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在我们今天这个两极分化的世界里，这句话是一个令人认同的警示，是不是呢？它的信息很简单：任何憎恨他人的人都不爱神。

在我成长的过程中，我认为恨是一种只有在最罕见的时刻，在我最深的愤怒中才能感受到的情绪。那当然是一种严重的恨恶，我很高兴它是极为罕见的、转瞬即逝的。但后来我又学习到，《圣经》教导我们还有其他一些形式的恨。事实上，一种更常见的恨可能发生在我们对某人漠不关心的时候。当我们不再关心什么是对他有益的，针对他的仇恨就开始了。它可以一直发展到希望伤害或死亡发生在对方身上。

我听过很多基督徒和非基督徒的言论，他们希望他们在政治、生活方式、甚至是体育竞技的对手受到伤害！希望对手改变他们的想法或心意是一回事，试图说服他们改变，甚至可以是一种爱的行为，只要我们运用美德去实践。但是，如果我们开始希望我们的对手离开这个领域，遭遇尴尬，需要掩盖羞辱，甚至可能生病或更糟糕的处境，那么我们就是在滋养仇恨了。

In our polarized world today, this statement is a convicting reminder, isn’t it? Its message is quite simple: anyone who hates another person does not love God.

When I was growing up, I thought hate was a thing I felt only in the rarest moments of my deepest anger. That was certainly a severe form of hate, and I’m glad it was rare and fleeting. But I’ve learned t

hat the Bible teaches there are several other forms of hate as well. In fact, a much more common form of hate can occur when we simply cease to care about someone at all. Hatred begins when we stop caring about what is good for someone. And it can range all the way to wishing harm or death on them.

I have seen a lot of statements from Christians and non-Christians alike that wish harm on their opponents in politics, in lifestyles, and even in sports! It’s one thing to wish that opponents would change their minds or hearts, and it could even be an act of love to try and convince them to change, as long as we did so using virtues. But if we start wishing that our opponents would leave the country, be embarrassed, need to hide something about themselves, or maybe even get sick or worse, then we are entertaining hatred.