Why does God hate sins?

Question

I just read this answer: "God hates sin because of it's results, death. God loves His children and does not want them to suffer sins consequences."

But that can't be the reason for God to hate sins. God made the rules, He made sure that the consequence of sin is death, so he doesn't hate sin simply _because_ it leads to death. That would be like hating his own rules.

So, why does he hate sins? What is so horrible about eating shelfish or wearing clothes of mixed fabrics that God gets so angry about it?

Answer 1

I wrote that answer. You may or may not agree but I believe that the consequences of sin is as real and unchangeable as water freezing at 32 degrees F. God cannot change His laws or the consequences of breaking them because they are fixed and real. If He could simply do away with them then He would not have sent His Son to pay the price for breaking them.

Answer 2

When God designed the universe, He made Adam for companionship. God soon found out that Adam needed human companionship, so therefore, there was Eve.
To keep this simple, Adam and Eve messed it up for all of us. However, if not for that neither you nor I would be here today because Adam and Eve would have lived forever. It starts getting complaited.
We are born into sin and the only way out is through Jesus Christ who is God's flesh and blood. God sent him so that we could live in eternity with God. All you have to do is accept Jesus, ask Him to forgive your sins, and admit you are a sinner.
The reason God hates sin is because God is pure. It is unfathomable for us because we are not pure. Even when you accept Jesus, because you are human, you will still sin. The difference is that because you are one of God's children, you will be forgiven for your sins as long as you ask and are sincere.
If you still need more, read the New Testament, start with John, read the New Testament all the way through and then start with the Old Testament and read all the way through to Luke in the New Testament.
By the way, there is nothing wrong with eating shellfish or wearing clothes of mixed fabrics. I'm not sure where you are getting your information from, but that is not in the bible.
You can contact me if you have questions, but first read the bible.

Answer 3

SIN= an offense against religious or moral law b: an action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible c: an often serious shortcoming : fault
2 a: transgression of the law of God b: a vitiated state of human nature in which the self is estranged from God.

The Old Testament law, that you refer to..were rules that protected the health and well being of the Jewish people.
For instance: had the Mosiac Laws been followed during the Bubonic Plague...it likely would not have spread.

Once knowledge (medical, hygiene) were commonly understood, those laws were no longer necessary. That's why Peter was commanded to eat all kinds of foods, that earlier in Church history were not allowed.

Just as God is concerned with the physical well being of his people..he is also concerned with their moral well being.
Sin has consequences.

Just as a concerned parent, who warns his child away from the stove's flame.
So does God warn us..for our own protection, because of his love.

Answer 4

First, let us define what "sin" is. It is an old English word in archery that means "missed the mark". If you did not hit the bullseye, you were called a "sinner". Now there are many sins (little s and plural) but there is only one Sin (capitol S and singular). Sin is a positional state that separates you from God. When Christ died, He saved us from Sin. That is, the positional state of being "in Sin" has been eliminated. Now do we continue to commit sins? Yes. It is hard to walk in this world and not get your feet dirty. 1 John 1:8 states,

"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."

However, now, because of Jesus, we can have a daily cleansing...

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

We are now clean.

There is only one reason why God hates Sin. It is because Sin separates us from Him--period. Yes, God set the rules so that free will would be valid. Free will without choice is an illusion.

Answer 5

without addressing your crab and mixed threads concerns, here is a short answer to a good question:

The idea and concept of sin only makes sense with an understanding of God's holiness and righteousness. God is a being of purity, justice and love. Sin - disobedience to his will - can not be tolerated as it violates his pure character and purpose.

also, remember that death - spiritual death - is simply separation from God. Spiritual death - the result of sin - might not sound too bad except the bible uses the utmost solemn words to describe it: absolute and eternal loneliness, torment, regret, pain, anguish.

In this world presently we still enjoy his blessings and his grace. After our physical death, that covering of his blessing is taken away from those who reject Him now.

This world is a strange mixture of good and evil, right and wrong, blessing and cursing. someday the separation between light and dark will be complete. It will be eternal glory for those who trust and believe, eternal torment for those who continue to rebel.

and Christians aren't making it up as we go along as our friend says above. There is no contradiction between the teachings of Jesus and that of God in the Old Testament. Certainly Christians have differences of opinion about some things but that does not effect the unity of scripture.

god bless

Answer 6

God didn't make sin. Humans chose sin. You're right God gave us a choice, He didn't make sure that the consequence was death, its not like he's like YES THEY ARE GOING TO SIN SO I CAN SEE THEM DIE!...
God hates sins because it is against Him. When you make something would you like it if someone else took the credit for it? God is like that... And eating shellfish and wearing clothes of mixed fabrics, and women wearing their hair in braids, and not preparing food correctly all was set up by God in the Old Testament because He was protecting his people, if you notice the way He describes to cleanse the food, is the best way to clean it without getting diseases, at the time seafood was dirty, and they didn't have the technology to clean it correctly, women wearing their hair in braids was a sign of prostitution...Plus these rules do not apply to present day christianity...

