The phrase "God loves the sinner, but hates the sin" is nowhere found in the Bible.

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ChristineSundae

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The phrase "God loves the sinner, but hates the sin" is nowhere found in the Bible.

Why do "Christians" use it? Go to a Bible concordance, and search ‘hate,’ ‘abhor,’ and ‘despise,’ and you will see hundreds of verses that speak to God hating men – not their sins. The phrase ‘God loves the sinner, but hates the sin’ isn’t even in the Bible – it was coined by Mahatma Ghandi – a Hindu, for God’s sake – and was popularized by lying false prophet Billy Graham. He knew that he could make a fortune off that saying, because people will pay good money to be told by someone in religious authority that they are loved of God, no matter what kind of a filthy life they lead.

As for loving your neighbor as yourself – the Lord Jesus Christ gave us that great commandment AND DEFINED it – IN THE BIBLE. You can’t just define that love in any cavalier fashion you want to – and He gave us a definition. The only Bible definition given for HOW you love your neighbor as your self is found at Leviticus 19:17-18:

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

In short, loving your neighbor as yourself means WARNING THEM ABOUT THEIR SIN. And failing to warn them mean YOU HATE YOUR NEIGHBOR IN YOUR HEART.

So why do "Christians" use that line like a mantra when it isn't even in the Bible? Is there another reason?
 
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illburnyouwithtruth

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how can non israelites sin of they were not given the laws, god only made a covenant with abraham, his people were the children of his grandson jacob/israel.

Psa 147:19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Psa 147:20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
 
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LachrymoseLover

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I refuse to tell people they are being d@mned to hell, a place of eternal torment because they believe differently than I do.


I love everyone here. In my eyes, God made them along with me and you.


Ghandi was a smart man.
 
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ChrisGreenwood

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It's just another religious saying that people use to support a superfiicial unity within a refuge of lies.

The word "Christian" is used for almost everybody nowadays. Heh, before Christ was revealed in me by God's Sovereign grace, I used to call myself a Christian. I had been "saved" and "baptized" when I was ten.....nevermind that the next 20 years of my life were lived like I was a devil with no care for Christ, His people, or HIs word except when it suited what I already wanted to believe.

Salvation is of the LORD, and only those who have been given ears to hear believe God's word.

Only those who are truly born of God know God; and love Him because He first loved us.

For the elect however, God does love the sinner and hate the sin, but only in Christ Jesus for His glory.
 
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2blest2Bstrest

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So it sounds as if you have read the bible so that means you would have read the two following statements in LOTS of places:

God loves everyone.

God hates sin.

Put those together & you have "God loves the sinner, but hates the sin"

God bless you
 
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