“God is angry with the wicked every day” (Psalm 7:11 KJV). “Ye that love the LORD, hate evil” (97:10). For the godly, anger is an emotional displeasure aroused by wrong, while hate is an intense dislike or hostility toward evil. It is right to be angry with wickedness attempting to control your conduct, and proper to hate evil finding its place in your heart. Bigotry and injustice can only occur when God is ignored. “Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good” (Romans 12:9 NET). LORD, establish within us a holy hatred of sin, a fervent anger against wickedness, and a zealous love of righteousness that we may be as You are. Amen and amen.
Doing Good
Analysis: ‘He Gets Us’ Super Bowl Ad
Super Bowl LVIII ended with an overtime touchdown win for Kansas City over the 49ers. Congratulations Kansas City! Two ads for $100 million promoted a non-sectarian Jesus washing the feet of the needy — “Jesus didn’t teach hate. He washed feet. He gets us.” It drew criticism from those who felt the money would have been better spent on the homeless than informing us that Jesus gets us. Perhaps the ad was more directed to the religious. It is true Jesus “went about doing good” (Acts 10:38 KJV), but the True Good He did would be lost, if the abundant life Jesus represents is not embraced. The True Good of our existence is our knowledge of Christ. “Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ” (Philippians 3:8). May the Spirit of God teach our hearts the richness of the knowledge of Christ for every complexity of life.
We Need A Miracle 