My God and My Country

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But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Psalm 5:5-6

All commentary is prefaced/edited by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that work iniquity.6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: the Lord will abhor the bloody man and deceitful.

Brethren:

Those that do not consent to listen to God’s wisdom stand upon sand (Read Matthew 7:26), they shall not withstand the divers tempests of life when they occur. For they shall have no foundations from which they can draw the needed strength to resist. As for the evildoers, those that speak falsehoods, that commit perjury, that work all forms of evil the Lord God shall repay them in the end, when they come before him. - Doktor Riktor Von Zhades - Humble servant of Christ

“God has no pleasure in wickedness, nor can He be neutral about sin; therefore, rebel sinners couldn’t enter into His presence. God delights in those who fear Him (Read Psalm 147:11) and who offer sincere praise to Him (Read Psalm 69:30-31). To please God, we must have faith (Read Hebrews 11:6) and be identified with His Son in whom He is well pleased (Read Matthew 3:17). When you read verses 5-6, you meet a crowd of people who deliberately and repeatedly disobey God and think nothing of the consequences. It’s the crowd John describes in Revelation 21:8, the people who are going to hell. God loves the world of lost sinners (Read John 3:16) and sent His only Son “to be the Saviour of the world” (Read 1 John 4:14; 1 Timothy 2:3-4; 2 Peter 3:9). Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world (Read 1 John 2:1-2), and His invitation to salvation is sent to all who will believe and come (Read Matthew 11:28-30; Revelation 22:17). Such are the vast dimensions of God’s grace and love (Read Ephesians 3:18-19).

But the glorious truth of God’s love doesn’t change the fact that God hates sin and punishes sinners. He has no pleasure in them, and they cannot dwell with Him or stand before Him as they are. He abhors murderers and liars and destroys them if they don’t trust His Son. It isn’t necessary to dilute the word hate. In fact, the Lord expects those who love Him to love what He loves and hate what He hates (Read Proverbs 6:16-19; Amos 5:15; Romans 12:9). There is no such thing as “abstract evil” except in dictionaries and philosophy books. Evil is not an abstraction; it’s a terrible force in this world, wrecking lives and capturing people for hell. God’s hatred of evil isn’t emotional; it’s judicial, an expression of His holiness. If we want to fellowship with God at His holy altar, then we need to feel that same anguish (anger plus love) as we see the evil in this fallen world.” - Warren Wiersbe - American Pastor - Theologian - Educator.