Does the saying "love the sinner hate the sin" sit well with you?

Answer 1

Yahweh does not love sinners.
Sirach 12:7 PLAINLY says so.
Psalm 5:5
So just what deity are you following with your religion?

Answer 2

Yes. It isn't easy to do all the time, but God loves ALL equally and because of it, He doesn't desire to lose a single one. Hate is not something a loving parent has for their child even when that child is erring and/or committing some sin. God hates for people to commit sin because He is so all-wise and so all-knowing that he easily realizes what that person and who they affected by the sin will have to go through in order to be rehabilitated and/or heal whatever the case may be. He knows the eternal consequences as well as the immediate ones.

With God, there is the chance of rehabilitation; mercy; forgiveness; even so, a person committing a sin/crime, will have to reap the inherent consequences of such action; but a loving parent, God Our Heavenly Father, desires this person to choose to rehabiliate, starting with repenting. Repenting is being truly sorry and then desiring to be forgiven. Being forgiven by God is just about automatic, but being forgiven by imperfect human beings with grudges, anger, hurt, pain, and sorrow is another thing entirely. Therefore, many times a repentant sinner must do everything in their power to try and set things aright that they caused to go so wrong. People punish and pass judgments on others who commit crimes/sins. God allows this, obviously for we do it all the time. But in reality, God's way is much more sublime and perfect for everyone involved in those scenarios when they turn to him to find the way. He loves all, and desires for everyone to happy, healthy, well-rounded individuals with strong and sturdy characters who will do the best and most right thing - hate the sin, but love the sinner. It takes a little work, but after thinking it through and practicing it becomes easier and easier to separate the act from the actor, the deed from the doer, and therefore the sin from the sinner.

Learn to love your enemies is a big thing to ask, but since all people are God's children, then it behooves us to at least give this a try. I know how can you love someone who is a serial killer for example? Very difficult indeed. Here is where discernment of the higher mind, the spiritualized mind must come into play with the wisdom of the people. Since we can not know the eternal fate of the soul/spirit of every individual who commits a sin, then we have to at least understand this person has a chance througout all of life to go to God and accept his mercy and forgiveness. They also have to find a way to actually forgive themselves...and all the people they affected must do the same. It's not easy, but it is what heals and makes the Fatherhood of God and brotherhood of mankind a reality on earth.

Good question!

Answer 3

You may have heard the old expression that "God hates the sin, but He loves the sinner"—and it's true. Even when we turn our backs on Him and deliberately refuse to do what is right, He still loves us and is ready to forgive us.

After all, the Bible tells us that we are all sinners, and we only deserve God's judgment as a result. But if God hated us as well as our sin, He wouldn't have sent His only Son into the world to die for our sins and bring us into His family. In other words, if He hated us, He wouldn't have bothered to provide a way for us to be saved. But He did! The Bible says, "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).

But don't misunderstand me. Sin is very serious in God's eyes; it is so serious that it took the death of His Son to make our forgiveness possible. If we persist in our sins and refuse to turn to God, however, we have no reason to expect His forgiveness, and in the end we will be lost. The Bible warns, "The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth" (Romans 1:18).

God loves you; He loves you so much that He wants you to spend all eternity with Him in heaven. But have you ever responded to His love by committing your life to Christ? Don't let another day go by without Him, but by a simple prayer of faith ask Him to come into your life and cleanse you from your sins.

Answer 4

From the following scriptures it can be seen that this is how God views matters.
For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life John 3:16

Jehovah is not slow respecting his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with YOU because he does not desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance 2Peter 3:9

Jehovah himself examines the righteous one as well as the wicked one, And anyone loving violence His soul certainly hates. Psalm 11:5

For I, Jehovah, am loving justice, hating robbery along with unrighteousness. And I will give their wages in trueness, and an indefinitely lasting covenant I shall conclude toward them. Isaiah 61:8

True Christians do the same. (Proverbs 8:13)

Answer 5

I can not really love the sinner, if they are a really bad sinner, and are not even trying to change their ways. But I always want the best for other people, and anyone who is trying to improve, will have me as their ally. I of course, will want my cloest friends to be of strong moral character.

Answer 6

yes it is hard to do what God wants because it is very easy to hate sin and sinner equally but we need to realize that the sinner is not the sin. but i certainly can love the sinner without having them anywhere near my family and I.

Answer 7

It doesn't sit well with me because I choose not to hate anything. Hate is a vile and destructive state of mind and is counter to the way I wish to live my life. I try very hard not to judge other people's lives and actions and instead try to be as loving and forgiving as possible.

Answer 8

Very difficult at times to "love the sinner". In a way it's Biblical. If you believe in the bible you need to believe this.

Answer 9

The expression had been rendered meaningless because of its trite overuse. That it contains a kernel of truth is undeniable, but it's become a much too convenient cop-out to avoid actual dialogue -- which is much more work. Basically, it is an "amen" point when preaching to the choir, and little else.

Answer 10

Of course. We are all sinners. We are taught to love our neighbor as ourselves. We love ourselves, even though we are sinners, why not other people?