Psalm 139:1-10… “O LORD, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether. 5 You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,10 Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.

The Psalm describes God’s attitude toward The Psalm describes God’s attitude toward sinsin

Psalm 5:4-5…Psalm 5:4-5…“For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickednesswickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. 5 The boastfulboastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquityiniquity. 6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehoodfalsehood; The LORD abhors the bloodthirstybloodthirsty and deceitfuldeceitful man.

Psalm 45:7 You love righteousness and hate wickednesswickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.

Psalm 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous, But the wickedwicked and the one who loves violenceviolence His soul hates.

Proverbs 6:16 These six things the LORD hateshates, Yes, seven are an abominationabomination to Him:

God hates the “small sins” that we sometimes think are trivial.

Zechariah 8:17 “Let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbor; And do not love a false oath. For all these are things that I hatehate,' Says the LORD.”

What attitude, then, should we take toward sin?

Psalm 119:128 ThereforeTherefore all Your precepts concerning all things II consider to be right; II hate every false way.

What attitude, then, should we take toward sin?

Romans 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evilevil. Cling to what is goodgood.

What attitude, then, should we take toward sin?

Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hatehate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hatehate.

God hates sin, but still loves sinnersGod hates sin, but still loves sinners

Ezekiel 33:11 "Say to them: 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'I have nono pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and livelive. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?'

God hates sin, but still loves sinnersGod hates sin, but still loves sinners

John 3:16 "For God so lovedloved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perishperish but have everlasting life.

God Wants None Lost And All Saved!God Wants None Lost And All Saved!

1 Timothy 2:3,4 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desiresdesires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

God Wants None Lost And All Saved!God Wants None Lost And All Saved!

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that anyany should perish but that allall should come to repentance.

Word picture of the Love of God!Word picture of the Love of God!Luke 15:4-7… "What manman of you, having a hundred sheep, if hehe loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until hehe finds it? 5 "And when hehe has found it, hehe lays it on hishis shoulders, rejoicing. 6 "And when hehe comes home, hehe calls together hishis friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with meme, for I have found mymy sheep which was lost!‘ 7 "I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

Word picture of the Love of God!Word picture of the Love of God!Luke 15:20-24 20"And he arose and came to his fatherfather. But when he was still a great way off, his fatherfather saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 21 "And the son said to him, 'FatherFather, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son. 22 "But the fatherfather said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 'And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 24 'for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.

Word PictureOf The Love of God!Word PictureOf The Love of God!

Matthew 23:37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a henhen gathers her chickschicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

This is why God sent His Son, to provide This is why God sent His Son, to provide salvation from sins.salvation from sins.

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinnerssinners, Christ died for us.

This is why God sent His Son, to provide This is why God sent His Son, to provide salvation from sins.salvation from sins.

1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved GodGod, but that He loved usus and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

God in His infinite power ignores any other way for men to God in His infinite power ignores any other way for men to be saved. Only the pure gospel of Jesus is the one that be saved. Only the pure gospel of Jesus is the one that

can save us from our sins.can save us from our sins.

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospelgospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyoneeveryone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

God in His infinite power ignores any other way for men to God in His infinite power ignores any other way for men to be saved. Only the pure gospel of Jesus is the one that be saved. Only the pure gospel of Jesus is the one that

can save us from our sins.can save us from our sins.

Acts 2:47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the churchchurch daily those who were being saved.

God in His infinite power ignores any other way for men to God in His infinite power ignores any other way for men to be saved. be saved.

Galatians 1:6-9… I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, :7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.

Can God save people when they are Can God save people when they are following doctrines of men but not the pure following doctrines of men but not the pure

gospel of his Son? NO!gospel of his Son? NO!

Matthew 15:6-7 “Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 8 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

Can God save people when they are Can God save people when they are following doctrines of men but not the pure following doctrines of men but not the pure

gospel of his Son? NO!gospel of his Son? NO!Ezekiel 33:31 "So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they dodo not do them; for with their mouthmouth they show much love, but their hearts pursuepursue their own gain.

God has only promised ONE opportunity God has only promised ONE opportunity for salvationfor salvation

2 Corinthians 6:2 For He says: "In an acceptableacceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, nownow is the accepted time; behold, nownow is the day of salvation.

God has only promised ONE opportunity God has only promised ONE opportunity for salvationfor salvation

James 4:14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrowtomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a littlelittle time and then vanishes away.

God has only promised ONE opportunity God has only promised ONE opportunity for salvationfor salvation

Acts 22:16 'And now why are you waitingwaiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

God has only promised ONE opportunity God has only promised ONE opportunity for salvationfor salvation

Hebrews 3:13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called "TodayToday," lest any of you be hardenedhardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Christians must not be complacent but Christians must not be complacent but work and be faithful today!work and be faithful today!

Romans 13:11-12.And do this, knowing the time, that nownow it is high time to awake out of sleep; for nownow our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at handhand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

•God does not know one sin that he does not hate. If we condone sin, we must remember God that hates it. We must develop the same attitude in our lives toward sin. The same attitude that God shows against this evil sickness that is killing many people and Christians.•God does not know any sinner that does not love. Many of us have been taught wrong. We hate sin and also the sinner. God is teaching us this morning to hate sin but to love the sinners in the way that He did. All the examples in the New Testament are so that we can learn that we have an obligation to sinners. That is, we must rescue them.

•God Does Not Know Any Other Gospel That Saves. Only the gospel of Jesus saves. It does not matter how popular some doctrines sound, it does not matter how many are following it, it does not matter who invented it, if it is not the gospel of Jesus, God will not recognize that Gospel. Are we teaching just what is in the Bible?•God Does Not Know Any Better Time Than Now To Obey The Gospel. God wants you to know that “today you can be saved. He does not know any other day but today. Salvation must be the first priority in our lives, so salvation is today.