Where exactly did Christ tell us to hate sin?

Question

I remember him telling us to forgive it, but not to hate it. Am I wrong here?
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory. for ever and ever. Amen

Answer 1

Who said that Jesus told us to hate sin? He told us to beware of conseuqences of sin, he told us not to sin....I don't recall Him ever telling us to "hate sin" 1 John 4:8-9 says, "He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him."

Hope that helps,

Josh K.

Answer 2

What you are quoting is a lesson in prayer---not an actual prayer as we are not to pray in vain repitition. We are to pray from the heart but this is a guideline.

Anyway, hating sin and forgiving another is two different things. First of all, I find most are very curious about sin. So what is sin?

1. Sin is breaking God's law. 1John 3:4
2. Sin is any unrighteousness j John 5:17
3. Sin is anything done apart from faith. Romans 14: 21-22

There are three types of sin: Lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life.

Anyway, God is just and perfect. If we love the Lord we are expected to keep and love his law. Sin is breaking is law. If we love his law, then we hate sin. Psalm 97:10. Read Psalm 119
about God's law and love for his commandments and His Word.

We can hate sin without hating those who sin. We can be offended by sin without being condesending or self-righteous, as our own sin should be the most offensive to us. Jesus came while we were yet sinners. We all sin. Romans 3:23.

Ok, so simply put---we love God, so we hate sin. Yet, we love God so we forgive other's sin because He forgave us. We are not qualified to judge or condemn. We are all guilty of sin. Jesus is the only one to bring about the forgiveness of sin that leads to salvation. As a christian we hate sin because it is against God. But sin is not a person. Sin is an act. People are weak and fall into sin. We should be forgiving as Christ forgave us.

Answer 3

There's much more to what he said than just those few lines of forgiveness, honey. Like in Proverbs, way before His time on Earth, 17:19 states that "He who loves a quarrel loves sin." So he who is faithful and shows peace, will hate sin. Richard Wurmbrand put it the best after his 14 years in communist prisons with guards that tortured him in unbelieveable measures, "I love the men, but hate the sin. Proverbs 14:9 basically says that you're a fool if you don't hate it and make amends for it. I can't quite remember where in His words it says it, but if he's telling you to hate it in your heart, do you really need to read it? But read the Bible! it'll scare the hell out of you. lol. God bless.

Answer 4

Try Matthew, the entire 23rd chapter. While the actual words "hate sin" are no recoded anywhere in the gospel, the principle that as Christians we are to take a stand of opposition to sin, to fight it, to defy it, and to stop it is all over the Bible. In Matther 23 Jesus spends the entire chapter condemning the sin in the lives of the Jewish leaders. Sure sounds like he hated the sin to me.

But as Christians we are also called to love the sinner - so much in fact that we can't leave them in their sin to be destroyed by it. Like Jesus, we have to call out against evil when we see it in people's live (you did read Matthew 23, right?).

As Christians we are called to be "light", which includes exposing sin so it can be dealt with, and "salt", which includes cleansing and purifying the world from sin. You can't do that if you don't hate it.

Answer 5

It does say not to love the things of this world, sin being a big part of that. We are also to love the things God loves and hate the things He hates, so indirectly, we are to hate the sin of the world, yes. Remember, God did not just make up rules randomly for people to follow and then if they don't He punishes them....NO, these things are for our own good. Life would be so much better if we all did these things.

Answer 6

Clarification: Hate sin; Love sinners.

The relationship between sinners and sin is one of oppressed to the oppressor. So sin is the enemy of sinners, who are victims of sin. In a sense one could say that hating sin IS loving sinners.

Sin, an external force, is worth hating because (among other things) it puts a limits on lives that had potential for so much more. It also brings death. I hate death.

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John 10:10
The thief [Satan] comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I [Jesus] came that they may have and enjoy life, and live it to the max.

Answer 7

Listen to the words by The Apostle John in 1 John 3:8

"He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth form the beginning. For this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that He(Jesus) might destroy the works of the devil".

"Whosoever commiteth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law."

For the wages of our sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.(Romans 6:23)

Thy word I have hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee.(Psalms 119:11)

Listen to Job when he realized he had sinned against God:

Who is He that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Wherefore I abhor (my sins) myself, and repent in dust and ashes. (Job hated his sins more than anything). Job 42:4,6

Shall we continue in sin that Grace may abound God Forbid. Romans 6:1,2

We need Repentance more than ever before!

O' God cleanse us from our wicked sin's.

Answer 8

God hates sin. We are to hate sin and Love the sinner. We are to forgive others. Hating behavior and loving the people.
I am sorry if you have met Christians that have led you to believe other wise.

Answer 9

Well where or why? Why ....... because Jesus never commited any sins. He was holy and pure. And sin does not represent Christ. He is holy and pure. And sin is foul and unclean. Now hating is another story. Those who commit sin around you doesn't neccesarily mean to hate them. You pray for them to turn their lives around. And if they sin against you , you turn the other cheek and pray for them. "As we forgive those who trespass against us".

Answer 10

John 15
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

Amos 5:5
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment at the gate

Proverbs 8
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy,and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate. But he who sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Psalm 139
Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.