Has been often said 'I hate this or I hate that' and I expect we are all guilty. We may feel justified saying that we hate the devil, but consider. If we hate it only goes to show that the object of our hate still has power over us.
e.g. Consider a secure adult being bothered by a obnoxious child, the child's behavior may be totally out of control and as an adult we may be repulsed by the behavior but because the child is really no threat to us and is totally under our control we may strongly dislike the behavior but we don't hate the child itself.
Scripture says "perfect love casts out all fears', and we know there is only one source of perfect love and that Creator has control over everything, therefore if we are a part of that perfect love we have power over everything and hate has no position of power. Of course our ultimate example is Jesus Christ.
However, in our fallen condition we are still in the battle - until we lay this body down - or - we are brought into the condition were all things are possible - even the translation.
e.g. Consider a secure adult being bothered by a obnoxious child, the child's behavior may be totally out of control and as an adult we may be repulsed by the behavior but because the child is really no threat to us and is totally under our control we may strongly dislike the behavior but we don't hate the child itself.
Scripture says "perfect love casts out all fears', and we know there is only one source of perfect love and that Creator has control over everything, therefore if we are a part of that perfect love we have power over everything and hate has no position of power. Of course our ultimate example is Jesus Christ.
However, in our fallen condition we are still in the battle - until we lay this body down - or - we are brought into the condition were all things are possible - even the translation.