The LORD is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and rage. He takes revenge on all who oppose Him and continues to rage against His enemies!
Nahum 1:2
For you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
1 Corinthians 3:3 (ESV)
If jealousy is bad, a sign of living in the flesh as opposed to the Spirit, then how can God be jealous?
A sanctified jealousy: God for His holy name and for the exclusive worship of His people as such is sanctified.
As a one spouse would be when the other spouse were unfaithful.
Jealous: possessive and watchful in the maintenance or protection (of): jealous of one’s reputation
“God’s jealousy is love in action. He refuses to share the human heart with any rival, not because He is selfish and wants us all for Himself, but because He knows that upon that loyalty to Him depends our very moral life… God is not jealous of us: He is jealous for us.” – Alan Redpath
“God’s jealousy, therefore, is a concern for the holiness, integrity, purity of ethics, and Christian standards for His people. Because of this, He will refuse to brook a rival in our affections for Him, not because of a selfish greed which wishes us all for His own possession, but simply because He knows that His great purpose for us of purity and holiness of life depends on our personal surrender and submission to His purpose.” – Alan Redpath
It’s good for God to be jealous for us; it demonstrates how much He loves us. However, let’s not provoke that jealousy.
2 Kings 23:4-7
I can’t believe all of this was going on in the Temple of the Most High God.
What is going on the church today that is displeasing, dishonoring, and despicable in the sight of the Most High God?
I love that I have a God that is jealous and wants me.
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