Sunday, September 19, 2010

Failing to love and hate what God loves and hates is at the root of sin

"Loving and hating differently than God loves and hates is near the heart of sin. ... You can always trace the sins of the hands and feet back to the head and heart. Our bodies sin when our heads and hearts are not set on God. The core of sin is to love what is not God as if it were God. ... Failing to love and hate what God loves and hates, respectively, is at the root of sin. What do you fail to hate that God hates? What do you fail to love that God loves?" (Mark Dever, The Message of the Old Testament: Promises Made, pages 374, 384)

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