Ok so now I am going to use logic; let me emphasize the word Jealous.
1. Jealous when used as an envious/spiteful reaction (which this mistake, that led Oprah to her demise) is generally defined in a negative way. For short we are going to call this form of Jealous "of"
2. Jealous when used to emphasize care and worth in belonging to the user, can also be bad, but in our case I'll show you why it isn't. We are going to call this form of Jealosy "for"
So using a logic equation we get 4 responses wo what I have said only 2 of which can be right.
1. God is jealous "of" me? (REALLY?! Oprah really, How you get so bad....)
2. God is jealous "for" me? (Thought provoking....)
Remember when I said we were gonna use the word love in replace of God? Many jealous actions can be made in Love that are indeed pardonable, I would even say it magnifies the love and care of the individual who became Jealous. If your spouse cheats, Jealousy takes charge in showing the worth of the spouse who got cheated on (Am I not good enough for you? OR Don't I deserve better? OR what do you see in him/her that you don't see in me?) The cheating can be completely detrimental to the relationship..... So now using the complex word Love we replace God and you come up with these questions....
1. God in Love is Jealous "of" me? (That don't make sense....)
2. God in Love is Jealous "for" me? (I really hope that the light is going off.....)
God selfishly wants you for himself, he is the God that is love and the God that is willing to forgive in your worship of other things over himself.. Yes even in Oprah's confused mind, God is willing to forgive her. In God's selfishness of you he has shown through his son, just how much he selflessly humble he became to have you. Coming down from heaven, the blessed glorious kingdom you created, into a sinful world where you would be rejected in, you watched from the beginning, that you had this plan from the beginning. You would be rejected, bruised, beaten, tortured mocked and put to death on a tree, when you did NOTHING wrong. You did it, to make your enemies (those that still have your wrath over them) just know you. With our choosing to follow we get even more from you. As if heaven weren't already enough we get the Spirit to help us on earth, we get to grow in wisdom, lead a blessed life, and hopefully lead others in making the same choice. I THANK GOD FOR BEING SO JEALOUS "FOR" ME.
Yes, he does wants us for himself just like the first lyrics in "how he loves" by david crowder,"he is jealous for me, loves like a hurricane....."
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