- Liberal Hatred
The True Hatred
By Dr. Ken Matto
(Gal 5:19-20 KJV) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, {20} Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies,
“I do not in any way share your hatred and prejudice towards other
members of the Body of Christ, as you clearly do.”
Recently I received an e-mail (portion above) which stated once again
that I am filled with hatred and prejudice toward other members of the body
of Christ. The other members which this man was referring to were those
still steeped in Roman Catholicism. This man came out of that institution
and joined the Episcopal church. Since when are Papists true Christians? He
found my website and accused me of hatred. This is not the first time I have
been accused of hatred by some liberal person and I now want to broach the
subject of what is true hatred. One of the problems with many who roam the
internet is a total lack of discernment. Whenever they run into a person who
brings the Gospel and they do not like it, instantly that person is
considered to be full of hatred. This is because we live in a society which
has deemed the true Gospel politically incorrect, simply because it cuts a
person to the heart.
What I want to look at in this study is liberal hatred which is the real
hatred for all of mankind. When Christians bring the true Gospel, they are
automatically looked at as unloving, uncaring, and hate filled. I know this
because I have had a website on line for 14 years plus. Someone comes to the
site and reads an article they do not like and instead of studying the
issue, they e-mail me and tell me that I am filled with hate. Many times
these e-mails are nothing more than invectives against me and the article.
If some people would look at the content of their e-mails, they will see
they are exuding a hateful and nasty attitude. We are going to look at some
principles behind the liberal hatred mindset and when we do, we will then
see that it is they who have a real hatred for their fellow man.
First we must define the words which are at the center of this
discussion. Both definitions are from the Merriam-Webster 2003 dictionary:
Liberal - 5: BROAD-MINDED; especially : not bound by
authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms
Hatred - : to feel extreme enmity toward 2 : to have a strong
aversion to : find very distasteful;
When we look at the two definitions, we automatically see that the word
liberal is directly opposite of what the Bible teaches. The Bible never
commands us to be broad-minded. In fact, the scriptures speak of the narrow
way. (Mat 7:13-14 KJV) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is
the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there
be which go in thereat: {14} Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the
way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
These Scriptures instantly condemn liberalism when
dealing with the Gospel. First, the word “strait” means “narrow.” We are to
enter in at the narrow gate, and who is the narrow gate? (John
14:6 KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by me. The
term "no man" is in the cardinal form in the Greek making it a specific
number. It is the word “oudeis". That fact illuminates the reality that not
one man on earth will ever come to the Father outside of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Cardinal form means a specific number like one or two in contrast to
the ordinal form which would be translated first or second. The word is only
used in the cardinal form in seven inflections and over 100 times in the New
Testament. It’s meanings are “none, no one, not one, in no way, nothing,
worthless, no.” This means that not one person in all of creation can come
to the Father except through Christ. This is the essence of the cardinal
form when it speaks of not even one.
The narrow gate is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
Notice that this verse uses the word “the” three times. “The” is a definite
article which means that any other way is totally excluded. Notice what it
states in Matthew 7:13 about the broad way. Broad is the way that leads to
destruction and remember what one of the definitions of liberal is,
“broad-minded.” So immediately we see a major problem with the liberal
minded person. According to the Scriptures, they are on the road to
destruction. Narrow is the way which leads to life and broad is the way that
leads to Hell and eternal damnation.
The word “hatred” is used in a double manner in Scripture. The hatred
the Christian should have is for sin and evil.
(Amos 5:15 KJV) Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish
judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious
unto the remnant of Joseph.
(Psa 119:163 KJV) I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
(Rom 12:9 KJV) Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is
evil; cleave to that which is good.
As you can see that the Christian, because of the Holy Spirit indwelling
them is to hate evil and sinful actions. These three verses are just a small
representation of many verses on this subject.
Then there is the hatred which the unbeliever possesses.