Answer 7

God does not get angry at eating shelfish or wearing clothes of mixed fabrics, dear. God had strict rules for the Israelites in the Old Testament, but much of those laws, as most Christians (including myself) believe, were done away with after the coming of Jesus. When God sent His son Jesus to die for our sins, He declared that Jesus was the New Covenant that He was establishing with His people (us). The old covenant had to do with all the rules of not eating certain things, etc. Jewish people today still hold to those Old Testament laws, which is their choice to do. But Christians today believe in the New Convenant of Jesus Christ, which has nothing to do with diet, fabric, etc. God hates sins like murder, homosexuality, fornication, adultery (read Corinthians). But all the legalistc rules of the old testament no longer apply. By reading the New Testament (esp. the Gospels, Corinthians, Philippians), you will get a clearer understanding about the things God has forbidden us to do and how we are to live holy lives. God couldn't care less about what kind of fish you eat. He wants your soul to be pure, your heart to be pure, your mind and your words to be pure. He wants your total praise and worship of Him.

Answer 8

I'd like to start answering your question by first saying there is NO ABSOLUTE SIN. There are "bad" & "good" things, depending ONLY on subjective opinion. I know I'm blowing in the wind, but I wonder where the "logic" is, in saying: God created EVERYTHING," & yet sin/evil is excluded. Must be that old rat Satan, who seems to be equal in power, to God. Like, SATAN MADE US DO IT! If god made everything, he made Satan, too. WE aren't made in god's image & likeness, we've imposed ourselves on "God." An ego that demands WORSHIP. OBEY! (Patriarchal punishment or reward.) Creating EVIL in the first place. In what way could the crucifixation of Jesus have cleansed our "sins," (he was crucified with others, as I recall), & cried out at the end "Father, why hast thou forsaken me?" If his death was to SAVE US, how come he asked this? & I wonder why he never came back as promised. So many people were so disappointed for so long! Comparisons to making a dysfunctional robot are ILLOGICAL. I think I finally got to the root of this. Atheists are happy because they don't believe in: Eternal loneliness, torment, regret, pain & anguish, the wall of pain, the lake of fire, the iron rod, & all those absolutely terrifying things that NO "pure, just, or loving" god would EVER HAVE considered. The don't live in fear. I repeat: If god made everything, how does he "love his children" & not want them to suffer the consequences of the "sins" he created? No one, ever, has yet explained all these contradictions to me. & that is why religions are "faith." There are no explanations. Just be happy with your choice, whatever it is, but stop preaching, please.

Answer 9

God is a perfect being, incapable of sinning.

God is perfectly righteous and just, and therefore must abhor all sin.

An omnipotent God cannot create a morally free person incapable of chossing to sin.

Thus we are given the will to choose to do good or evil. God did not create evil. Evil is not a "thing", it is a privation, or the absence of "good".

When we choose evil, we choose the consequences of our behavior.

So how is a perfect God's demand for justice for sin reconciled with our own imperfections? Here we find that God came up with a perfect solution. He became flesh, lived a perfect life, and acted as our representatives in God the Father's court of justice. There He was judged and crucified, carrying all the past and future world's sins with his crucifixion. God the Son, Christ, became our sin bearer and we need only acknowledge that sacrifice to be made "justified" in God's eyes and in God's demand for justice for sin.

Think of it this way. Your son does something like breaking a neighbor's window. Yet your son is too young to be made to pay for his crime. Society demands that the parent then act in the son's role and pay for these crimes. Likewise, God the Father allows God the Son to be humankind's representative. Christ paid the price for us all; it is deposited there in the justice bank of God. We need only claim our "share" of that account's balance and present ourselves to God.

In summary, a perfectly just being, God the Father, requires that sin be punished. In the Old Testament, such punishments were the slaughter of an innocent animal, accompanied by prayers of adoration and contrition to God the Father. These lawful rituals drove home the point to mankind that there are consequences for bad behaviors. These lawful rituals also foreshadowed a more significant means of reconciliation before God the Father’s demand for justice. A perfect being, Christ, willingly went to His death. A perfectly just God the Father, knows that the Son’s death is not justice, for the Son was sinless. Therefore, the perfectly just God the Father credits anyone who will claim the Son’s death as payment for their sins.

Answer 10

Instead of making us into a bunch of robots and giving us no meaning or purpose, He gave us free-will.
The will to do as we please...

But if we choose the wrong choice, which results in hurt, suffering, death (all caused by man) then he thinks its wrong, because we should have known better.

We all say "Why does God allow..." Why does God do nothing"....

God gave us once again the will to do as we choose, but he also gave us parents and people so that we learn right from wrong.

That is why God sees all children as innocent...because they have not yet learned...

Half the the things that are illegal/legal in this country is somewhere found in the bible...(example Murder, stealing) but of course MAN left out things that God clearly said was wrong...
Now that means that somewhere along the line, right from wrong was learned from the bible...