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Morning and Evening

June 7, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Ye that love the Lord hate evil." — Psalm 97:10 · KJV

You have good reason to "hate evil"; only consider the harm it has already done you. What a world of mischief sin has brought into your heart! Sin blinded you so that you could not see the beauty of the Savior; it made you deaf so that you could not hear the Redeemer's tender invitations. Sin turned your feet into the way of death and poured poison into the very fountain of your being; it tainted your heart and made it "deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked." What a creature you were when evil had done its worst with you, before divine grace stepped in! You were an heir of wrath even as others; you ran with the multitude to do evil. Such were all of us; but Paul reminds us, "but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God." We have good reason indeed to hate evil when we look back and trace its deadly workings. It did us such damage that our souls would have been lost had not omnipotent love intervened to redeem us. Even now it is an active enemy, always watching to hurt us and drag us to ruin. Therefore "hate evil," O Christians, unless you want trouble. If you would strew your path with thorns and plant nettles in your death-pillow, then neglect to hate evil; but if you would live a happy life and die a peaceful death, then walk in all the ways of holiness, hating evil to the very end. If you truly love your Savior and would honor Him, then hate evil. We know of no cure for the love of evil in a Christian like abundant fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Dwell much with Him, and it becomes impossible for you to be at peace with sin. Ask Him to order your footsteps by His Word, to make your heart sincere, to break sin's dominion over you, and to keep your conscience clear.