The idea that God hates the sin but not the sinner is not supported by any scripture. The scriptures do confirm that God hates the sinner as well as the sin. If God loved sinners, it would mean that God is evil, just like a corrupt judge sets murders free so they can continue murdering more innocent people.
The truth is God cannot love anyone outside of Christ, He only loves Christ and those of us in Christ share the benefit by default. There's nothing good in any person for God to love, that's why we must die to self. We must decrease and He must increase in us, until there's nothing left of the old man.
Ah but he does love those outside of Christ..he does it through us, the Born Again, we Love In His strength...through his heart through his power that is within our spirit..he opens our heart to love others, his love radiates out of my heart, so that I can show the world the love of Christ..
The Bible tells us that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). As Christians, we believe that God loves all of his human creations, despite their sin, and that he desires for everyone to repent and be saved (2 Peter 3:9).
Born again Christians, don't become sinless in this life, so we are a work in progress and unworthy to come into the presence of God because of the remaining sin. But we will receive our glorified sinless immortal, body in the life to come. Everything that pertains to our old nature will be burned up and we will be refined like pure gold, the old things and our unsaved relatives will be forgotten and never bought to mind again.
Gods word says that a Born Again doesn’t sin, because they have been Born of Gods seed.
A Born Again lives in the old body of sin...the new man is within them.we hate sin and can no longer continue in it..
1 John 3:9
King James Version
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
We will receive a new Christlike mind, free from corruption then we will be acceptable in Gods sight an we will be loved by Him. In this present age, Gods Holy Spirit is doing the work of transformation and sanctification. This work is not completed in this life, but He who started a good work will finish it at the appointed time.
We have received his Spirit into our hearts ,when we become Born Again,and yes as we grow and mature our mind will be just like Christ’s mind, as our minds are being renewed daily.
Born of the Spirit, our spirit is Born Of God’s seed, that seed is a Living seed that we are Born Of...it’s also inevitable ,that we will be conformed into Jesus image.
With respect, we are all voicing only our opinions on what we believe is Gods truth..
Plus we post scripture, that many of us, interpret very differently.
Ps..the Father loves us all day every day...we are Born Of God’s seed. A Living seed of love..the Holy Spirit, that’s who penetrated our heart and has taken up residence in our spirit...he loves us via our spirit...Spirit gives birth to spirit = the supernatural rebirth.the more we open our heart, the closer we get to God.
We know the Love Of God from within our heart/spirit...it’s heartfelt.
Mark 12:30-31"'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul...'" “'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. ' The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
I couldn’t do any of the above, without knowing the Love Of God in my heart/ spirit.
Which I know, as remember,God Loved us first, in our heart/ spirit..plus as we grow/ mature...our love for God becomes incredibly deep....why, because he gave us a new heart/ spirit within, to only follow him and no other.we grow in the knowledge of his Love...for me it’s incomprehensible to understand, it blows my mind, to even try to imagine how much he loves us.
No one can love us as God loves us.
Just my opinion, thoughts, belief.