For us, jealousy isn’t attractive, but for God, it’s a holy attribute. God is unhappy when we worship anyone besides Him. Only He deserves our praise.
From James 4:5-6: “Or do you suppose that it is for nothing that the scripture says, ‘God yearns jealously for the spirit that He has made to dwell in us’? But He gives all the more grace.”
I think we find it hard to work out when jealousy is appropriate and healthy, and when it is unattractive and unhealthy.
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Thanks for sharing these thoughts. I find much to think about with the contrasting messages . . . just as we sometimes feel.
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I think God’s jealously is one example of what I was teaching at the beginning of my attribute of God series where there is a Creator/Creature distinction and God is so unique in what His attributes are like compared to creatures
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Pastor Jim, I appreciate you sharing from your series. Throughout the Bible, God haZ a single desire for His flock to follow and obey Him.
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Amen
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