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Brethren, the world is filled with evil people who hate God and all His ways. This is no shocking revelation. We have always known that the forces of darkness exist all about us; we see their evidence daily in countless ways. We are also aware that this evil inhabits and influences people, and that, at times, these evil ones slip in among us and begin to work their malicious intent upon the family of God. We are aware of their arrogance, their deceit, their eagerness to inflict harm, their slander, and their perverse plotting. We know that where such people infest the church, strife and schism are generated. It sickens and distresses us to witness such evil in our ranks, and we long for the peace, unity and harmony of brothers that is promised by and in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We find ourselves sometimes hating those who destroy the sanctity of our peaceful unity, and yet we tend to feel that such feelings are somehow wrong. After all, we are to hate the sin, but love the sinner. Or, so we have always been taught. I believe that although we should indeed seek the ultimate redemption of all men, even those who array themselves against us as enemies, nevertheless there are some sinners who are so diametrically opposed to all that our God is, that we are not wrong in loathing these sinners as well as their sin. This passage in the book of Proverbs clearly informs us that there are some people God HATES .... and, I believe, justifiably so!
Brethren, let us love what God loves, and hate what God hates! And let us realize that sometimes the "what" is a "who." On the night of His betrayal, our Lord prayed that magnificent prayer in which He asked the Father to make us ONE people; a unified family. Our precious Lord went to that cruel cross to break down barriers and bring peace (Eph. 2:13ff). He shed His blood, enduring incomprehensible agony, to bring diverse brethren together in a loving relationship with our Father in heaven. Thus, there is no greater abomination on the face of this earth than those who profess themselves to be His followers, and yet who arrogantly, maliciously and deceitfully work to separate from the fellowship of one another this family of believers our Lord died to establish. These factionists and schismatics and partyists and sectarians are genuinely hated by our God. Frankly, I do not find it inappropriate to share that righteous loathing for those devoted to harming our holy Father and His One Family!
A portion of my life's work, given willingly in service to my Father and His beloved children, is devoted to exposing these factional fanatics and perverse purveyors of partyism for the godless wretches they are. In so doing, I hope to help deliver precious men and women from their cruel clutches; bringing release and relief to deceived disciples who are enslaved to these legalists and patternists and congregational terrorists who, in the name of Jesus (what blasphemy), generate strife within the Family of God and cast of, and castigate, His other children who will not bow to their petty party preferences or personal dictates and demands. There are countless innocent victims of these devilish dogs and malicious mutts who need to have their eyes opened to the danger they face from their captors.
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