Hate Is the Fruit of What’s Missing

Stop claiming to be a follower of Christ if your life bears the fruit of hate.

Everywhere you look, hate is spilling over. It’s not confined to one group, one color, or one class. It cuts across racial lines, inter-racially and cross-racially, showing up in every direction. And if we’re honest, hate doesn’t start on the outside—it flows from the inside.

Hate Reveals the Lack Within

Scripture reminds us, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34). When hate pours out of someone’s lips or life, it’s not because of the person or group they target—it’s because of the emptiness, pain, or bitterness lodged inside of them. Hate is a mirror: it reflects what is missing. Missing love. Missing peace. Missing reconciliation with God.

Division Is Not of Christ

The tragedy is when those who claim the name of Christ embody hate and division. Let’s be clear: division is not Christ. He is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33). He is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). And He told us that the world would know us by our love, not by our ability to shout louder, attack harder, or draw deeper lines of separation.

When people claim to follow Jesus but their fruit is hate, they are deceiving themselves. “If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar” (1 John 4:20). That’s not my judgment—that’s Scripture.

The Kingdom Call: Different Fruit

We cannot keep confessing Christ while cultivating the fruit of the flesh. Hate, anger, malice, envy, strife—these are not Kingdom traits. The Spirit of Christ produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). That’s the real test.

If hate is the fruit, the tree is sick. If division is the outcome, the root is poisoned. And if we keep claiming Christ while spewing hate, we are misrepresenting His Kingdom to a watching world.

Stop Claiming, Start Living

The call today is simple: stop claiming to be a follower of Christ if your life bears the fruit of hate. Either surrender the hate at the cross or admit you’re not walking in the Way. Jesus said, “A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit” (Matthew 7:18).

This world doesn’t need more people claiming Christ while reflecting chaos. It needs men and women who will love across racial lines, heal divisions, and reflect a Kingdom that transcends earthly categories.

The world is fractured enough. The Kingdom has no room for hate.