(Gal 5:19-20 KJV) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, {20} Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies,
(John 15:25 KJV) But this cometh to pass, that the word might be
fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
(1 John 3:13 KJV) Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Notice these three verses are speaking of hatred which is aimed at the
believer because of Christ. This is why when someone comes up against the
Gospel, they hate that person for bringing the true Gospel and then tend to
turn that hatred around making it sound like the Christian who is bringing
the Gospel is filled with hatred. Galatians 5:19-20 speak of hatred as a
work of the flesh. In other words, that hatred is already there and only
needs to be ignited.
Now let us look at some principles showing us that liberalism is the
true hatred toward others.
1) The Liberal never gives a complete picture
“Your anti-Catholic agenda clearly supersedes your desire for truth and
submission to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who taught love, compassion,
mercy and forgiveness.” This is another section of that e-mail I received
from that man. If you notice what he focuses on in reference to the Lord
Jesus Christ, is love, compassion, mercy, and forgiveness. What did he
forget to include? He totally forgot that the Lord Jesus Christ, being
eternal God, is also the judge of all the unsaved. (2 Th 1:7-8
KJV) And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, {8} In flaming fire taking
vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ: He did not mention one thing about
the fact that when Christ returns, He will be returning as the judge.
(Mat 25:31-32 KJV) When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all
the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
{32} And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Liberals never want to focus in on this reality and if a
person stands before the Lord Jesus Christ on the last day at the Great
White Throne judgment, then they will be sentenced to hell for all eternity.
The liberal always focuses on the love aspect of
Christ but does not realize that the love of Christ is completely qualified.
(John 13:1 KJV) Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus
knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the
Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the
end. Notice that John 13:1 states that Jesus loved
His own and it does not say He loved every one in the world. For one to
experience the love, compassion, mercy, and forgiveness of Christ, they must
be born again. This is what the true Christian teaches and the liberal
rejects. Who is showing hatred and who is showing love? Is the one who
brings the true Gospel and wants to see people become saved showing hate or
are they showing true love by wanting people to become saved and live
forever with Christ? Or is the liberal showing their hatred by leaving out
the most important part that a person must be born again?
2) The Liberal does not look beyond this life!
The liberal believes in co-existence of all religions on this earth but
neglects to realize that this earth is going to come to an end some day.
Since they only focus on this earth, their desired paradise will only last a
few years but the fact of eternity looms on the horizon. What kind of love
is being shown by the liberal when all they focus on is the here and now?
When their utopia ends, then eternal damnation begins. The Christian is
looking beyond this earth into eternity so when the final trump sounds, then
eternity will begin and those who followed the liberal, will be judged and
sent to Hell. Those who followed Christ will be in glory forever because
they looked beyond time and saw eternity. So who is showing the hatred by
disallowing people from focusing on eternity? It is the liberal because they
do not want the best for you. They just want a society free from all forms
of biblical strictures so they can enjoy sin while being religious. That is
not love but hatred to the highest height because they are only focusing on
themselves and their desires.
3) Liberals downplay sin
If you ever go into a liberal church and listen to the sermon, you will
hear all about God’s love and the love of Jesus but you will rarely, if
ever, hear any sermons on sin. The Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross to
pay for the sins of His people. (Mat 1:21 KJV) And she shall bring
forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his
people from their sins. The reason liberal churches
hate to talk about sin is because they do not want to offend anyone. The
liberal preacher would rather their congregation go to Hell, than to warn
them about impending judgment and eternal damnation. Those liberals who
never speak about sin and judgment, are they showing love or hatred toward
their congregations knowing that they will feel good for a few years and
suffer in the lake of fire for eternity? The Christian who brings the true
gospel will always speak about impending judgment and eternal damnation
because that is the reward of the broad road and by witnessing to people,
they try to get them on to the narrow way. Does not sound like hatred to me.
