Does God hate the sin but loves the sinner?

Proverbs 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.  

God hates the sin but loves the sinners?

I don't think so.
— Nilo del Mundo (@baptistinriyadh) December 16, 2013

GLEANINGS FROM THE INSTITUTE

THREE BIG BASIC QUESTIONS OF LIFE

1. Where did I come from?
2. Why am I here?
3. Where am I going?

What your answers are determine your world view

YESTERDAY
We understood a concept of sin
Federal, Seminal, and combination of both

We talked about the HOLY THING placed by the HOLY GHOST inside Mary's womb
It was not a combination egg cell sperm cell.
It was a whole Son of Man, Son of God, Holy living thing already whole and placed inside a woman's womb for sustenance by natural gestation periods of a human being.

We also talked about the concept, the reality, the people thrown in hell for all eternity that will give glory to God

In what way?  God's execution of perfect justice glorifies Him


The title Theotokos
1. Adoption at the Third Ecumenical Council
As a title for the Virgin Mary, Theotokos was recognized by the Orthodox Church at Third Ecumenical Council held at Ephesus in 431. It had already been in use for some time in the devotional and liturgical life of the Church. The theological significance of the title is to emphasize that Mary's son, Jesus, is fully God, as well as fully human, and that Jesus' two natures (divine and human) were united in a single Person of the Trinity. The competing view at that council was that Mary should be called Christotokos instead, meaning "Birth-giver to Christ." This was the view advocated by Nestorius, then Patriarch of Constantinople. The intent behind calling her Christotokos was to restrict her role to be only the mother of "Christ's humanity" and not his divine nature.

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— Nilo del Mundo (@baptistinriyadh) December 13, 2013

Important notes that Christians should be aware of

1. You must read:

• Sinners in the hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards
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What are the true riches

•Why do people want to be rich?

•Pro_14:20 

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•The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. 

Having many friends. What a delight. When you go to any place, they know you, they wave at you, they want to take a picture with you, they want your autograph, they listen intently to your words, they buy your books, they read your articles in the magazines, they shut up when you speak, they allow you to talk harshly to them and they are okay with that, they write to you, seeking your advice.

THAT IS THE LIFE OF A RICH MAN

But a poor man, oh, no one wants to be the friend of a loser. When you go to your neighbour, he closes his door because he assumes that you will ask for something. When you speak, he assumes it is just one of your excuses for being poor, so he prepares a contrary word even before you finish.  He is offended at your presence near his area, so he is seeking that you should transfer somewhere else or your neighbor is planning to transfer so he won't see you anymore.

THAT IS THE LIFE OF A POOR MAN

But glory to God, I was poor, but now I am rich.

Rich in grace, all spiritual blessings, an heir of a vast Kingdom, property that will not lose its value for all eternity, but most of all, many things that money can't buy.  Forgiveness of sins, return to life - after I die, and never ending JOY with the most beautiful Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  Oh Glory.

The abuse of FACEBOOK

What is the abuse of FB?

When you are there all the time, trying to promote yourself, take pictures of yourself, let all your friends see how great you are, engage in vanity things, like your fingernails colored, your tattoo, your new gadgets

But when you use FB to invite friends to listen to preaching, to inform of Christian knowledge, to recommend, to help, to engage the misled, to oppose vanity, to post what is good and acceptable like THE WORD OF GOD, and the good commentaries of men about the WORD OF GOD, to invite friends to come to church, to witness, to exalt Christ. To reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering in a PRIVATE MESSAGE.

That is not abuse.

It is the same as talking to a large group of people all at once. It is one of the mediums WE are conscious that private things should not be shared in FB, silly things and display of bitterness is immature.

 We don't condemn those who don't use FB

But those who don't use FB must not also condemn those who use it for God's glory.

PUTTING YOUR NAME ON THE OFFERING ENVELOPE

WHERE IN THE BIBLE DOES IT SAY WE SHOULD PUT OUR NAMES IN THE OFFERING ENVELOPE?

We can not find word for word every practice that we have today in the Lord's churches. Neither should we require it of every pastor or deacon or church, that before we vote or implement certain matters, we should first find the exact word for word in a book, chapter and verse.

There are many things that we can do, that we can say it is BIBLICAL, even without finding the exact "word".  The definitions, the meanings, the principles, the implications, the analogy, the exegesis are there and very plain.

Take for example the use of Musical Instruments.  Where do we see that the New Testament Apostles used a guitar, a piano, or a drum?  Well, we would never use live drums in our congregational worship, but we have used the Piano, and we still use the guitar.  So have we violated Scripture?  Have we become an unscriptural church?

NO!

You can take water direct to your mouth from a flowing stream, you can also use your hand to scoop water and bring it to your mouth, or you can use the modern cup.  What is important is the water, the hand, the cup, are just means to take the water to your mouth.

So also the Musical Instruments are just means to let our mouths Praise our God.

Let's go to our main topic now:

WHERE IN THE BIBLE DOES IT SAY WE SHOULD PUT OUR NAMES IN THE OFFERING ENVELOPE?  Or where do we find that the Apostles ever put their names or decreed that the members should put their names?

Let me answer by saying this:
It is not sinful, it doesn't reduce your humility, it is not pride, if the brethren knows how much you gave.
In fact, it is even endorsed somewhat by the Holy Spirit, when He caused to be written these verses:


And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
(Act 4:35-37)

The whole church knew, who was poor, who lacked, who does not have any land or possessions, (net worth), and who are those who having land or property sold it.  The giving was not in secret, keeping it anonymously in an unmarked envelope. But it was very public, because those who had the large sums of money, came forward where the Apostle's where, and put the sum in front of them.

So although, we can not find chapter and verse, that they used offering envelopes, and put their names there, we have an example that the identity of someone who gave was published to the whole church.