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Christianity, Daddy Freeze, Elections & Bitterness: Hate 2019 -By Nneka Okumazie

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Hate is also functional when the experience isn’t personal, recent, or consequential. Hate can be hasty, generalized, active and dangerous.

Hate can be intense because it is more of a short-term game, to sabotage, not always a long game.

The impact of all quantities of hate is visible everywhere, every day. The determination to hate and its replication makes the world strange.

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What solution has the world to hate, that isn’t say hated? Why are all forms of hate not a global crisis, where resources are scrambled for solutions – rather than ignored?

How much of hate is profitable enough to permit its destruction? Hate from one experience becomes the passion, for some, to hate everything [about it], and to tell others to hate.

Hate is far powerful when the weak is targeted. Depending on the situation, anyone can be weak. The rich is hated and the poor too is hated. But the impact on both may differ depending on the situation.

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It is almost impossible to love in a world of swinging hate. It is almost difficult to try to have a good heart when there’re suggestions to the mind to hate and people often push hate.

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Love is tough – that is true love. But true love is sometimes solely possible for a small group of family, friends, and others.

It is really difficult to love others – as self, or thy neighbor as thyself, prescribed in the Scriptures. There are really wicked family members, friends, and others who may hate for a reason, big or small, known or unknown. Some also hate for no reason. To love them can be very tough. [Matthew 5:44, But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;]

But learning to love, in spite of everything, is a priceless behavioral quality. Love to others is rare, but hate is abundant. Yes, the heart of love could mean open heart to others without assumption of likelihood because of religion, ethnicity, class, education, status or location.

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[Matthew 5:46, For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?]

Hate can inspire something worse. Hate can be the misfortune that someone – who did nothing – meets somewhere.

There are some who give hate fiercely who may never understand – in this world – what pain they have caused. There are some who got away with hate and saw it as promotion – for more.

But genuine Christianity is the only workable answer to hate. Anyone can argue and somersault – because they hate the Christian Faith, the Truth is the Truth.

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[Mark 16:15, And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.] [Acts 1:8, But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.] [John 3:17, For GOD sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.] [2 Timothy 1:7, For GOD hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.]

So the solution to hate is found in Christ. No condemnation. No hate. But to preach the Gospel of JESUS, which is also the Gospel of Love. [Luke 10:27, And He answering said, Thou shalt love the LORD thy GOD with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.]

There are several things that come to mind, by itself, to prompt hate. There are several messages especially over digital that recommends hate, but the Holy Ghost and Power are also great to watch and pray.

Yes, wickedness is painful. Vindictiveness is tempting. Bitterness is like natural, but it is always great to never take the bait. One reason is because at the time of retaliation, the effects can bring new motivations for whoever is affected.

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Psychology is too slow in finding solutions to hate and similar problems. Or maybe psychology as it is, is flawed, or maybe there are several mind and behavioral problems that are beyond the scope of psychology and therapy.

Genuine Christianity solves problems like adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. It also has fruit like love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.

Science and technology has no solution to greed, evil, wickedness, bitterness, hate, unknown intentions, pretense, several hidden acts, etc. And they are not priority of science and technology to solve.

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For genuine Christians, Christ says love, give love. No matter what is received, or heard, or seen, or affected by, give love.

The Holy Spirit and the Power of GOD can help strongly to shape the mind and behavior more than anything else.

Sometimes, people don’t know what they are doing, why they hate, the consequences or who they think it will affect, but they hate anyways. Some later regret, but damage is done. But genuine Christians avoid all of these with love for GOD and for others.

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Love can seem unnecessary, or hard, or stupid, or the mind can fight it, but love, true love, to others is invaluable. [1 Samuel 18:3, Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.] [Ruth 1:16, And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, [or] to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and thy GOD my GOD:] [Job 19:25, For I know [that] my Redeemer liveth, and [that] He shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:] [Psalm 136:24, And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for His mercy [endureth] for ever.]

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