From one of my all-time favorite books, The Pursuit of Holiness (Jerry Bridges):
We cannot escape the fact that God hates our sins. We may trifle with our sins or excuse them, but God hates them.
Therefore every time we sin, we are doing something God hates. He hates our lustful thoughts, our pride and jealousy, our outbursts of temper, and our rationalization that the end justifies the means. We need to be gripped by the fact that God hates all these things. We become so accustomed to our sins we sometimes lapse into a state of peaceful coexistence with them, but God never ceases to hate them.
I’ve been re-reading this book this week and have been reminded how penetrating and probing the book is while also offering help, hope, and encouragement.
Words of Grace 