Good And Evil Switcharoo

Looking closer at some terms we take for granted.

Sometimes the things that we usually think of as strictly evil can be used in a good way and even attributed to God:

Hate

Romans 9:13
Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

Jealousy

Exodus 34:14
Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Anger

Ephesians 4:26a
Be angry, and yet do not sin.

Fear

Psalm 128:4
Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.

And vise versa:

Love

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.

This is the same principle of the yeast in the bread. It’s not the bread that is unacceptable but the yeast in it. (Leviticus 2:11)