Hating What God Hates - Despising the Detestable

As we continue the Evil in Disguise series, it's time we confront a truth many ignore: some things are not just “bad,” they are detestable to God. Yet in our culture, particularly in Jamaica, practices like obeah, spiritual baths, and even "small science" remedies are often normalized. But God doesn’t make cultural exceptions for what He has called abominable.

1. Normalizing the Detestable

“You must not bring an abominable thing into your house...” – Deuteronomy 7:26When spiritual darkness is repackaged as heritage or protection, we welcome bondage. Obeah, ancestral rituals, and other hidden spiritual practices are detestable to God, even if our culture dresses them in tradition.

2. Spiritual Mixing is Not Sanctified

“They feared the Lord, but also served their own gods...” – 2 Kings 17:33Like Israel, we often attempt to blend faith in God with ungodly customs. But worship polluted by demonic practices is not worship, it’s deception.

3. What God Hates, We Must Hate

“Let those who love the Lord hate evil...” – Psalm 97:10To love God is to reject what He rejects, regardless of how normalized it has become. Tolerance of evil dulls our discernment and dims our witness.

Walk It Out:

• Have I embraced practices that God calls detestable?

• Do I call evil “good” in the name of culture or tradition?

• How can I grow in agreeing that what He calls abominable is indeed abominable?