Hatred For God! Why?

You might ask how can anyone hate a loving, gracious, merciful God? It is not hard to see the evidence of this type of thought in our world. We can look at our own country and see the hatred for God. We cannot pledge allegiance to the flag in schools because it says one nation under God. We cannot have the ten commandments in public places because these are from God. We have had to take (in God we trust) off of our coins. Why do people hate God?

First I want to say that not everyone hates God. If you are a born again Christian and have put your faith in Jesus, then you love God. He has saved you from an eternity in hell. He has given you new life in Him. He has given you His Holy Spirit to dwell in you. You have spiritual life now where as before you were spiritually dead and without any hope. You have everything to be thankful for after having received Jesus as our Savior. You have eternal life through Him and only through Him.

If you are an unbeliever in Jesus Christ, then you probably do hate Him. You may not believe that, but what does the Scriptures say?
John; 1:3-5
(All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.)
John; 8:12
(Then Jesus spoke to them again saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.")
We see that Jesus is the light. In Him is no darkness at all. What does the light do in a dark place? It illuminates everything and nothing is hidden from His sight.

An unbeliever hates the light because his evil works are revealed because of the light.
John; 3:19-20
(And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.)
Most evil things are done under the cover of darkness. If a person is going to break the law, they will most likely do it at night.

God tells us that they hated Him and if you are trying to live a righteous life, they will hate you also.
John; 15:18-19
("If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.)
God tells us that not only does it hate Him, but that it will hate you.

By hating God and rejecting Him, they have rejected the only hope of forgiveness for their sins. They have chosen darkness and death over life giving light in Jesus Christ. Sin has its pleasure for a time, but in the end it brings forth death.
Romans; 6:23
(For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.)
No where else is there eternal life. It is in Jesus alone and He has paid the price for us. He died in our place that we might have life in Him. If you haven't given your life to Jesus, today is the day. Don't wait!!! You could very well die in your sins having rejected God's precious gift of eternal life.

God Bless You!