate sin from sinner: When we wre still helpless, at the apointed time, Christ died for the godless. You could hardly find anyone ready to die even for someone upright; though it is just possible that, for a really good person, someone might undertake to die. So it is proof of God's own love for us, that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:6-8) What a wonderful testament of God's Love! Jesus came to rescue us, to deliver us from imminent death while we still wallowed in our sinful lives! The Old Testament spoke mostly of corporal values even when refering to spiritual standing (eye for an eye; sins of the fathers visited upon the 4th generation; sacrificial offerings for sins/thanks-giving/devotions...). In the mind of Israel, Yahweh demanded a pure heart and mind, hence the abhorrence of evil and men who chose to dwell in evil! Look at it as a deterrent. It is as part of Romans 6:23: For the wage paid by sin is death; How many times have you heard people quote this... I remember that when it was still new to me I thought that that was the complete verse... I could never have imagined that there was more to this passage: the gift freely given by God is eternal life in Chirst Jesus our Lord! I liken this to the passage in the old testament that speaks on Yahweh's wrath being maintained to the 4th generation... till I acquainted myself with that passage I did not know that His Mercy is profoundly more abundant than His Wrath: ...For I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God and I punish a parent's fault in the children, the grandchildren and the greatgrandchildren among those who hate me; but I act with faithful love towards thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. (Exodus 20:5-6) Clearly, Yahweh's faithful love to the thousands generations of those who love Him (obediet servants) extremely outweighs his wrath to those who hate Him (rebellious creatures)! Be assured that God loves us though not as we want to be but as He will us to be! God Bless! Angel |