5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. (Psalm 5:5)
So our first principle in this thread is this: God hates all workers of iniquity.
Who, then, is a worker of iniquity?
2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. 3 They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. (Psalm 14:2-3)
2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. 3 Every one of them has turned aside; They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. (Psalm 53:2-3)
10 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one." (Romans 3:10-12)
Psalm 14:3 tells us that there is none who does good.
Psalm 53:3 tells us that there is none who does good.
Romans 3:12 tells us that there is none who does good.
No, not one. Not a single person who has ever lived does good.
Back to our question: Who is a worker of iniquity?
The answer is clear: Everyone. Everyone who has ever lived, is living, or ever will live is a worker of iniquity, and God hates them.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil. (Jeremiah 13:23)
So our first principle in this thread is this: God hates all workers of iniquity.
Who, then, is a worker of iniquity?
2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. 3 They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. (Psalm 14:2-3)
2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. 3 Every one of them has turned aside; They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. (Psalm 53:2-3)
10 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one." (Romans 3:10-12)
Psalm 14:3 tells us that there is none who does good.
Psalm 53:3 tells us that there is none who does good.
Romans 3:12 tells us that there is none who does good.
No, not one. Not a single person who has ever lived does good.
Back to our question: Who is a worker of iniquity?
The answer is clear: Everyone. Everyone who has ever lived, is living, or ever will live is a worker of iniquity, and God hates them.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil. (Jeremiah 13:23)