Naked or clothed? Hated or loved?
Thursday, 7. August 2008, 15:17:48
If you ask any believer of Jesus- anyone you like; “ Does God love me?”the answer would be” Yes! He loves you!” and some of you will not believe the answer, the pain you feel from life will hinder you in feeling happy about the “love” of God. God loves you- what a sugar sweet thing to say !- right? But does He really? We all want to know, and the answer is not as easy as “ yes He loves YOU!”
WE are created in the image of GOD, that means that ALL of our feelings- GOD has them too. Joyfull feelings as well as anger is created by GOD- not the devil. God enjoys feelings of joy, but He is also a God who is angry every day at….. He loves anyone that He created – sure, but He may also hate them and want to destroy those He first created. Moses knew the will and mind of GOD and many times He had to “stop” God from destroying the people that He loved. There is a very thin line between the Love and hate of God...are you loved?
“ and the Lord spoke to Moses , saying; get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment…so Moses said to Aron; take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the Lord and the plague has begun” Deu. 16.46
“ ..there is no God besides me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. Nor is there any who can deliver from my hand. For I raise my hand to heaven and say; As I live forever. If I whet my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold of judgment . I will render vengeance to my enemies and repay those who hate me!” Deu. 32.39
“ and surely I will hide my face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other Gods”Deu 31 18
This almighty and angry God is the same today as in the old times. He has not suddenly turned “nice”
To understand anger and Hate you have to know love. To understand how God can possible hate someone- you have to understand HIS LOVE. If He did not love all of His creatures ( animals too) then he would not hate – He would be indifferent in whatever happened to me or you- He would not care. But Because He loves us….He also hates. Hate is a complex feeling resulting from ..yes! love.
If someone you care about hurt you for a long time- hate arises in you. Or because you care about yourself, and someone does you evil- you will react with anger and possible hate. If someone you love leave you for another one- you may end up hating that other one- or the one who left you, or your self. Hate is not an evil emotion- it’s a natural feeling when love is destroyed or evil done to you again and again.
God hates for the same reason- He is just like us in many ways YOU are His masterpiece, and He loved you so when He created you. If you have left HM, by turning your heart to another one- then you have done the GOD who created you evil- by departing from HIM. EVIL in Gods eyes is not all these things that we do- its departing from HIM in our hearts. When we do we remove our self from His love, and if you are removed from His love- whats left? ….HATE , destruction and judgement.
Does He love you ? If you ( your heart) is where He is – you have HIM as your GOD- then you are deeply loved.
If your heart is not with HIM…sorry- you are not loved, but under His wrath (hate)
I know that many believers will tell me that I am out of my mind by saying this, and I hope I am- because I want to be in the mind of JEHUSHUA (JESUS)
“ As the Father has loved me- I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep MY commandments
( teachings of Jesus; Love God with your whole soul,heart, mind and strength and one another as Jesus loved you) you will abide in my love, as I have kept my Fathers commandments and abide in His love.” John 15 9
Jesus said so to that there is a way to abide in His love and a way to fall away from His love.
The good news is that anyone who knows that they are not loved by God, because their heart really does not care about Him- quickly may turn to HIM and go from being under His wrath to be in His loving arms- just by turning their faces to GOD and be upright before Him with their heart. He is so merci full, but not a “sugarsweet , love everyone” kind of GOD.
“Keep yourself in the LOVE of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life!” Jude 1.21
I have looked up something for you, to help you discover for yourself, what God really hates
“ these six things..yes seven things, the Lord hates…” prov. 6.6
-A proud look
-A lying tongue
-Hands that shed innocent blood
-A heart that devises wicked plans
-Feet that are swift in running to evil
-A false witness who speak lies
-One who sows discord among brethren
-empty hearted sacrifices
-Soulless worship
“ bring no more futile sacrifices, incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, the Sabbaths and the calling of assemblies- I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feast- my soul hates…. Wash your self, make yourself clean”
Is.1.13
God is telling us; “You shall not hate your brother in your heart..but you shall love your neighbor as yourself” Lev.19.17
“ he who hates His brother is in darkness and walks in darkness”1.john.2 .10
God our Father does not give us any commandments that He Himself does not follow – right?
For God surely does not hate anyone in His heart, so how does His hatred work then ?
If God does not “hate” anyone, we should make sure that Malachi 1.3 is removed from the bible
“ Jakob I have loved, but Esau I have hated”
What was it with Esau anywhy that made God react this strong? For a long time I felt that God surely was unjust toward Esau- and I hardly could aksept His behavior. After all Jacob stole the blessings and the inheritance from Esau, by speaking lies, and by a wicked plan that he and His mother made up- God says that He hates wicked plans, so how come He did not hate Jacob instead and loved poor Esau ? Genesis 28.36
God who told the Israelites to keep His Sabbaths how could he then say” My soul hates your Sabbaths and the calling of assembles” Is 1.13
God hates hands that shed innocent blood, then king David should have His hands cut off. He killed innocent people for food, for a wife for ….many reasons. Still God calls HIM a man after His own heart!
God - Are you double minded? You say one thing and do something else ? or…
Before I take this to long, read :
“for God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
Oh,the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of Yahuweh! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways PAST FINDING OUT. For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor? Or who has first given Him and it should be repaid to Him? For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things to whom be glory forever!” Rom.11.32
His ways are past finding out for sure, but I love to study HIM and get to know more and more anyway.
So GOD was the one committing every being to disobedience- so that He might have mercy on all …???
