“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” (Romans 12:19)
“Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate:” (Amos 5:15a)
There are no contradictions in the Scriptures, but there are people who cannot Spiritually discern its truths in context, and innumerable religious organizations testify to that truth.
How does one hate the evil without becoming angry at it, at those who would corrupt the Scriptures for their own personal gain, who would twist the truth into lies, and worse, lead others astray by those lies?
I have no close personal friends who are Roman Catholics, and I never will, though I speak to them in love, attempting to reach them with the truths, I do not spend time associating with them.
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” (2nd Cor. 6:14)
I hate the evil, the works-based religious organizations that deny the truths of the Word of God, they make me angry because they are leading millions to hell every year. But I give place to wrath when I am speaking to one of those trapped by any of these cults.
After just a few well-placed truths, I have found that most of them will become angry enough for the both of us.
Suffice it to say, after the initial conversation, few of them when they meet me on the street, or even those online that I will probably never meet in person, have no desire to speak with me again.
“But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.” (James 5:12)
I am not attempting to be their friend first, how could I be with someone I am not even supposed to let into my house, that I am to treat as a Gentile, and not say “godspeed” to? No matter how adamant they are about what they profess to believe, and what the Holy Spirit by the grace of God has revealed to me of the truth, I hold my anger, my wrath inside, and honestly usually feel sorry for them, for they are the blind that have been led astray by the blind.
It is not possible to say that I only hate the evil system they have adhered to, for they themselves profess to follow it as well, but it is love that compels us to speak to them, it is the knowledge that if they do not repent and come out of that cult, no matter what name it has given to itself, they will suffer for all eternity.
Evil, in this regard of religion, is attempting to give itself a new face, as it were, one that says we are to love our neighbor as ourself, no matter what beliefs they hold to, and that deceitful lie is working perfectly. Much of the blame can be laid at the feet of Evangelical pastors who have determined that hate is a bad thing, that friendship with darkness is not so terrible, as long as some form of Biblical foundational truths are adhered to.
It has become more important, in their minds, to become friends with these we are not to be unequally yoked with, more important to never offend in any way, shape or form those who deny the truths of the Word of God. And those that sit in the pews, at least many of them, can see no real fault in this path.
“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.” (Gal. 5:9)
The anger I feel is balanced perfectly with the sadness I know in these truths, to hate the evil anymore does not seem to be the path that many want to follow, it seems rude to them, and to be angry to these same people almost seems like a sin to them.
There is no common ground for those who have been crucified with Christ and the wicked, yet nearly every Evangelical church, or those that could once be called that, is searching diligently for it. This will cause the one world religious system to arrive, and sadly many who profess to serve the Lord are leading the way to it.
