HATING SIN

Because the Lord hates sin, His followers must hate sin. If evil enrages Him, it should also enrage us. If immorality provokes God's wrath, we should be angered by it as well ... especially if we see it within ourselves. 

David lamented over what he witnessed ... Indignation has taken hold of me because of the wicked, who forsake Your law. (Psalm 119:53)

Christ displayed 'righteous anger' ... And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves. (Matthew 21:12)

Today, preachers deliver 'sermonettes' laced with humorous anecdotes in an attempt to not 'offend' the hearer. Instead of boldly preaching against sin, they condone it. 

The Bible warned of a day when people will flock to these churches ... For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires, and they will turn their ears away from the truth and will turn aside to myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4)

Christians must be 'indignant' ... not 'apathetic' toward sin. If you're not at all upset by immorality, you are unwittingly encouraging it in those who know you. 

Spurgeon - To be angry against sin is a high and holy thing.

Be aware that there is a kind of anger that can arise from your latent 'sin nature'. Human emotions are tainted by a limited worldview. Do not allow pride, arrogance, or resentment to corrupt a wave of 'righteous anger' prompted by the Holy Spirit. 

Walk circumspectly ... For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (Galatians 5:13)

You can have anger toward sin and yet show grace toward those steeped in it.