1 Hebrews 1 - Love Righteousness; Hate Wickedness
Love and hate. Righteousness and wickedness. In God is the ability to love righteousness and to hate wickedness, and His Son has inherited this flawless trait…
8But about the Son he says,
   ”Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever,
      and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.
 9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
      therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
      by anointing you with the oil of joy.”
With righteousness as his sceptor, Jesus rules in justice. What is justice? It is blessing the wicked who turned good; cursing the good who turned wicked. We tend to value human compassion over God’s justice, when justice is the higher value.
One problem man has is the flaw of imperfect knowledge. We can value perfect justice, but we are unable to carry it out. We can model it, but we cannot live it, and we are afraid of making mistakes. So, we are overly harsh on the good, and overly lenient with the wicked; neither is God’s justice.
Jeus loves righteousness, and hates wickedness. In our actions, they are treated the same in the fear of being wrong… and so we are wrong on all counts, not just the extremes. As imperfect people, we should endeaver to be like Him more… not less. We should strive for righteousness.
Just believe Him and obey Him. God’s will, and perfect justice, will be done.