A prime example of parsing good speech from bad is the notorious notion of “hate speech,” which involves designating certain kinds of remarks, gestures, expressions, and writings as intentionally hateful and thus worthy of regulation and even criminalization. Source; The Heritage Foundation

Recently I linked the iniquities of mankind to hating God. I went as far as to insinuate that acts of sin were a way of telling God that we hate Him, hate speech. My way of interpreting this is founded in reversing the words of Jesus. 

John 14:15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”

If you do not love Jesus, disobey Him.

I want to make this point as clear as possible, this is not about how God feels about His creation, it is about how we treat God.

Let us take a brief step back to a recent quote from Genesis 3:16 Amplified Bible

To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth; In pain you will give birth to children; Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband, And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you.”

God’s will is that we, the church, become betrothed to His Son, Jesus Christ, who shall have authority over us and be responsible for us.

This is the key to understanding how God can put aside our iniquities because He has relinquished His need for justice to His Son who by authority and responsibility has said to the Father “Her sins fall on me.”

Since Jesus lived and died as the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world, His free will sacrifice gives Him the right to declare His Bride is cleansed of all uncleanness by His death and resurrection. When He ascended to the Right Hand of the Throne of God He has the right to declare that His Bride is covered by the shedding of His blood.

It is not a matter of justice any longer, it is a matter of love.

Are you betrothed to the Son and do you love Him?