"A Time to Love and a Time to Hate"

 "GOD is love." In some lands people frame those words and hang them on a wall in their home.  Indeed, it is a beautiful expression that describes what God is-the personification of love.

Many people, though, do not know  that those words are from the Bible.  It was the apostle John who wrote: "He that does no love has not come to know God, because God is love." (1 John 4:8) John also wrote about God's love for the world of redeemable mankind: "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 everlastign life." - JOHN 3:16. 

With that in  mind, some may think that God is always willing to overlook anything that we do.  The way many people live shows that they think that no matter how they conduct themselves, God will not call them for account for their behavior. But is that really true?  Does God love everyone, both the good and the evil? Is there ever a time when God hates?

Next time: "A Time to Love and a Time to Hate" - God's Love Verses His Hatred

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