Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity.
–Hebrews 1:9 (KJV)–

If I love God with all my heart, then I will hate world religions, demon gods, idols, blasphemous expressions, and secular parenting that intentionally keeps the Word of God out of the view of children (Exod. 20:3-12).

If I love my neighbor as myself, then I will hate crime, hate murder, hate gangs that ruin people’s lives, hate cheating and marital unfaithfulness, hate stealing, hate it when people bear false witness against others, and hate the thought of jealously coveting anything that belongs to my neighbor–whether it be his house, wife, car, or boat (Exod. 20:13-17).

The love of the one gives birth to the hate of the other. The love of the saints makes us hate the wicked: “thou hatest all workers of iniquity” (Ps. 5:5). Evangelism makes us compel them to come in, but if they hate God and his Word, its only natural for us to consider them enemies to be prayed for and to love, but not in the same way as we love the saints of God. But rather in a “pity the fool” sort of way. The God of the Bible is righteous; and to love him means that we will hate everything that his Word is against. Our concept of love needs to be informed by the Word of God. Once it is, then we can become just like Noah, who was “a preacher of righteousness,” before God brought “in the flood upon the world of the ungodly” (2 Peter 2:5).