Hating every false way

Ps 119:102-104
I do not turn aside from your rules,
for you have taught me.
How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.

Am I just trying not to sin because I don’t want to look like a sinner, or am I avoiding sin because I hate it as God hates it? Those are two different motivations for living holy. The first is a motivation to look good before men. This motivation is also ultmately ends in failure because as long as people aren’t look at us, the sin is suddenly ok.
The second motivation drives us to hate sin always because we see it as God sees it. We see sin as a lie.
How do I tell which motivation is pushing me in my spriitual walk? If I find myself weaker to sin’s temptation when I am not being watched, then there’s a good chance I am likely trying to live holy only for the public show.
If we have God’s hatred for sin, then sin loses that appeal.
How do we learn to hate sin? And yes, we must learn it because our flesh is prone to sin. We learn from His Word as He teaches us through the Holy Spirit. I think this goes directly along with, “I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.” We recognize a sin in our life, we declare war on it by memorizing and studying revelevant passages in the Bible, and as we see sin as God does, we hate it.

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