God’s hatred

A lot is said about God’s love.  It is the topic of the most well-known verse in the Bible.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  (John 3:16)

But how often have you heard anyone say anything about God’s hatred?  Some people believe that God never hates anyone or anything because they believe all hatred is wrong and God never sins.  Here is what the Bible says about that.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven . . . a time to love, and a time to hate.  (Ecclesiastes 3:1,8)

When we hate our hatred is usually sinful because we seldom know when hatred is called for.  (Our love can also be sinful.  We love something that God has told us we shouldn’t love or we love one thing more than another when we should love the second thing more.)  God always knows when it is the proper time to love or hate.