Hating our real enemy is not hating the person that is causing us problems in life. The real enemy is the one who wages war in my soul, the real enemy is the sin in my own life that destroys the work of God in my life!

2. 19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
O men of blood, depart from me!
20 They speak against you with malicious intent;
your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.
- Psalm 139:19-22

3. Two Options:

4. Two Options:
1) ”Play it as it lies… we CAN hate people!”

5. 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love
your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to
you, Love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you, 45so that you may be sons of your
Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 5:43-45

6. Two Options:
1) ”Play it as it lies… we CAN hate people!”
2) “We’ve moved past this… it’s got nothing for us!”

7. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and
profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction,
and for training in righteousness, that the man of
God may be complete, equipped for every good
work.
- 2 Timothy 3:16

8. Is It Ever Right To “Wish Death Upon” Or “Hate” An
Enemy?

9. 19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
O men of blood, depart from me!
20 They speak against you with malicious intent;
your enemies take your name in vain.
- vv. 19-20

10. Is It Ever Right To “Wish Death Upon” Or “Hate” An
Enemy?
1) Sometimes The Only Way The Innocent Can Be
Protected Is If An Attacker Is Destroyed.

11. “War must be, while we defend our lives against a
destroyer who would devour all. But I do not love
the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow
for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love
only that which they defend.”
- Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

12. Is It Ever Right To ”Wish Death Upon” Or “Hate” An
Enemy?
1) Sometimes The Only Way The Innocent Can Be
Protected Is If The Attacker Is Destroyed.
2) It Is Good And Right To Hate Our Real Enemy,
Who Is Satan, And All He Does.

13. 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.
- Psalm 139:19-22

14. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be
able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the cosmic powers over this present
darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the
heavenly places.
- Galatians 6:12

15. 8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the
devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking
someone to devour. 9 Resist him, firm in your faith,
knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being
experienced by your brotherhood throughout the
world.
- 1 Peter 5:8-9 (ESV)

16. How Do I Learn To Hate My Real Enemy?
1) Acknowledge That He Exists
2) Be Aware Of His Schemes
3) Remember I Was Once On His Side!

17. 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were
reconciled to him through the death of his Son,
how much more, having been reconciled, shall we
be saved through his life!
- Romans 5:10 (NIV)

18. 21 Once you were alienated from God and were
enemies in your minds because of your evil
behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled you by
Christ’s physical body through death to present you
holy in his sight, without blemish and free from
accusation.
- Col 1:21-22 (NIV)

19. Who will deliver me from this body of death?
25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
- Romans 7:24b-25(ESV)