God's Intolerance of sin.

     For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; no evil dwells with you. The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity. You destroy those who speak falsehood; the Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
                                       Psalm 5:4-5 nasb

     Many individuals have this idea that their sin does not really matter to God. They seem to have this false sense of security that He overlooks their arrogance, their dishonesty, their deviant sexual lifestyles, their hatred and bitterness, and so forth. We live in an age of religious tolerance that has allowed individuals to "embrace" Christianity without being radically transformed by the new birth.
     The truth is God hates sin. It is an abomination to Him regardless of what man may say about it. He cannot fellowship with darkness no matter what we think about it (1 John 1:5-6). Look carefully at the above verses. God has told us in His inspired word that He hates, abhors, the workers of iniquity (Psalm 5:5).
     How do we reconcile this with John 3:16? It says here that He loved the world enough to send Jesus Christ to die for us. This is true! God does not desire the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 18:31-32). In His great love for sinful man, He has done all that He possibly could, to make it possible for us to be reconciled to Him.
     Yet God must punish sin, He must punish those who persist in their rebellion against Him, for this is what really lies at the heart of the matter; rebellion against the sovereign, holy God (Romans 8:7).
     There are those who teach that the God of the Old Testament was angry and full of vengeance. They believe that now in the age of grace He has "softened" a bit. He now loves everyone just as they are and tolerates all manners of sin because of the grace obtained through Christ Jesus.
     Look at passages such as Romans 1:18, or Romans 2:5-16. These passages show us that God still hates sin, and those who practice sin will still face His righteous judgment. Look at passages such as Galatians 5:19-21, or Ephesians 5:5-6. God's wrath will come upon those who disobey Him. He has not changed, sin will be judged. In His holiness, He hates sin, and will not tolerate it. In Revelation 19:15, we see that God indeed has a fierce wrath. He is consistent in this.
     Someday the books will be opened, and sin will be judged, the sinner eternally punished (Rev 20:11-15).
     Do not be lulled to sleep by a message of religious tolerance. Your only Hope is to repent of your rebellion against God, and to be born again through faith in Jesus Christ. He will wash your sins away, and change your life from the inside out. If any man is in Christ Jesus, he is a new creation. The old sinful man is gone, done away with, and the new has come. That new man is being created in righteousness and truth, being made to be just like Christ (2 Cor 5:17; Eph 4:24; Titus 3:4-7).