Why do people say love the sinner but hate the sin?
Since when is hating anything Christian?
Are we not to forgive our debtors their debts, as God has forgiven of ours?
Or are we to attack them for their debts until they remunerate with repentence?
2006-06-06 11:35:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yeah, you're suppose to hate sinning. I never read a verse in the bible that said "Do no hate". If you love sinning then you would sin and thats against God/Jesus.
We are suppose to forgive/love the sinner (person who comitted the sin, is comitting it) not the actual sin.
2006-06-06 11:38:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hating Satan and all that he represents is as Christian as loving your neighbors, whether they are friends or enemies.
It's because we are to follow Jesus, and that leads us to all the good that God offers; when we turn to Satan, or love - or even like - anything he does or offers, that is the opposite direction as God. In that case, we ought to hate.
The problem is that people often confuse a person with his or her actions. We are all sinners, regardless of how we have sinned and how we humans rate those sins, we are all imperfect and so we cannot actually hate the sinner, or else we'd have to hate everybody, Christians included. Christians continue to sin, even after they're born again.
So...this leads to the fact that we should simply hate the sin, most especially because sin in any form leads away from God, and that's probably one of the worst things. So we forgive the sinner, but strive to help him or her with his sin, and we never accept the sin as being all right. Sin is bad. God is good. People are imperfect. All people.
On the subject of debts; yes, we are supposed to forgive all people, but that doesn't lead to the realm of unreasonableness. For example, if you have a business deal with somebody, whether or not either or both of you are Christians should not lead either of you to thinking that the entire debt should simply be canceled, out of pure Christian benevolence. God knows we need to make money to live and we should do that honestly. It only means that if we are in the position to forgive somebody their debts without incurring too much harm, we are supposed to. And we are definitely supposed to forgive all people, regardless of what they have done and who they are.
Sorry to ramble for so long...I hope my answer isn't too annoying. =)
2006-06-06 19:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by amberaewmu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We can forgive the sinner, but only the creator is qualified to forgive the sin. That is for the ultimate judge. All our deeds for good or bad are written in the Akashik records, everything we do no matter how small. It is up to the final jugde to look at them and determing our eternal fate by weighing the good with the bad. That is how Karmic debt is decided. Us mere humans are incapable of reading the great book.
2006-06-06 18:43:21 · answer #3 · answered by ldyrhiannon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forgive the sinner, you cannot forgive the sin because the sin does not have the ability of free will like sinners do. you can hate the sin because the sin is well sin, and it is NOT good, so you can hate sin because it is the opposite of God and Godly things. it is not wrong to hate sin because sin is not a "debtor", the sinner is.
2006-06-06 18:48:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God hates sin period. Why would God embrace sin? God calls for Christians to hate sin as well. God doesn't endorse hating the people that commit sin. He hates the sin not the person. Trust me on this, if God truly hated the sinner, I would have died a thousand or so deaths already. Believe that.
2006-06-06 18:44:15 · answer #5 · answered by Kooties 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hate the sin; forgive the sinner. Sounds about right to me.
2006-06-06 18:39:28 · answer #6 · answered by Daisy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to understand that a lot of the Bible was written in other languages and translating it word for word would be impossible. The word "hate" may be the closest English word they could find to portray the meaning of the Greek or Hebrew word. God is all about grace, but He is also holy (meaning He cannot be in the presence of sin). He extends His grace to those who will accept it (through Jesus) but cannot dwell anywhere in the presence of sin. God "hates" the sin but loves His creation. We are to love everyone and forgive others as Christ forgives us. Jesus didn't come to condemn the world but offer a plan for salvation.
2006-06-06 18:49:17 · answer #7 · answered by Pigskin Princess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are suppose to forgive the sinner. God will take care of the sins/bad deeds. Pray about it and do what you need to make things right. that is how I see it.
2006-06-06 18:38:55 · answer #8 · answered by just julie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one has the power to "forgive the sin" only God does, you and me can forgive the sinner though, that's brotherly love. It's not in your power to make their wrong right.
2006-06-06 18:39:26 · answer #9 · answered by sgrjackson1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My take on this, as a Christian Pastor is;
We are to forgive those that have done something to us.
God and God alone can forgive sin.
We are to help the person in sin, if he/she wants our help.
We are not to condone sin for any reason.
2006-06-06 18:45:25 · answer #10 · answered by drg5609 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