God Hates Bad Websites?

So, in Emily and I's study of Romans last night, we came across Romans 3:21-31 which some of the most exciting verses in the entire Bible. Though these verses are commonly used as condemning ("for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God") but there is much more hope than anything else. Sure, we may have fallen short of the glory of God, but do you understand what that means? We are actually have the potential to not fall short of the glory of God. Remember that we are in fact created in God's image and though we are currently marred, we will one day, through Christ, be restored to glory.

Anyway, Romans 3:22-24 is glorious. It says, "22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely..." You see it? Yeah, all have sinned, but look what's before it and after it. "All who believe!" "All are justified!" It's beautiful and wonderful and deserves celebration.*

So, I was going to browse to the infamous godhatesfags.com, a website and church dedicated to declaring God's hatred for a variety of things, such as America, Mexico, Catholics, soliders, and lots of sinners. Upon my last perusing of this site, I found literature saying that the "world" in "For God so loved the world" did not refer to everyone in the word, but just some; that it's wrong and immoral to think that God loves everyone since we have verses such as "God loved Jacob but hated Esau"; heck, they even make up Bible verses, such as a non-existent phrase in Proverbs 1:22, "God doesn't love everyone, you simpleton" (Prov. 1:2).

However, I found it absolutely fascinating that their website (at least around midnight last night) just would not load. I couldn't get to their front page, their literature, anything. I just laughed and laughed at this fact. They who condemn so well can't get their own website to run. Which I suppose in the end is a good thing (though it might be running right now, I can't tell because Bethel blocked parts of it). But anyway, I might have to start a new website, godhatesbadwebsites.com.


*And no, I'm not preaching universalism in the sense that no matter what you think about Jesus, you're going to heaven. However, I am saying that everyone, absolutely everyone, has salvation, justification, redemption, all of that available to them, as long as they believe or, as Paul puts it, follow the "law of faith."