4) Liberals never make judgments
The only time they make a judgment is to vilify true Christianity and
Christians. The rest of the time they carry an attitude of, “well if it
makes you happy, then it is fine.” The problem is that sin ministers to the
flesh and makes it happy. A person’s actions or beliefs must be open to
scrutiny or else they will be in tremendous trouble. They hate Christians
because the Christian is to make judgments constantly concerning many facets
of the Christian life. The Christian is not prohibited from making
judgments. In fact, we are to make judgments on ourselves concerning our
Christian walk. Every unsaved person in the world is accountable to God for
their sins, no matter what they are. When a Christian gives a person a tract
or witnesses to them, it is not in hatred but in true love to see them come
out of a life of sin and escape the eternal torments of hell. A person who
is unsaved is judged by the Bible as walking the broad road and therein lies
the rub to liberals. They do not want some antiquated book telling them how
to live their lives. Life is a transient dream as the hymn states and the
Bible wants to get people’s minds of this transient state and onto the
permanent state of eternity. When liberals try to cover each and every
lifestyle with the love of God, they are espousing the belief that God will
not judge them. However, they will be found wrong and will face the judgment
of God on the last day. Liberals hate the idea of being judged for their
lifestyles, it is either now when a life can be repaired in Christ or on the
last day when it is too late.
5) Liberals never deal in Reality
If there is one thing that liberals deny, it is reality. The reality
being that this life is only a transient one and the one after physical
death is the permanent one. When the true Gospel is given to people, telling
them that this life is only temporary, and the liberal comes along rejecting
that idea and attempting to build a permanent utopia on a temporary planet,
they are in essence, denying reality. They show their hatred for the souls
of people while attempting to gather people to themselves to build on their
“soon to fail” dream of religious co-existence. The reality is the one who
brings the true Gospel and warns the people of impending eternity is the one
showing love to these people. When Jesus was on earth, did He ever encourage
people to partake in religion? The answer is no because He taught them about
Heaven, Hell, and the judgment of the world. Jesus loathed the idea of
religion because it only leads people to eternal damnation. (Mark
7:7 KJV) Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men. That is exactly what religion
is, it is the commandments of men dressed up to look like they are
worshipping God, when in essence they are worshipping the works of their own
hands, namely religion. (Acts 7:41 KJV) And they made a calf in
those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works
of their own hands. Israel sinned against God by
making a golden calf and they worshipped the works of their hands. Is there
any difference when man creates a religious system and then begins to obey
the very laws they themselves wrote? None at all! Idolatry is as much a
religion as lighting candles in a building loaded with statues or a
repetitive liturgy in a dead church.
6) Liberals do not know the Bible
Quite frankly, if the liberal knew their Bible, they could never be a
broadminded person. God speaks only of a narrow way in the Scriptures. The
Bible never condones making any league with the religions of the world. In
fact, God hates religion because it attempts to buy salvation by works while
circumventing the cross or making the cross only part of their salvation
plan. It seems when you speak to a liberal, all they know of the Bible is
the love of Jesus and they count on that love to let them into Heaven
because of their good works. (Mat 5:9 KJV) Blessed are the
peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
The peacemakers found in Matthew 5:9 has nothing to do with trying to bring
peace between religions or even individuals for that matter. The peacemakers
are the true believers who bring the Gospel of reconciliation. The true
Gospel makes peace between man and God when a person becomes saved.
(Rom 5:1 KJV) Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ: The true Biblical
Peace is between God and man when we are reconciled unto God through the
Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Cor 5:18 KJV) And all things are of God, who
hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the
ministry of reconciliation;
Summary
We have looked at six reasons why liberals are the true haters. It seems
whenever a Christian brings the true Gospel, they are accused of being
filled with hate. This is Satan’s ploy to get his people to stop Christians
from bringing the true Gospel so the false religions can continue to cover
this world. The reality is that those who hinder the true Gospel are the
ones who are showing hate toward people. (Mat 23:13 KJV) But woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of
heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them
that are entering to go in. The liberal today is no
different than the Scribes and Pharisees who were not in the Kingdom of God
and who desired to stop others from going in. To attempt to prevent someone
from seeking God to live eternally in bliss rather than in hell shows a rank
contempt for people, in other words the liberal, broadminded person, is the
true hate-monger. For how can it be love to desire a person to live in the
lake of fire under the wrath of God for eternity?
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