"Bad Account"

"But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:" (Psalms 35:15) Have you ever wondered what it is that the Lord hates more than anything else when it comes to sin? Well, if you have, then you may have come to the conclusion of hatefulness being at the top of the list; not just hate, but real hateful regard for those that have done absolutely nothing to warrant the hate that you might feel for them. If God is love, and we are commanded to love God and one another, then hate goes against all that God stands for; especially when we hate with no regard for pity or innocence. As a matter of fact, this type of hate closely resembles the devils attitude towards man, and his determined nature to destroy man's relationship with God, with no regard for pity towards the destruction of man's soul, or for the innocence of the knowledge they have of his intentions; he does what he does out of pure hatefulness towards man. I have seen hatefulness within the church, and I know the results of it's workings bring death and destruction, especially towards the innocent bystanders that get pulled into the splitting of a church. If you have ever experienced what I am taking about, then you know how it grows like a fire that is raging out of control; all the love you can muster, you throw on it, and it just evaporates in the heat of the flames. If you were to look at the hearts of those Jewish leaders that were behind putting Jesus to death, then you would see hatefulness at it's very core; they had no pity upon Him as He was tormented, nor did they have any regard for His innocence; rejoicing in His suffering, they stuck to the false accusations they had planted against Him, all the way to His death on the cross... "He was taken from prison and from judgement: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken." (Isaiah 53:8)