Why does God Hate Me?

 Have you ever wondered about this?

Has this thought ever crossed your mind? Why does God hate me? This usually comes in a few various forms and due to various reasons. The sad truth is, most of the time, it comes to those who are newly saved. Newly adopted into the family, and they are trying to learn and grow. They hear things like John 3:16,

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

We hear things like this,

“For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person, one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:6-8

We read something like,

“So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” 1 John 4:16

Also like this,

“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20

Over and over again we read about the love of God, and God is love. Then we take our eyes off God, off His Word, and we look around. We see ourselves in the mirror. We look at our lives and the circumstances in our lives and we are confused.

If God is a God of love, if God loves me so, then why?

Why did He just take my loved one?

Why am I sick?

Why am I poor?

Why do my plans never work out?

These are just some of the things that happen in people's lives, especially new “Christians” that cause them to ask this, “Why does God hate me?”

Have you asked this question? Have you wondered but feared to ask? I know people, one of my most loved family members, not only asked this question but will add, “God hates me, so I hate Him back.” Or she now just says, I do not believe in God anymore. This comes from someone who went to church was baptized with her mother and even went all the way to Guatemala to serve in an orphanage. Now? She says that she no longer believes in God.

Even if you have not asked this question, you can clearly see that this question comes straight from the depths of Hell and from the evil one. It is created to separate, as it did with my loved one, us from God.

In this series, entitled “Why Does God Hate Me?” we will try to answer this question in some of the most common forms it comes in, as clear and as compassionate as we can, as God guides us through His Word.

Let’s start with what you have already been told. The short answer is no. God does not hate you. God is love, He created you to love Him and be loved by Him.

“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God, he created him;

male and female, he created them.” Genesis 1:26-27

We had it all. God was here with us. Look here.

“And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.” Genesis 3:8

"They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden.” Read that again if you have to. They heard what? “the sound of the Lord God walking.” This was most likely the last time they ever heard this.

God created us out of love. Jesus.

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him, all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him, all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.” Colossians 1:15-20

We are the ones that messed this up. His creation. We gave our God-given authority over to Satan. Through this act, we allowed sin to enter. We allowed sickness and disease, and death, to enter our existence. This was never the plan. God never intended this for us.

Once we allowed sin and death in. we separated ourselves from God. We forsook our Creator and started to worship the creation. We became so evil that we started to have sexual relations with the same sex, animals, and even with Angels. So evil the Word actually says that He regretted that He made us.

“The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.“ Genesis 6:5-6

However, God loved us. He spared us through Noah. After the flood, He gave us the rainbow as a sign He would never totally destroy the world again like this, and we still sought to live by the flesh. So God sent the Law. He sent prophets and teachers and attempted to save us this way. None of this worked, for the evil one controls this world and many would rather seek quick pleasure than a long-lasting relationship with God.

God was left with no other choice. He laid down His Godhood and became flesh to become our final sacrifice. He loves us so much. The way is simple. Jesus is the answer. It is open to any and all. They just have to accept it.

Now let's talk about you. God loves you. He created you for a plan and a purpose. He knew you before your Momma knew your Pappa. Think about that. God may have brought your Mother and Father together for YOU to be born. Think about that. God brought Zechariah and Elizabeth together and they lived to a long and old age before God allowed Elizabeth to give birth to who? John the Baptist. Was there really any other reason for Zechariah and Elizabeth to come together? Oh, he was a priest and a Godly man. They were “good people” they had a good life, but God wanted John to be born.

The Word tells us that there are steps to our existence. Look here at Romans 8.

“And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.” Romans 8:28-30

God foreknows you. He writes in His book, how you will be created.

“For you formed my inward parts;

you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Wonderful are your works;

my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from you,

when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there was none of them.” Psalm 139:13-16

You were made the way God wants to to be. You are exactly the way God wants you to be. He has a plan and a purpose for you and your life. Jesus even tells us that God so loves us that even our hairs are numbered.

“But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.” Matthew 10:30

Yes. God loves you. He set up a plan and a purpose for you and your life. He arranged for your Momma and your Pappa to meet. He wrote who you would be. You have Blonde Hair, Brown, or maybe Red. You have Blue Eyes or Brown, or maybe Green. You are 6 foot 5, or 5 foot 6. Freckles or not. He formed you according to His plan. Then you are born into the world. In His time, He calls you out. This is where you come in. Yes, or no. If “no”, then you will live out your life according to the world and flesh, and you will die without God. If “yes, " you will enter a time of preparation and end up in Glory by and with God always.

There is no question that God loves you. He created you and all things for you. So why do you ask, “Why does God hate me?” We ask this because we are looking at our lives at the moment, and in the flesh, and we are forgetting that God does not operate like us. He does not see things the way we do. Now I could just say, “Hey, read Romans 8:28”

“And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”

See “All things work together for good.” Just because you do not see it or like the moment, does not mean God is punishing you or trying to hurt you. However, we will be doing a more in-depth study on this question. In the coming weeks, we will try to dive into the Word and see what it says about these sources of the same question.

Why did God take my loved one?

Why am I sick?

Why am I so poor?

Why am I all alone?

Why do none of my plans seem to work out?

Along with any others that God may want us to talk about. Do you need Jesus in your life? If you believe that Jesus is the answer and is needed in your life, then say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus's sacrifice for me. I believed He rose from the dead. I repent my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"

That's it. It really is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, You shall be saved." Romans 10:9. You need to find a Church that God leads you to and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."Colossians 3:10

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May the comfort of the Holy Ghost, and the peace of our Lord Jesus, be with you all. May God bless and be with you, always.

Until next time, be blessed, be a blessing, and Jesus is Lord!