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B08005 $2995 This double-fingered 18k gold ring is an exciting addition to our Love Peace and Hope Collection. The top section of the ring showcases the timeless symbols for Love, Peace and Hope - encrusted by 165 brilliant diamonds. Represent the true ideals of Love, Peace, and Hope with this stunning masterpiece. |
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B08002 $875 Celebrate Love and Pride! This unique 18k gold and 925 silver pendant is a featured item in our Love Peace and Hope Collection. The great spirit embodied by the ideals of love, peace, and hope comes alive in this timeless collectable. This piece features a 1.20ctw beautifully polished jade stone. |
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B08001 $399 This unique 18k gold and 925 silver pendant is a featured item in our Love Peace and Hope Collection. Featuring a perfectly polished jade stone weighing nearly 5.00ctw, this stunning piece is a symbol of the great spirit embodied by the ideals of love, peace, and hope. This pendant comes on an adjustable cotton cord. |
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B08003 $995 This unique 18k gold and 925 silver pendant is a featured item in our Love Peace and Hope Collection. Highlighted by a perfectly polished jade stone weighing approximately 1.20ctw, this item puts true meaning to the ideals of Love, Peace and Hope. |
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B08006 $275 This double-fingered 925 silver ring is an exciting addition to our Love Peace and Hope Collection. The top section of the ring showcases the timeless symbols for Love, Peace and Hope in a contrasting high polish and matte finish. Show these timeless ideals by wearing this unique and special piece. |
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N147 $199 The perfect peace. You'll love wearing this sterling silver motivating pendant. HOPE, LIFE, LOVE and PEACE inscriptions offer inspiring style. This unique necklace makes a bold statement. Pendant hangs from a 18inch sterling silver cable chain. *Please note - This item will be shipped within 5-7 business days. |
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B08004 $1995 This double-fingered 18k gold and 925 silver ring is an exciting addition to our Love Peace and Hope Collection. The top section of the ring showcases the timeless symbols for Love, Peace and Hope - encrusted by 35 Blue Topaz, 90 White Topaz, 38 Amethysts, and 27 Green Garnets. This piece is unique representation of the true spirit and the significant ideals of Love, Peace, and Hope. |
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Peace Love Coal Sticker Rectangle Peace Rectangle Sticker by CafePress $5 Peace Love Coal Rectangle Sticker Peace Rectangle Sticker Our stickers are printed on 4mil vinyl using water and UV resistant inks 150; meaning no fading in the sun or bleeding in the rain. Measures 3 x 5. Printed on durable 4mil vinyl. |
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Peace, Love, Obama Peace Bumper Sticker by CafePress $5 By Proud Brand: This Peace, Love, Obama T-shirt design is available on many items. Peace Love Obama sweatshirts, mugs, and more. For more unique Obama T-shirts visit ProudBrand.com Peace Bumper Sticker Tell the world how you feel Our bumper stickers are perfect for expressing yourself while cruising down the highway or just for posting on the wall. Measures 10 x 3. Printed on 4mil vinyl using water and UV resistant inks - |
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LP038 $3995 This uniqely handcrafted 18k yellow gold ring has a remarkable string-like design with a double channel of 80 round diamonds, totally .80 ct. This incredible piece is destined to become a classic. 11mm wide. Glamorous, spiritual, luxurious, emotional: the jewelry from Love Peace and Hope encompasses them all. Featuring incredible designs from award winning designer, Udi Behr, Love Peace and Hope jewelry is helping to make this world a better place. At least 10% of the proceeds from every purchase go to organizations who believe in the transformative powers of Love, Peace and Hope and help to bring those ideals to people across the world. Worn by loyal friends and shoppers around the globe - as well as celebrities like Elton John, Ringo Starr, Lily Tomlin, Angela Bassett and Sharon Stone – Love Peace and Hope’s designs are the talk of the town. From Newsweek and the New York Times to People Magazine and Women's Wear Daily, Love, Peace and Hope gets noticed! As human beings, our most precious gift is freedom: to think for ourselves, to be who we want, and to live and share our lives with whom we want. This enables us to love, to be loved, and to share this powerful sentiment to achieve something greater than ourselves. Our products, and more importantly our company, reflect, inspire and celebrate these gifts every day. |
