It is easy to see where this mentality of hatred and contempt comes from, the devil.
Love is of God and the devil hates God, he is the opposite of everything God would want on purpose. Those who love Christ have a far different form of love than the world has.
Those in the world love those who offer them something they want while discarding them when we do not bow to their every whim. However, the Love of God is demonstrated in Christians by their love for God first and then others.
The love for others is not based on feelings but rather it is based on enhancing the character qualities of those we love, warnings, sharing truth and encouragement to keep on seeking God.
The world says, "seek self for everything", Christians say, "seek God for everything in us."
The devil is busy working to convince hearts, influencing them to hate others while God influences believers to love others, deeply and consistently.
1 John 4:20
"20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen."
1 John 3:14
"14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death."
Romans 12:10
"10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; [a]give preference to one another in honor;"
Ephesians 4:2
"2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,"
1 John 3:14-19
"14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."
John 8:44
"44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
The devil will always lie and he will always do the speak the opposite of what God speaks. By opposite I mean, he often uses a little bit of truth to deceive but when it is mixed with his lies, it becomes all lies.
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