Just a quick one... God is a jealous God. He hates when we give His glory/praise to others. Why then is jealousy a sin for us? That is, when we are jealous of perceived blessings going to the wicked (or willful unrepentant sinners)?
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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
Jealousy sin?
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Macca
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The jealousy you and I feel is selfish, for our own purposes.StaySalty said:
God, on the other hand, is "jealous" for our own good, not His. The term jealous God is for us to understand His feelings towar us when we wander away from what He knows is best for us, therefore it is not sinful as when we get jealous.
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Agreed, Macca. Not only that, but God is God.
I sometimes have to yell "QUIET!!" to get the kids in my class to stop talking as if they were still on the bus, but if one of them were to do that, he/she would be out of order. It has to do with who is in authority. God is the ultimate authority, and by definition HE is right. We do not get to decide what is right and then judge HIM by our own standards. Well, we can, but that is foolish.
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I sometimes have to yell "QUIET!!" to get the kids in my class to stop talking as if they were still on the bus, but if one of them were to do that, he/she would be out of order. It has to do with who is in authority. God is the ultimate authority, and by definition HE is right. We do not get to decide what is right and then judge HIM by our own standards. Well, we can, but that is foolish.
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StaySalty said:
Thank you for raising a very good question.
The Bible addresses several kinds of jealousy. Usually when man feels jealousy it's because he wants for himself something that someone else has, and he will sin to get it, or at the very least take it away from someone else who is enjoying it. That's the wrong kind.
But in the case of believers seeing good things going to unbelievers, and those unbelievers are abusing those good things to the harm of others, the Bible gives us this to consider:
When good things go to those who hate the Lord, it may be beneficial to remember it's all they get. It's all the happiness most of them will ever experience because most of them will never repent.
But when they take the good things God gives them and use it to do damage to others, especially to the apple of God's eye, it may be reassuring to remember that the reign of terror will be short lived, and then God will call them into account. He's merciful, and just.
But in the case of the Lord's jealousy, God alone is entitled to worship. So, in the same way a husband or wife experiences a righteous jealousy (if the proportion is correct) if the spouse has (truly and in fact) given that which belongs within the boundaries of marriage to another, God has this same jealousy when His creation gives the worship entitled to Him to a false god of man's own making.
(I'll post verses later.)
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well put,couldn't have said it any better myself.Macca said:The jealousy you and I feel is selfish, for our own purposes.
God, on the other hand, is "jealous" for our own good, not His. The term jealous God is for us to understand His feelings towar us when we wander away from what He knows is best for us, therefore it is not sinful as when we get jealous.
Macca.
I deal with a bit of jealosy sometimes.
(I have known my in laws for 17 years now, and all of a sudden along comes daughter in law number 3,actually she's #4 beause my brother in law was married twice but his second wife died of cancer last year. Well along comes - soon to be daughter in law #2 and she just lights up there eyes. I have their 2 grandkids and that makes them happy,I know that,but they treat her different than me,so I get jealous and I feel that way every time we are all together. I even told my inlaws how I feel,but ya think after awhile I'd get over it,but no. I still do get jealous and I have to ask God to help me with it. I always confess the sin to Him because it is not right for me to feel that way,I guess I just feel like OLE' HAT to them)
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whatseekye
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Jealousy is a very ugly sin because if you have a tendency to be jealous, it poisons and corrupts so many different areas of your life. You even get to the point where you are jealous of the work that God Himself is doing in your Christian brothers and sisters! It is important to not rationalize jealousy and hold on to it by second guessing God's wisdom on the matter. God is perfectly holy and I really believe that when he described himself as jealous, he wasn't referring to the ugly, bigoted, narrow emotion that we feel.
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