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LP030 $795 Intricate and inimitable, this handcrafted 18k pink gold ring boasts a spun string-like pattern with a glittering sandblast finish. Weighing 10gr of gold, this band is 8mm wide. Glamorous, spiritual, luxurious, emotional: the jewelry from Love Peace and Hope encompasses them all. Featuring incredible designs from award winning designer, Udi Behr, Love Peace and Hope jewelry is helping to make this world a better place. At least 10% of the proceeds from every purchase go to organizations who believe in the transformative powers of Love, Peace and Hope and help to bring those ideals to people across the world. Worn by loyal friends and shoppers around the globe - as well as celebrities like Elton John, Ringo Starr, Lily Tomlin, Angela Bassett and Sharon Stone – Love Peace and Hope’s designs are the talk of the town. From Newsweek and the New York Times to People Magazine and Women's Wear Daily, Love, Peace and Hope gets noticed! As human beings, our most precious gift is freedom: to think for ourselves, to be who we want, and to live and share our lives with whom we want. This enables us to love, to be loved, and to share this powerful sentiment to achieve something greater than ourselves. Our products, and more importantly our company, reflect, inspire and celebrate these gifts every day. |
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LPR020 $2225 Three times as precious! This 18k white gold three stone round diamond anniversary ring weighs 1.00ct total weight and the band is 2mm wide. All diamonds are of SI quality and H-I color. Glamorous, spiritual, luxurious, emotional: the jewelry from Love Peace and Hope encompasses them all. Featuring incredible designs from award winning designer, Udi Behr, Love Peace and Hope jewelry is helping to make this world a better place. At least 10% of the proceeds from every purchase go to organizations who believe in the transformative powers of Love, Peace and Hope and help to bring those ideals to people across the world. Worn by loyal friends and shoppers around the globe - as well as celebrities like Elton John, Ringo Starr, Lily Tomlin, Angela Bassett and Sharon Stone – Love Peace and Hope’s designs are the talk of the town. From Newsweek and the New York Times to People Magazine and Women's Wear Daily, Love, Peace and Hope gets noticed! As human beings, our most precious gift is freedom: to think for ourselves, to be who we want, and to live and share our lives with whom we want. This enables us to love, to be loved, and to share this powerful sentiment to achieve something greater than ourselves. Our products, and more importantly our company, reflect, inspire and celebrate these gifts every day. |
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LE012 $379 This 925 sterling silver bracelet is set with 3 hand hewn stones - Blueless Agate, Lapis and Chrysoprase. Each stone is unique and a natural expression from the earth weighing approximately 12.00ct. The adjustable band will ensure a perfect fit. Exclusive from the Love, Peace and Earth Collection, reflecting your natural style. The stones in the Love, Peace and Earth collection are mounted in their natural state. We do not polish or process these one-of-a-kind gems. Their natural imperfections are part of their uniqueness and what makes these pieces so special. |
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Peace, Love and Obama Peace Bumper Sticker by CafePress $5 Peace, love and Obama clothes, t-shirts, buttons and stickers for Barack Obama's 2008 run for the White House. Vote Obama for change and for peace tees, clothing, mugs, hats and gear for the elections Peace Bumper Sticker Tell the world how you feel Our bumper stickers are perfect for expressing yourself while cruising down the highway or just for posting on the wall. Measures 10 x 3. Printed on 4mil vinyl using water and UV resistant inks - |
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N149 $349 Show your passion for peace with this sterling silver peace sign pendant. This unique cut- out pendant measures approximately 2inches. Pair this necklace with any look for hip appeal. Pendant hangs from a 20inch beaded chain. *Please note - This item will be shipped within 5-7 business days. |
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LPE122 $125 “Time for Peace� A chic Swiss-action, mineral crystal watch, features a baby blue peace sign on the face and a cool camouflage canvas strap. The face measures 1 1/2 inches in diameter. View more peace sign watches. |
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WA100 $125 This latest addition to the "Time for Peace" collection is stunning with a cream colored strap, a light blue face, and a black peace sign. The strap even has contrast stitching in light blue for an extra cool look. With a new oval shaped face encased in stainless steel, this watch is perfect for everyday wear. The face measures 1 1/2" in length and 1 1/4" in width. View more peace sign watches. |
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WA101 $125 This latest addition to the "Time for Peace" collection is stunning with a light blue strap, a black mother of pearl face, and a white peace sign. The strap even has contrast stitching in yellow for an extra cool look. With a new oval shaped face encased in stainless steel, this watch is perfect for everyday wear. The face measures 1 1/2" in length and 1 1/4" in width. View more peace sign watches. |
