​How Do You Become What You Hate?

This question is important. I am seeing this happen everywhere – people becoming what they hate.

How do you become what you hate?

No one thinks they’re going to become what they hate, and they very seldom realize when they are becoming what they hate.

But the way you become what you hate is by hating the people who hurt you. You hate your enemies.

When we hate, we become the problem.

It’s okay to hate sin and it’s okay to hate what people do. It’s just not okay to hate the person(s).

We are to love our enemies.

Now, sometimes in loving our enemies -- because we hate that sin is killing them -- we must take a stand against them, because taking a stand against them is what is best for them.

I like to say it like this: I refuse to fight you, but I will fight for you. And if it means I have to take a stand against you in order to fight for you, I’ll do it.

So, don’t hate your enemies, or you will become what you hate.

Hate the sin, not the sinner!

If we hate anyone, that should wave a major red flag telling us we are taking the bait -- the bait to the trap that destroys us.

Trust God’s Word no matter what.

Keep your eyes on the horizon.

Ephesians 6:12

For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

Laus Deo,

Kenny