Today, there is a tendency to play down sin. Here are some examples:

• Homosexuality is referred to as an "alternative life style."
• Legalized abortion, in my opinion, is the greatest catastrophe in America since we became a nation. Millions of unborn babies are murdered annually, all because we do not realize how much God hates sin.

• The serpent - condemned to destruction.
• The woman - condemned to submission and pain.
• The man - condemned to toil and tears.
• All men - condemned to death (1 Corinthians 15:22).

• God's solution - the flood. He will destroy mankind along with the creatures. Why? All because of sin; God hates sin.

• These cities were destroyed along with their inhabitants because of the sin of sodomy (homosexuality) and other sins (Ezekial 16:49).

We can see how much God hates sin by looking at what he has done to redeem us from it. He sent his Son to earth to die on a cross to condemn sin and to make us righteous (Rom. 8:3-4). He sent his Son to save his people from their sins (Matt. 1:21). He made his Son, who knew no sin, to be sin that we might be made righteous (2 Cor. 5:21). He sent his son to bear our sins in his body that we might be dead to sin (1 Peter 2:24).

These passages not only teach now much God hates sin but also how much he loves us. God hates sin so much that he commands that we turn from it. He loves us so much that he sent his Son to die for us (John 3:16).