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WA103 $125 This latest addition to the "Time for Peace" collection is stunning with a cream colored strap, a stylish striped face, and a black peace sign. The strap even has contrast stitching in light blue for an extra cool look. With a new oval shaped face encased in stainless steel, this watch is perfect for everyday wear. The face measures 1 1/2" in length and 1 1/4" in width. View more peace sign watches. |
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LPR056 $1750 These perfectly matched diamond stud earrings exude elegance and style. A radiant pair of stones adorned with the timeless peace sign on each side and an 18k white gold butterfly back (not shown). Each stone weighs roughly a .50ct for a total diamond weight of 1.00ct. Each diamond is near colorless with S12 clarity and H-I color. This utterly unique pair of diamond studs is competitively priced and they are the absolute perfect accessory for any occasion; a brilliant set. Glamorous, spiritual, luxurious, emotional: the jewelry from Love Peace and Hope encompasses them all. Featuring incredible designs from award winning designer, Udi Behr, Love Peace and Hope jewelry is helping to make this world a better place. At least 10% of the proceeds from every purchase go to organizations who believe in the transformative powers of Love, Peace and Hope and help to bring those ideals to people across the world. Worn by loyal friends and shoppers around the globe - as well as celebrities like Elton John, Ringo Starr, Lily Tomlin, Angela Bassett and Sharon Stone – Love Peace and Hope’s designs are the talk of the town. From Newsweek and the New York Times to People Magazine and Women's Wear Daily, Love, Peace and Hope gets noticed! As human beings, our most precious gift is freedom: to think for ourselves, to be who we want, and to live and share our lives with whom we want. This enables us to love, to be loved, and to share this powerful sentiment to achieve something greater than ourselves. Our products, and more importantly our company, reflect, inspire and celebrate these gifts every day. |
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Peace Ovals Car Car Magnets - Peace Love Dogs
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DescriptionYou love your pets so why not show the world just how much with this attractive die-cut paw car magnet for your vehicle. Each paw comes screen printed with a fun saying or quote. Easily position and move the magnet on any metal surface... |
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Peace Love Art
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DescriptionExpress yourself with a refrigerator magnet. This rectangular magnet is brown and features a green hand making the peace sign, an orange hand making an I love you sign, and a blue hand print. Size is approximate. |
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Peaceful Nature Peace Sign Magnet
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DescriptionAs a general rule most people aspire to live in peace, whoever and wherever they are. The MEYOTO is designed to express this point of view and the affiliation of its owner in a unique and artistic style... |
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GIVE PEACE A CHANCE 7" (45) US APPLE 1969 B/W REMEMBER LOVE (1809) STICKER ON LABEL STICKER MARK ON BACK OF PIC SLEEVE
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GIVE PEACE A CHANCE 7" (45) UK APPLE 1969 B/W REMEMBER LOVE (APPLE13) PIC SLEEVE BUT HAS SMALL STICKER TEAR
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Backlit Heart - Vinyl Laptop or Macbook Decal
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DescriptionDimensions: approx (3"w x 3"h or 7.62cm x 7.62cm) Made in the USA with the highest quality vinyl and attention to detail. Orders generally ship within 1-2 business days of purchase. WE SHIP ANYWHERE! |
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Domo Love + Peace + Hope: Help Japan 3 design on iPad 2 Smart Cover Compatible Case by Coveroo
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DescriptionPerfect fit for the back of your iPad 2. Works with the iPad 2 Smart Cover (Smart Cover not included). Easy snap-on installation. Slim fit polycarbonate body doesn't add bulk or weight. Charge, sync, and snap pictures while in case. |
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Skinit Tie Dye Peace & Love Vinyl Skin for Apple iPad 1
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DescriptionIMPORTANT: Skinit skins, stickers, decals are NOT A CASE. Our skins are VINYL SKINS that allow you to personalize and protect your device with form-fitting skins. Our adhesive backing can be applied and removed with no residue, no mess and no fuss... |
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RoomMates RMK1437SCS Glitter Peace Signs Peel & Stick Wall Decals
