Ajani

I have no concept of a God who hates people either, for the record. I do have a concept of one who loves so much that He sacrificed everything to give us the chance to be close to Him again. But I didn't understand that until I got to know Him, so I totally understand your confusion.

As for all sin being equal but one, it's true. All sin is equal, and none separate us from God's love. The only thing that separates us from Him is rejecting him (historically called "blaspheming the Holy Spirit). Of course our rejection of another separates us from that person. Therefore it's looked on as a greater sin, since it is the only one that can eternally divide us from Him as long as we're living it out. The rest, as Christians, we strive to not commit. But you can't commit that one and call yourself a Christian at the same time. Kinda impossible to reject someone and believe in and follow Him at the same time.

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