A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth:
but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. Proverbs 13:2
Hatred has fruit.
It is very bad fruit.
It stinks, it causes strife and is filled with death.
It permeates what it touches and spreads like a vapor.
Hatred births bitterness.
It is not justified for humans.
We do not own the capacity to hate without being overtaken by its devices.
Hate is like a bitter root that spreads, that is filled with thorns.
It chokes out what it attacks.
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:
and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake. Matthew 24:9
Prepare yourself. We will be greatly hated by those who love the world,
by those who love their sin, by those who walk in darkness.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own:
but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. John 15:19
He that hateth Me hateth My Father also. John 15:23
Those who hate God will also hate God’s children.
It may be hard to stand for Jesus, for His righteousness
because righteousness will be despised., or hated.
So will Jesus.
So will we if we continue to follow Jesus.