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DescriptionGive peace a chance! The classic peace sign is back and more popular than ever, and these glitter wall decals are perfect for all ages. Girls of all ages will love decorating their walls, furniture, mirrors, and accessories with these sparkly stickers... |
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Sixties Theme Purple Leopard / Cheetah and Zebra Print Peace Sign Wall Decals / Stickers
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DescriptionThis 60's inspired Leopard / Cheetah and Zebra Print Theme removable wall sticker set measures 17.33in X 25in. 13 individually cut out wall stickers. The Peace Sign Wall Decals are 16inches in diameter... |
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Wall Scrapperz Scrapbooking For Your Walls - Cool Girl
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DescriptionKit Includes: 1 12X12 dry erase scrapping square - 1 Sheet 10x10 re-usable perforated editorial decals - 1 sheet 5x12 re-usable accessory stickers - 4 sheets 10x10 re-usable pattern decals - 1 sheet 5x12 re-usable alphabet decals - 1 sheet 12x12 die-cut re-usable icon & frame sheet - 1 sheet 3... |
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COEXIST - Promote Peace Vinyl Decal Sticker - White
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DescriptionPlease note... If you are not purchasing this decal direct from ShadowMajik Enterprises you are not getting an authentic ShadowMajik Vinyl Decal. If you buy from a different seller you will be receiving a lesser quality copy cat decal... |
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Peace Love Happiness with PINK Heart Car Decal / Sticker
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Peace, Love, Dogs Decal for Car, Truck, Notebook Etc.
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DescriptionHigh quality vinyl sticker includes peace sign, heart, and paw print |
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Peace and Love Heart Tanning Sticker 10 Count Heart with Peace Sign Accessory
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DescriptionShow your fun and flirty side using these peace and love tanning stickers. Using both the heart and the peace sign, apply before tanning and you will have people feeling the love. |
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Peace and Love Heart Tanning Sticker 1,000 Count Heart with Peace Sign Accessory
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DescriptionShow your fun and flirty side using these peace and love tanning stickers. Using both the heart and the peace sign, apply before tanning and you will have people feeling the love. You will receive a roll of 1,000 tanning stickers. |
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Peace and Love Heart Tanning Sticker 100 Count Heart with Peace Sign Accessory
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DescriptionShow your fun and flirty side using these peace and love tanning stickers. Using both the heart and the peace sign, apply before tanning and you will have people feeling the love. |
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ThinDot Home Button Decals for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch "Peace and Love"
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DescriptionThinDots personalize, customize and stylize your iDevices. ThinDots add a touch of differentiation that works with the design of your Apple product, never overpowering it. Made in America and of the finest materials available... |
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Bubble Buttons Home Button Sticker Peace & Love Pack
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DescriptionBubble Buttons Home Button Sticker is compatible with any iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. |
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God's Love/hate Relationship With the World
In "Christian Clichés that Contradict Christ" I questioned the truthfulness of six Christian clichés concerning God's "unconditional" love. There was one more cliché that I wanted to mention but didn't have enough space, the very common saying, "God loves the sinner but hates his sin."
This particular cliché is actually more biblically accurate than the six I previously listed, because it attempts to affirm God's love for sinners while at the same time upholding His holiness. Yet like the six clichés I listed last month, this one also falls short of the full truth, and it can thus be misleading to people and damaging to Christ's cause. Why do I say this? One reason is because Scripture not only teaches that God loves sinners, but also that He hates them. Surprised? Read for yourself:
The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity. You destroy those who speak falsehood; the Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit (Ps. 5:5-6, emphasis added).
The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and the one who loves violence His soul hates (Ps. 11:5, emphasis added).
