A few weeks ago a friend of mine, Jimmy, wrote a blog that got a lot of traction. You can read it here. It was in response to the conversations happening in the wake of the Supreme Court response to marriage equality. The blog went viral and had thousands of people sharing it and started some interesting conversations. Jimmy looked at the often tossed about cliche "hate the sin, love the sinner" and how it was being used in response to the ruling. From that blog, it got me thinking more and more about that phrase.
Now, let me be clear, this is not a response to Jimmy's blog, not by any stretch. I was simply caught up in that one simple line, and it got me thinking. I think that what I am seeing far to often is that I tend to hate the sinner, and love the sin. Before you get to far ahead of this, and start to judge me for being a mean, horrible person, know this, the sinner I find myself hating is myself, and the sin I so love, to often, is my own. Perhaps you are guilty of this to. I sin. I sin often. I am very, very human. In that humanity, I do things I know I shouldn't, things I know do not please God. But I enjoy them. That is part of the problem with sin. Some of it is fun. Some of it brings some sense of pleasure, at least in the moment. Its part of the lie that Satan has us convinced of. Sin is fun. At times, I would say, its far easier and instantly gratifying to get lost in our sin.
Now, let me be clear, this is not a response to Jimmy's blog, not by any stretch. I was simply caught up in that one simple line, and it got me thinking. I think that what I am seeing far to often is that I tend to hate the sinner, and love the sin. Before you get to far ahead of this, and start to judge me for being a mean, horrible person, know this, the sinner I find myself hating is myself, and the sin I so love, to often, is my own. Perhaps you are guilty of this to. I sin. I sin often. I am very, very human. In that humanity, I do things I know I shouldn't, things I know do not please God. But I enjoy them. That is part of the problem with sin. Some of it is fun. Some of it brings some sense of pleasure, at least in the moment. Its part of the lie that Satan has us convinced of. Sin is fun. At times, I would say, its far easier and instantly gratifying to get lost in our sin.
I think that what I am seeing far to often is that I tend to hate the sinner, and love the sin.
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