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Enmity

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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"opposition; very bitter, deep-rooted, irreconcilable hatred and variance. Such a constant enmity there is between the followers of Christ and Satan; nay, there is some such enmity between mankind and some serpents (Genesis 3:15). Friendship with this world, in its wicked members and lusts, is enmity with God is opposed to the love of him, and amounts to an actual exerting of ourselves to dishonor and abuse him (James 4:4; 1 John 2:15-16). The carnal mind, or minding of fleshly and sinful things, is enmnity against God is opposed to his nature and will in the highest degree, and, though it may be removed, cannot be reconciled to him, nor he to it (Romans 8:7-8). The ceremonial law is called enmity: it marked God's enmity against sin by demanding atonement for it; it occasioned men's enmity against God by its burdensome services, and was an accidental source of standing variance between Jews and Gentiles: or perhaps the enmity here meant is the state of variance between God and men, whereby he justly loathed and hated them as sinful, and condemned them to punishment; and they wickedly hated him for his holy excellence, retributive justice, and sovereign goodness: both are slain and abolished by the death of Christ (Ephesians 2:15-16)."

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Enmity'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​e/enmity.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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