I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul [God’s people Israel] into the hand of her enemies. My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest; she has roared against Me; therefore I have come to hate her (Jer. 12:7-8, emphasis added).
All their evil is at Gilgal; indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of My house! I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels (Hos. 9:15, emphasis added).
These verses of scripture are all in your Bible as well as mine! Your Bible declares that God hates "all who do iniquity" (Ps. 5:5). Since all unregenerate people "do iniquity," we can conclude that God hates them all. (Incidentally, this verse among many others leads us to believe that God's "free gift of righteousness" is more than just a legal standing of righteousness that results in no practical righteousness, otherwise God would hate His own children.)
But how can it be true that God both loves and hates sinners? The only way to reconcile this apparent contradiction is to once again recognize that not all love is the same. As I stated in last month's e-teaching, some love is conditional, what I referred to as "approving love," and some love is unconditional, what I referred to as "merciful love." From the standpoint of His merciful love, God loves sinners (see Eph. 2:4-6; Tit. 3:5; 1 Pet. 1:3, and look for the word mercy). But from the standpoint of his approving love, God utterly hates them—they are in fact abhorrent to Him. Can you imagine how you would feel if you had created a race of people who inwardly knew just how to please you yet who ignored and disobeyed you continually, even using your name as a curse word? Might you not be somewhat upset with them?
Note that all of the above-quoted scriptures do not say that God only hates what people do—they say He hates them.We cannot separate a person from what he does.What a person does reveals his character—who he is. Thus if God disapproves of sin He of course must disapprove of sinners. God is so pure that His disapproval is very strong, and the word hate describes it well.To separate the sin from the sinner by saying "God loves the sinner but hates the sin" is potentially misleading.
Other scriptures declare that certain people—not just what those people do—are an abomination to God.See, for example, Deut. 22:5, 16; Lev. 26:29-30; Ps. 5:5-6; Prov. 3:32, 11:20, 16:5, 17:15. Beyond that, there are many other expressions of God's hatred of certain people in Scripture. For example, when we read, "the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah" (2 Kin. 23:26), we don't get the impression that we are reading about God's love for sinners.
Regrettably,very little is said of God's hatred or abhorrence of sinners among modern Christians. Most preachers, it seems, emphasize God's love for sinners, and their audiences consequently are often misled into thinking that God approves of them in spite of their sin, which couldn't be further from the truth. The truth is that God utterly hates them, but He is mercifully giving them time to repent and gain His approval before they die, and only in that sense does He love them. When they die His mercy ends, and they will then experience the fullness of His hatred. The people in hell do not think that God loves them. They all know that He utterly hates them. And the truth is that when they were alive He hated them just as thoroughly, but then He showed them mercy, or merciful love. If unrepentant people who are still alive knew how much God hates them, they would be astounded at His merciful love towards them.
This also indicates to us that God's holy hatred of sinners and His merciful love toward them are not contradictory aspects of His character. Rather, they perfectly blend together. God's mercy is magnified even more by His holy hatred, and vice versa. Preachers who want to emphasize God's true love for sinners must first emphasize His holy hatred for them.
If the history of revival teaches us anything, it teaches us that revival occurs when people are awakened, not to some false concept of a grandfather God who "loves everyone unconditionally," but when they realize their present precarious condition before a holy and wrathful God. For example,Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards, whom God used as a instrument of revival during America's Great Awakening in the 1740s, certainly didn't mislead his congregation about their slippery state before God. In his classic sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Edwards simply affirmed biblical truth about God's attitude toward the unrepentant:
The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire; he is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours. You have offended him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince; and yet it is nothing but his hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment....O sinner! Consider the fearful danger you are in: it is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that you are held over in the hand of that God, whose wrath is provoked and incensed as much against you, as against many of the damned in hell. You hang by a slender thread, with the flames of divine wrath flashing about it, and ready every moment to singe it, and burn it asunder...
