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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. |
Subject: Does God hate some people? |
Bible Note: "paradox" Hi, Hank! You've hit center bull's eye! We (humanity) attempt to understand God with our finite abilities and we run into problems when we seek to express our thoughts... I've found that many times we (Christians) engage in squabbles that seem to go on forever... if only we wouldallow for a moment of reflection we would find that opposite parties have been engaged in a one-sided discourse... the rudimentary problem lies in the selection of our vocabulary: what is clear and comprehensible in our mind's eye, is not necessarily so to our audience! I believe that we both think that God can have immeasurable Love and Mercy while still holding sin as an absolute abomination and sinners as His Blood enemies. It is our limitations that forces us to become fixated in reasoning that God can only do one thing or another; in essence, we are divesting God of His Power and Authority. Your Mother, God Bless Her, seemed to be a humble person--she reasoned that she did not need to own all of the answers as God would provide them, in time. God Bless! Angel |