If God does not love the sinner and hate the sin.

If God does not love the sinner and hate the sin....

He would be unworthy of our love...For such a God would either abandon us as hopeless or leave us in our sin.

There would be no Incarnation, no Jesus...Why send the Son of God, to become a man, if not to rectify humanity's sin problem?  No other purpose is a sufficient cause.

There would be no Cross, no Resurrection...Why would God allow Jesus to die, if not for the sin's of the world?  No other purpose could justify the cost Jesus paid.

There would be no redemption, no rebirth, no hope of heaven...All have sinned, look around you, it cannot be denied.  God has provided the way for us to be saved from our sins, because God is Love AND God is Holy.


God does indeed love sinners, each and every one, from the least to the greatest, for we are all created in his image.

God does indeed hate sin, each and every one, from the least to the greatest, for all sin is a rebellion against the holiness of God.

These two traits of God are not incompatible, they are instead absolutely essential partners.  It is not judgmental for the people of God to share this message, it is an act of kindness, an act of love.  We love our fellow man too much to pretend that they'll be fine without God's forgiveness.  We know better, not because we are better, not at all, but because we have experienced the love of God that is in Christ Jesus, and we have been set free from bondage to sin by the blood of the Lamb.