Friday, October 22, 2010

God is Jealous... Read this if it bothers you

Alright; the passage in scripture that fuels the belief of the most powerful woman in the world....  God is a jealous God.  Well if you went as far as Oprah did in your thinking and you came to the conclusion that God is jealous of you, then I'm here to correct that.  Using scripture and logic I'm going to determine what that Jealousy really is...  Oprah you FAIL SO HARD!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB4J1JpG_PA  Just skip to about 1:40 to hear the story, but don't watch if you don't want want to throw up.

Ok I did a BUNCH of Bible referrening here; while I wholeheartedly recommend opening up a bible and reading the passages I use, know there there are ALOT of them....  Alright our tools we are going to use to determine what the Christian's God Jealousy are all about.  First off, we aren't running from this fact, The scripture calls God a Jealous God in 2 passages:

1st place: Joshua 24:19  But Joshua said to the people, "You cannot serve the LORD, for He is a holy God (You aren't Oprah.)   He is a jealous God;  He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Interrpretted as:  This is part of old man Joshua's Second speech after the Israelites had successfully driven the Canaanites out (Chapter 11)  He is talking about if the israelites ever start worshipping other idols how God is Jealous (He LOVES Isael), and always will be (read on into verse 20, and continue to witness the Israelites commitment to serving God alone.)

2nd Place:  Nahum 1:2  God is jealous, and the LORD avenges;  The LORD avenges and is furious.  The LORD will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath on his enemies.
Interpretted as:  This is clarifying the God's eternal love for the Kingdom of Israel, and how angry he gets when his children commit spiritual adultery against him.  (which they have, God dispersed them because of this ((Deuteronomy 4:27, and Deuteronomy 28:64)....  And James whole letter is immediately addressed to the dispersed tribes of Israel ((James 1:1)). lol weird Parenthesis usage, but you get it.  He did Scatter them to in Zechariah 7:14 "But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known.  Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate."

Ok so again, I'M NOT RUNNING FROM THE FACT GOD IS JEALOUS, time to tackle this absurdity of it being directed of "me/us" using some logic.  I'm gonna start with the traits of God......
1. Eternal (Deuteronomy 33:27)
2. Immortal (there is a difference between immortal and eternal; 1st Timothy 1:17, 6:16)
3. Omnipotent (Genesis 17:1)
4. Omniscient (Psalms 139:1-6, Proverbs 5:21)
5. Omnipresent (Psalms 139:7)
6. Immutable or unchanging (Psalms 102: 26-27)
7. Perfect (Matthew 5:48)
8. Holy (Psalms 99:9, Isaiah 5:16)
I could even say uncontainable (1st Kings 8:27 <-*REALLY COOL VERSE* and Jeremiah 23:24) or how about many declarations in scripture of none equalling himself......  (Isaiah 43:10, Deuteronomy 33:26, Isaiah 44:6, and Exodus 15:11 just naming a few....)

Do I need to list any traits of man to understand no one comes close to equalling GOD?  Jealousy of something is wanting something the other person has, it is envious; that which our God as described above couldn't possibly have (read those none equalling him verses if you don't get it yet.)  So God is Jealous?  How about a New Testament view of God for a second, he has other traits of personality, and I am going to pick his greatest one....
1. LOVE which is the one I am going to use (1st John 4:8, 4:16)
2. Light (James 1:17, 1st John 1:5)
3. The only one who is wise (Romans 16:27, 1st Timothy 1:17)
4. Merciful (Psalms 86:5)
5. Longsuffering (Numbers 14:18)
6. Gracious (Psalms 116:5)
7. Compassionate (2nd Kings 13:23
8. My favorite, A CONSUMING FIRE (Hebrew 12:29)

I am gonna make this a 2 parter...

2 comments:

  1. wow, i cant believe that oprah thinks God is jealous of her! No, he is not! because number one, he created everything on earth as well as human beings(including her!) so why will he be jealous of her when he is the Almighty God. Unbelievable!

    i know that the scripture does say that God is a jealous God but she is taking it way out of context. i think that verse that talks about being a jealous God, Joshua was actually letting the isrealites know that if he worshipped other idols, God is jealous because he loved isreal and he cares about them and wants them to serve only him.

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  2. hahahaha yeah, shows you what true "blind intelligence" is, you can be so smart, and not get anything at all. I hope Oprah figures out the truth soon

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