1. 1 John 4:10-12 – “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.”
2. Leviticus 19:17 – “Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.”
3. Leviticus 19:18 – “Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”
4. 1 John 3:15 – [KJV] “Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.”
5. 1 John 2:9 – “He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.”
6. 1 John 4:20 – “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
7. Proverbs 15:17 – “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”
8. Proverbs 10:12 – “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”
9. Matthew 10:22 – “And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.”
10. John 15:18 – “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.”
11. Romans 12:9 – “Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”
12. John 17:14 – “I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”

Hate is the nature of the Devil; therefore, all evil is associated with hate. Its consequential effects are evident in individual life, family life, Church life, and society at large.

The Effects on Individual Personal Life

• Loss of Eternity with God: The often-overlooked effect of hate in an individual’s life is the loss of eternal fellowship with God. A hater possesses the nature of the Devil, which is the opposite of God’s nature of love, and the two natures repel each other. God sees the hater as a murderer, and no murderer can have a place with God in eternity [1 John 3:15].
• Loss of Joy and Peace: When a hater encounters the object of his hatred, he becomes emotionally disturbed, losing peace, joy, and happiness. This emotional turmoil may lead to overwhelming sadness, poor concentration, and suboptimal performance [1 Thessalonians 5:16].
• Unstable Life: The story of Cain in Genesis chapter 4 illustrates how hatred can destabilize a person. Chronic haters often behave erratically, as seen in King Saul’s persecution of David [1 Samuel].
• Development of an Unforgiving Spirit: Hatred fosters a root of bitterness that is difficult to uproot, causing the hater to lose fellowship with God as long as the object of hate remains in his heart [Ephesians 4:32].
• Health-Related Challenges: Prolonged hatred can cause insomnia, migraines, hypertension, stroke, and premature death. These health issues hinder activity, increase medical expenses, and negatively affect social and economic well-being.
• Brutish Lifestyle: Sustaining hatred can make an individual cruel and merciless toward the object of hate, with this behavior eventually affecting others.
• Inability to Render Help: Some individuals who have suffered adversity may refuse to assist others in need, despite God’s instruction not to grow weary in doing good [Galatians 6:9].
• Becoming an Avenger: Hatred often drives people to seek revenge, using all possible evil means to settle scores, including joining cults, engaging in witchcraft, or criminal activity [Romans 12:9-21].
• Becoming a Murderer: A hater is a potential murderer. God equates hatred with murder [1 John 3:15], as illustrated by Cain. Some haters resort to assassins, poisoning, or dark spiritual practices to eliminate their targets.
• Becoming a Saboteur: Hatred fosters resistance to authority and the desire to undermine others, creating obstacles in workplaces, institutions, and governments
• Becoming a Social Nuisance: Chronic haters may turn into drunkards, vandals, thieves, or thugs, disrupting communities and breaking relationships.

Family is the foundation of society. Failure within a family can ripple into communities, towns, cities, and nations. Hate disrupts family life and leads to chaos, while love restores God’s intended harmony.

1. Hate creates disharmony: Families rooted in hate experience rancor, strife, infidelity, divorce, and troubled children. Such children often struggle to express love or empathy and may become societal nuisances.
2. Lack of peace and joy: Homes filled with hate are chaotic, hostile, and unaccommodating. Peace and happiness are absent [Luke 23:34].
3. Strained relationship with God: Families steeped in hate cannot reflect God’s nature, and their prayers remain largely unanswered [1 Peter 3:7].
4. Reduced longevity: Hate breeds neglect, poisoning, or other destructive behaviors, undermining health and life expectancy.
5. Ungodly children: Parents consumed by hate fail to provide proper upbringing, producing children prone to societal disruption.
6. Stunted family progress: Hate undermines unity, affecting spiritual, moral, physical, and economic growth.
7. Loss of Godly expectations: Families living in hate fail to nurture Godly children, producing offspring aligned with the Devil’s nature [Malachi 2:13-16].
8. Ill-treatment: Abuse, neglect, and maltreatment are common, pushing children toward vices such as alcoholism, theft, or rebellion.
9. Collusion with external aggression: Hatred within a family may invite outside forces to destabilize the household.

1. A Church with members living in hate loses favor with God [John 13:34-35; 1 John 4:7-8]. John 13:34-35 says: “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
2. Hate stalls the manifestation of God’s power, as sin in one member disrupts the entire congregation [Matthew 13:53-58]. “And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. And he came into his own country, and taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? And they were offended in him.”
3. Prayers are hindered when hate persists, except by God’s mercy [1 Peter 3:7].
4. Hate undermines unity, leaving the Church powerless against Satan.
5. Churches accommodating hate belong to the Devil, as hate originates from him.
6. Such Churches fail to showcase God’s Kingdom, reflecting worldly nature rather than God’s.

1. Hate breaks relationships between friends, spouses, business partners, and institutions, often leading to dysfunction, unemployment, poverty, crime, and societal instability.
2. Hate causes underdevelopment when leaders or policymakers favor those they like and neglect others. Resources may be diverted from hospitals, schools, and utilities to personal use.
3. Criminal behavior often stems from hate, motivated by vengeance or rebellion.
4. Hatred among tribes, families, and nations incites war, insurgency, communal clashes, and civil unrest.
5. Hate leads to harsh policies, economic distress, and social unrest.
6. Hatred fosters vandalism and destruction, as haters cannot appreciate or protect what belongs to others.
7. Hate promotes darkness and the pursuit of occult or supernatural powers for revenge.
8. People living with hate aid criminal activity and societal chaos, including kidnapping, insurgency, and terrorism.
9. Hatred creates social nuisances: rapists, ritualists, cultists, kidnappers, and armed robbers.
10. Hate often leads to ‘destiny abortion,’ where the object of hate is denied help, affecting their future potential.

1. Accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord [John 1:12-13] to restore God’s original nature of love and receive grace to practice it.
2. Rejoice in the Lord always [1 Thessalonians 5:16]: “Rejoice evermore.” A glad heart has no place for hate.
3. Forgive others, closing the door to hate [Luke 23:34; Matthew 6:14-15; Acts 7:59-60].
4. Live a life of love, as God commands [1 John 4:7,12; Ephesians 4:32; Leviticus 19:17; Matthew 22:37-40]. Love covers a multitude of sins [1 Peter 4:8].
5. Do not avenge yourself; trust God for justice [Romans 12:9-21].
6. Follow Jesus’ teachings in the Beatitudes [Matthew 5:21-26, 38-48].
7. Trust in the Lord, not man [Isaiah 26:3-4; Proverbs 3:5-8]: “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”
8. Remember that man cannot always be trusted [Micah 7:5; Jeremiah 9:5].
9. Always clothe yourself with mercy [Galatians 6:9]: “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

To be continued in the subsequent posts…..

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