People are haters of God.

“Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me…For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD…They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof…Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.” Proverbs 1:28 – 31


People in general hate God, they may love “a god” but the God of the Bible they hate. Mankind has been a disappointment to God since creation. Every time God has blessed mankind they have (metaphorically speaking) spit in God’s face. In creation Cain killed Abel so God sent Seth, Seth’s children got with the people of the world and it was so bad that God said, “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually…And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” Genesis 6:5 – 6 So God graciously saved eight souls on the ark and killed every living soul, and creature on the earth. It was not long after the landing of the ark Ham had sinned again, “And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent…And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.” Genesis 9:21 – 22 it is believed the sin here is homosexuality by Ham desire to have his father. Then God graciously elected a Nation to be His chosen Nation and her name was Israel. Israel has failed God on almost every part of their existence, with their largest sin being the rejection of Jesus Christ God’s Son and mankind’s Saviour, “He came unto his own, and his own received him not.” John 1:11 In the New Testament The first church was commanded to go into the world and preach the all important message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15 They never left the church site in Jerusalem so God allowed Saul of Tarsus and other to scatter them so they would do as God commanded. “And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles…As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison…Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.” Acts 8:1, 3 – 4 The church was told to remain idol until the Holy Spirit had empowered them, a church cannot move alone, God must be present. But the church appointed a 12^th Apostle to replace Judas (who betrayed the Lord Jesus), “And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.” Acts 1:26 and Matthias is not mentioned in elsewhere in the entire bible, no recorded work. I do not believe the church had this authority, Jesus was not here, the Holy Spirit had not yet come, and Jesus never authorized the church to pick any Apostles. And ever since people, Christians, and even churches have disobeyed God and His word. But how blessed are Christians and churches, our sins are forgiven, but lost peoples are not, they will account for their sins. Just because a person calls themselves a “Christian” does not mean they are a Christian, and the same goes for churches. If what they teach is not biblical truth, then it is hearsay. The world is full of fake churches who call themselves worshipping the Lord but are simply worshipping self, turning God’s truth into a lie to worship themselves, Romans 1:25. These places of worship hate the God of the bible, they do not recognize a Sovereign God, they do not recognize a God and Saviour that saves sinners, they do not recognize the facts of the bible, they do not worship God because they worship self. God said, “they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.” They reject the bible in reality and teach things God out right rejects, with the worst being works for salvation, “Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:9 Any organization that teaches works for salvation is not a church and is not teaching God’s truths. These people are not just mistaken they hate God’s truths, everything about Him and His word. They do not want God’s counsel, they do not want God’s word, they do not want the Sovereign God of the universe to control them. God rejects them, He gives them nothing and does not care to hear from them. God said “For that they hated knowledge” that means they hate the knowledge of the bible. Remember what Paul wrote in Romans chapter 3: 10 - 12 "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one...There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God...They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one."