God hates. Those words may sound foreign to us. They may sound improper. But the God who loves what is good must hate what is evil. The God who loves what honors his name must despise what dishonors it. The God who loves what blesses his people must hate what harms them. It could not be any other way and we would not want it any other way. Over the course of a few articles, we have been looking at what God hates by examining passages that use words like “hate,” “abomination,” and “detestable.” We have seen that God hates idolatry, sexual immorality, and injustice. Now we turn to hypocrisy. God Hates Hypocrisy God hates hypocrisy. Specifically, he hates it when people go through the motions of worship and pretend to bring him their best while they actually bring their cast-offs. “You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep in which is a blemish, any defect whatever, for that is an abomination to the LORD your God” (Deuteronomy 17:1). This theme is repeated in Isaiah 61:8: “For I the LORD love justice; I hate robbery and wrong [or robbery with a burnt offering]; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.” God also hates worship that follows the letter of the law while violating its spirit. Share God also hates worship that follows the letter of the law while violating its spirit. “Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination … Continue reading God Hates Hypocrisy