From 252b83d90638fe53cac498c642da4f6ada0b1948 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 1LoisC Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:15:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'articles/jealousjealousy.md' --- articles/jealousjealousy.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 articles/jealousjealousy.md diff --git a/articles/jealousjealousy.md b/articles/jealousjealousy.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e1a5667 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/jealousjealousy.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# Jealous (Jealousy) + +The words “jealous” and “jealousy” are used to talk about a very strong emotion. A person who is jealous may have a strong desire to protect what they have or to protect something. For example, a man may become jealous if his wife commits adultery with another man (see: Numbers 5:29-30). + +A person who is jealous may have a strong desire to have what someone else has. They may be angry because something good happened to someone else instead of to them (see: Genesis 37:11; Acts 5:17). This kind of jealousy is similar to greed or envy. This kind of jealousy is a sin and can cause people to fight with one another (see: Romans 13:13-14; Galatians 5:19-21). + +See: Adultery; Greed (Covet); Sin + +#### More Information About This Topic + +The Bible describes God as a “jealous God” (see: Exodus 20:5; 34:14; Deuteronomy 4:24; 5:9; 6:15; 32:16). That is, God does not want his people worshiping false gods. God wants his people to worship only him. The kind of jealousy that God has is not a sin. + +God also wants to make the Jews jealous by blessing the Gentiles (see: Romans 10:19; 11:11; Romans 11:14). That is, if the Jews become jealous because the Gentiles are being blessed, then the Jews may repent so that God will bless them too. + +Paul said he had a “godly jealousy” for the Christians in Corinth (see: 2 Corinthians 11:2). That is, he wanted to protect the Christians from false teachers. + +See: False gods; Worship; Israel; Gentile; Repent (Repentance); Bless (Blessing); Godly (Godliness); Jesus’ Return to Earth