THINGS THAT GOD HATES by G.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Nov 28, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 46.

THINGS THAT GOD HATES.

By G.

IN the Word of God we are told of various things that are displeasing to Him. But the wise man designates some things that are especially disagreeable to God: "These six things doth the Lord hate; yea, seven are an abomination unto Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren." Prov. 6: 16-19.

Here are seven things especially mentioned. They are briefly stated, easy to remember, and by studiously avoiding them, many other common stumbling-blocks will be taken out of the way. So many people will disclaim a tendency to any of these faults—few indeed will acknowledge even one of them; so deceitful is the human heart. Yet the very fact that God has seen fit to make special mention of these faults, placing them permanently in His Book "for our learning," shows that there is a special and urgent call for the admonition. Everybody can see these evils prevailing on all sides, see them apparently becoming more and more prevalent in these last days. They are evidently contagious. It therefore behooves us all to note these things that are so very displeasing to our heavenly Father, and to beware of them as of a most dreaded disease. It is for this that the warning is given us. Give particular attention to the first and last specifications, if you are so very sure that you are innocent of the others. A proud look can not be disguised even from mortal eyes, and is disgusting even to those who indulge it in themselves. And the sowing of discord among brethren may spring from a very little idle gossip that "didn't mean any harm."

We are nearing the day of the Lord, and the things that He hates will not stand in that day. We can not afford to be bound by any of them.