What a picture of God's anger and His mercy! Although Jonathan Edwards witnessed wonderful revival in his church and community, he was ultimately dismissed from his pastorate for holding to his biblical convictions. Only preachers who truly love their audiences and who aren't afraid of losing popularity and money can possibly preach such truth. Of course, Jesus was one of those kinds of preachers. Never once did He tell an unsaved audience that God loved them, and there is only one record of His telling one unregenerate individual one time about God's love for the world (and that is found in John 3:16). Rather, Jesus regularly warned sinners of God's wrath and called them to repentance (see, for example, Matt. 4:17; 5:22, 29-30, 8:11-12; 10:28; 11:20-23; 13:41-42, 49-50; 18:19; 22:13; 23:33; 24:50-51; 25:30). What Jesus told one person one time we have made our universal theme to the unsaved, and what He constantly emphasized to them we have kept a secret! Are we really being seeker-sensitive with our non-offensive evangelistic sermons, or are we actually ashamed of Jesus and His words? (See Luke 9:26.) Why are so many pastors afraid to tell the biblical truth even to professing Christians in the church? What does that reveal about those pastors? What does that reveal about their congregations?
John the Baptist, whom Jesus called the greatest man who ever lived (Matt. 11:11), never mentioned God's love when he preached the gospel (see Matt. 3:1-12; Luke 3:1-18). He sounded much like Jonathan Edwards, warning his audiences of God's coming wrath. Likewise, there is not a single case in the book of Acts where anyone preaching the gospel told an unsaved audience that God loved them. Rather, the biblical preachers warned their audiences that God did not approve of them, that they were in danger, and that they needed to make dramatic changes in their lives. Had they only told their audiences that God loved them and all they need to do was "accept Christ as Savior" (as do so many modern ministers), they may have misled them into thinking that God approved of them, that they were in no danger, were not storing up wrath for themselves, and had no need to repent. This is of vital importance, because salvation cannot occur without repentance. Jesus told His apostles to "preach repentance for the forgiveness of sins" (Luke 24:47). We may be filling churches with evangelistic messages about God's love, but are we filling heaven?
God's love is greatly distorted when modern preachers, under the influence of pop psychology (whether they realize it or not) tell their unsaved audiences how Christ's death proves their value before God. "You were worth dying for" they say. Even the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price is perverted to show supposedly that Christ gave up everything to gain what was of inestimable value—us! (Wasn't God blessed to get YOU?) Paul, however, stood amazed, not at how the cross proved the alleged value of a race of rebels, but how it displayed God's amazing merciful love, because Jesus wasn't dying for good people, but for ungodly sinners(see Rom. 5:6-10). His death saved us, not from underestimating our true worth, but from God's righteous wrath that we all fully deserve(see Rom. 5:6-10). Apart from God's holy hatred of sinners, His love for them is essentially meaningless.
Why don't we follow the example of Jesus and John the Baptist, telling the unrepentant the truth found in Scripture?:
God is a righteous judge,
And a God who has indignation every day.
If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;
He has bent His bow and made it ready (Psalm 7:11-12).
This is the biblical picture of God's love toward the unrepentant. His merciful love restrains Him from releasing the arrow that He has already drawn in His bow, the arrow that is tenuously aimed in righteous indignation at every sinner. This is a biblical example that would have fit right into Jonathan Edward's sermons, or John the Baptist's.
The unsaved inside and outside the church are under a huge delusion as they mistake God's mercy for His approval. They will be shocked at their judgment, just like the goats Jesus described in Matthew 25:31-46. They don't understand that God is very kind to His enemies, so they imagine that they are at peace with Him. What a tragedy it is when the church reinforces this delusion. I'm afraid that the bumper sticker that says, "Smile, God Loves You!" speaks volumes about modern theology and evangelistic preaching. Should we really be encouraging hell-bound rebels whom God utterly abhors, to smile
"God's Love/Hate Relationship with the World", the 2nd article on the conditional love of God ©2007 David Servant and ShepherdServe.org. You are welcome to repost this article as long as the article is unaltered and kept in its entirety (with all links and credits attached), and is not sold for profit.
About the Author
David Servant has been serving in ministry since 1979 as a church-planter, pastor, teacher and missionary. He has taught God's Word in over fifty nations and authored many books, inlcuding The Disciple-Making Minister, which has been distributed to Christian leaders all over the world in many languages. His ministry Shepherd Serve equips pastors and Christian leaders around the world.
