Galatians 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love.

Every believer has some level of faith. Some have great faith and some have little faith. To obtain the desires of our hearts, the Word of God states, we must have the tiniest level of faith (Matthew 17:20).

Along with faith, some believers have hatred in their hearts towards people. Some people still have hatred in their hearts towards a person based on how that person treated them in high school. Some people’s hatred stems a little deeper. Some people have hatred towards a person who abused or neglected them in their past. Some have hatred towards groups of individuals such as, police officers, other races, and people with sexual preferences that go against the ways of God.

As a believer, this can’t be. We can have all the faith in the world, but if hate is in our hearts, our faith won’t produce anything. By having hate in our hearts, we miss out on two major things.

1. We don’t get to experience all the promises of God. The promises of God are received by faith (Rom. 4:16). Since faith works by love, if hate is in our hearts, hate short-circuits our faith.

2. We can’t honestly display our affiliation with Jesus Christ. John 13:35 says, by this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” With hate in our hearts, we can’t honestly say we’re disciples of Jesus Christ.

With the assistance of the Holy Spirit, remove the hate, and maintain the love.