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He hates

How many actually know that God finds certain things and practices abominable. You could say it another way He hates them He detests them. He doesn t hate just to be hateful. There is a reason for such feelings. All of the things He finds abominable and detestable go against His plan His way etc. This is a KJV Bible study guide. Abomination a disgusting thing abomination abominable a foul thing a detestable thing The website below lists at least 43 things God hates see what you think. livingtheway.org 43things.html Proverbs 6 16 These six things doth the LORD hate yea seven are an abomination unto him Proverbs 6 17 A proud look a lying tongue and hands that shed innocent blood Proverbs 6 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations feet that be swift in running to mischief Proverbs 6 19 A false witness that speaketh lies and he that soweth discord among brethren. You can see for yourself that these acts are pretty disgusting even to us humans. Is there a way to rid ones self of such sins if you are guilty of doing them or any others for that matter Yes. God is very patient. He wants all to come to repentance see 2 Peter 3 9 John 3 16 and Matthew 12 31. He doesn t exclude anyone in these verses does He He gives all of us a way out if we choose to accept it. You can read for yourself above in Proverbs 6 17 that God hates the shedding of innocent blood and a lying tongue. I believe abortion and lying about it (calling it health care) falls into these categories. What say you By the way abortion and or lying are not the unpardonable sin. They can be forgiven if one seeks that forgiveness. It must be done in complete truth though see Psalm 145 18 (you can t con God). MORE ON ABOMINATION I no sooner learned to read that I began reading the Bible. It was for me a wonderful adventure into realms of amazing stories awe-inspiring laws and new words. One new word that especially caught my attention was abomination. I once counted the various forms of the word used in the Bible close to two hundred. The Word told me that God wants us to regard certain things with a holy dread. These included idolatry lawlessness unclean foods moral irresponsibility and more. In some instances as in Ezekiel 7 3 God declares that the corrupt life of the nation is an abomination to Him and He will bring judgment on the whole people because they have become a people without shame. A people without shame are blinded by their sin (Pride marches etc.). When I was young the word shameless was commonly used to describe people who flaunted their sin as though it were a virtue. It describes much of our culture now and too many people. Similarly a sense of guilt is no longer prominent in our culture because sin has been denied and guilt is seen in Freudian terms as simply a relic of a primordial past. Guilt and shame have been replaced by self-esteem a highly prized late twentieth-century virtue. Self-esteem goes hand in hand with irresponsibility and victim-hood. When Adam was confronted by God with his sin his answer was to blame God and the woman The woman thou gavest to be with me she gave me of the tree and I did eat. (Genesis 3 12).Adam saw himself as the innocent victim of a conspiracy by God and Eve Eve s response was similar she was a poor innocent woman who was beguiled by the Serpent (Genesis 3 13). Self-esteem goes hand in hand with irresponsibility because it presupposes man s natural goodness. Given this good or at worst neutral state of man s moral being it then follows that when man does wrong something outside of him is to blame. But this moral goodness or moral neutrality of man is basic to humanism. As a result sin and evil are due to things outside man God nature the family the environment and so on and so on. Humanism leads inevitably to a morally irresponsible society we read of AIDS victims (homosexuals in particular) as though they are casualties of a war and not of an unnatural act Are they proud of that Who knows. The word abomination tells us that God required us to view certain things with a holy dread because they destroy the moral fabric of men and society. But the word abomination has become almost obsolete outside the Bible and the holy dread of offending God is all but gone. People who claim to be Christians can disagree casually with what God has said on a variety of things as though the Bible is only ratified and valid when a man agrees with it This too is abomination. We need to take stock of ourselves. If what God calls an abomination is a matter of indifference to us something is seriously wrong with us not with God nor the Bible. Are we making of ourselves an abomination in God s sight We should regard every instance of the use of the word in Scripture as a warning from God. If you want to be free from the bondage of deception (caused by listening to false teachers those that are biblically illiterate) learn the truth by studying the word of God completely as we are commanded to do don t be destroyed for lack of knowledge of God s word. Another really good reason to study is you will not hear God s word today where you should hear His word (in church). 2 Timothy 2 15 Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth. John 8 32 And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. John 17 17 Sanctify them through thy truth thy word is truth. Amos 8 11 Behold the days come saith the Lord GOD that I will send a famine in the land not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water but of hearing the words of the LORD (That famine for hearing the Word of the Lord is upon us now. People are starving for the truth in the Word. Sadly fairy tales false teachings traditions and commandments of men are all that are taught in most churches today. You can overcome the famine by actually studying the word of God yourself you might learn something what a concept). By studying the Bible yourself you will discover amazing things that sadly you will never hear while sitting in a church pew.