What is the power of hate?
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What is the power of hate?
Advertisement: Hate makes you Strong. Hatred provides the armour and fuel to harden you and make you move in times of despair. The desire to exact vengeance upon the enemy that had done you wrong, forces you to push through all kinds of hardship, suffering and adversity.
How do you know if someone is secretly hating on you?
They distance themselves from you.
Do you hate your enemies with total hatred?
Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies. I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies. I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies. I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.
Why should we hate the evil of our enemies?
We hate evil because it is wrong. But on the other hand, if this hatred is part of loving our enemies, we must hate the evil of our enemies because of what the evil means for them. Expounding Jesus’s love command, John Piper writes that we cannot claim to truly love someone while being indifferent toward what destroys them.
What does the Bible say about violent hatred?
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. Consider my enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred. Look at my enemies, for they are many, And they hate me with violent hatred. Look upon my enemies, for they are many, And they hate me with violent hatred.
What does it mean to love your enemies?
When Jesus says to love our enemies, he means that we love them with a lay-your-life-down type of love — the type that comes from the heart and desires the other’s good, and sacrifices for it, when no one else but God is watching. And it’s the type of love that includes hate.