Because of His ways being past finding out: “ I beseech you therefore brethren( and sisters ), by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy(set apart), acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service, and do not be conformed to this world,but be transformed be the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that GOOD and ACCEPTABLE and PERFECT will of God” rom 12.1
Because of something called mercy, and because I can not understand God the best I can do in this absured situation is to; offer HIM my body as a living sacrifice….sacrifices do not live, they are dead . To offer Him myself, but still be alive….???
This is my service for God..a rational response to Him- as an act of worship.
We are by this transformed by the renewing of our minds to the ideals of the kingdom of God.
We will then know through everyday experiences with God what that Good and acceptable and perfect will of his is.
There is a lot of questions that you find in reading the Bible, and that’s why I believe it will take my entire life to study GOD- and eternity. If we did understand everything with God- He would no longer be GOD, because then He would have a beginning and a end- and He does not.
“ behold I am coming as a thief, blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see His shame” rev 16 15
God really hates everything that is wicked- and that is; turning our hearts away from HIM!!
HE IS RIGHTEOUS ! but we can not measure righteousness by outward actions, as God judges the heart . Because He looks at the heart He had the right to hate Esau- there was something in the heart of Esau that did not go after God, and this hurt HIM badly. He loved Esau, but because He did not love God but turned away from HIM – he also turned away from GODS love- and God could say; Esau I have hated ( Esau was not in the Love of God, and therefore rejected)
God rejected him as the one to receive the inheritance of God to become the leader of Israel, but in this kind of hate there was the goodness of God- so God did care for Esau, and made him into great nations.
God hated the shedding of innocent blood that kind David did, but David had a heart that run after GOD all the time- so God gave Him the inheritance of being a king forever.
The inheritance of our heavenly Father is given to those whose HEART is running after HIM, by running after Yehushua( Jesus- as HE is our inheritance- the eternal life )
Eternal life is our inheritance- run after JESUS, and He gives it to you, from day one.
If you do not want GOD (Jesus)- HIM as a person- there is no way that He will receive your sacrifices, your soulless worship…. You will just provoke HIM to hate you, but if you turn your heart to HIM, He will love you- His mercies will allow HIM to RECEIVE YOU as an offering to HIM, and whatever evil deeds you have done – He forgets ( mercy does just that) because THE EVIL thing was your turning away from HIM, and when you have turned back to HIM- there is no more evil- you are forgiven.
As you turn to God with your heart- HE ask for your body to be given HIM as a sacrifice to HIM why?
Your body is apart from GOD an instrument for evil, an instrument in hurting other people ( the ones GOD Love) and for this to stop- He ask for your body to be given HIM, so that HE may use it as an instrument for good- to do good to other humans, and by that HE gets a chanse to show His love and care . But as dead you are good for nothing, so GOD keeps you alive, and YOU have to choose to be HIS instrument every day of the week, by obeying what HE tells you to do.
Of course since you are alive you will always have your own opinion about everything, and may not agree with God at every point, but HE has no problems with a fight, so fear not
I guess it is much more difficult to be a sacrifice that’s alive, instead of being dead.
There is this all or nothing with God- He is so stern- lots of willpower I guess. You cannot keep the Sabbath or some other “parties” and believe that all is well- if your heart is not with God. You are under His hate then – so why bother about those parties anyway?
If you did make up some evil plan( but have your heart with God/JESUS) like Jacob did in His running after the blessing and inheritance of God- You will be forgiven by the mercies of God, just because you run after HIM – got it?
God seem to be blind and hearing nothing when it comes to the moral sins of those who worship HIM with their heart - He seem to not notice their wrongdoings at all. They are like clothed with something called the righteousness of God, and when The Son of God (yahushua)returns- they will be received by HIM.
But for those who are evil( hearts that are not belonging to Jesus) he notice everything they do, -they are like naked ( their shame is seen by everyone- God too) as uncovered by the righteousness of God, they will be destroyed by The Son of God when He returns. To be under hate is just this; God sees everything and there is no way to hide- naked and fit for destrucion
“ therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge…therefore sheol have enlarged it self “ Is 5 13
“ what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the desolation which will come from afar- to whom will you run for help?.... without me they shall bow down among the prisoners! “
Is 10 4
Psalm 34” the Lord redeems the SOUL of HIS servants, and NONE of those who trust in HIM shall be condemned “
Are you naked ? You do the right thing morally, but your heart is not Gods and your body is not HIS to live in. you can not receive FIRE in your lap and not be burned- you can not pretend to worship a GOD who are a consuming fire- and live! He wants the whole of YOUR heart or nothing.
Are you clothed ? If so then your heart is given to God everyday- as you live to RUN AFTER HIM. Whatever evil you may do morally- God does not see it ( He pretends not to )The righteousness of God/Jesus is your trust- you will not be condemned. You will feel like “sin” has disappeared – just because of the mercies of God that has clothed you, and you enjoy the white linen that surrounds you.( it has nothing to do with you being righteous- ONLY GOD IS SO)
His ways are past finding out, but as we continue to run after HIM to learn to know HIM- we are safe and sound in HIS MERCIES- do not forget that, as you keep running after HIM- again I say HIM- The son of God- Yahushua (Jesus) we are running after a GOD, not some religion.
“ for unto us a child is born, Unto us a son is given
And the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called:
Wonderful, Counseler,Mighty GOD, Everlasting Father, prince of Peace…..” Is 9.6
More on this soon…..so long; keep yourself in the LOVE of God, as the other option sure is scary,and no option at all really- you do not want the eternal God to hate you, knowing that hate leads to destruction
climb into His Love- He Is yearning for you to do just that, because He find no pleasure in Hate or judgement, or destructions- He find pleasure in one thing only; your LOVE for Him.
Anita


