Should a Christian Hate?

Psalms 97:9
For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

He is the God of gods, and He is exalted high upon His throne. The enemy of our souls would like to overthrow God, but he can't because God is God.

Psalms 97:10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

I'm glad God preserves His saints, and I'm glad He tells those who love the Lord to hate evil. Our first love, our first everything is to God, and here we see two sides of the coin, to love the Lord on one side, and to hate evil on the other.

People say, "Hate is a strong word" and it is, and it's a word that God uses.

Ecclesiastics 3:8
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Revelation 2:6
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

It's obvious from just the few verses provided, that God does hate certain things, and if Jesus hates certain things, and we are commanded to be followers of God.

Ephesians 5:1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Then as Christians we need to follow His example, and hate the things God hates. Hate is a strong word, a very strong word, but it's used time and time again in the Bible. It's impossible to have true, unconditional love without hating the enemy that seeks to destroy it.

I look at it this way, how can one love being in great health, without hating horrible diseases? Or how can one love a beautiful pristine mountain lake, without hating the ugly garbage people might throw into it?

The truth is one loves as much as one hates, the more a Christian loves God, the more he hates sin. The more a Christian loves what Jesus loves, the more he hates the things that are against Christ.