God is love, and he hates things that destroy love or make love impossible.

Too many people treat words of love–and even the concept–way too casually. They devalue love into manipulation Then, having turned the idea of love on its head, they decide everybody else sees it the same way they do.

But true grownups don’t devalue love. Neither does God.

Here’s something the Bible says, in Proverbs 6.

“There are six things the Lord hates–no, seven things he despises:”

Let’s look at the first three.

1. “haughty eyes,” otherwise known as elitism. The condescension of elitists angers God because he values all people, while elitists value only themselves. Or at least their prerogatives.

2. “a lying tongue,” which should need no interpretation. Think about it. If you lie to somebody, or about somebody, you don’t love them, regardless of the sweet nothings you say to the contrary. Lying kills relationships. In fact, lying eventually kills the entire society.

3. “hands that kill the innocent,” the primary example of which is abortion. God hates it.

Since both Christians and Jews must define themselves, according to the Bible, by following God’s directions and being all he calls them to be, they have to hate what God hates–in the present example, elitism, lying and abortion.

Well, look at that! Written thousands of years ago, and it’s about the election!

So let me ask you: Are you going to vote for anything God hates?

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