Why would they say this if Jealousy is a sin?
2007-06-01 06:26:56 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Exodus 20:5 (and Deuteronomy 5:9) -
"You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,"
Exodus 34:14 -
"Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God."
Deuteronomy 4:24
"For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God."
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The god of the Christian a Jewish bible is quite the little sh*t head.
2007-06-01 06:32:37 · answer #1 · answered by A 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Two different kinds of jealousy.
Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.
God doesn't want His people who are called by His name to have other gods before Him. I am a Christian and I follow Christ and carry God's name so I cannot worship in an Islamic Mosque or in a Buddhist Temple.
2007-06-01 06:36:30 · answer #2 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ten Commandments,
Exodus 20: 3-17 / Deuteronomy 5: 7-21
"For I, the Lord am a jealous god."
The apostle Paul describes jealousy as a work of the flesh and that it will prevent you from entering into heaven:
Galatians 5: 20,21
Synonyms for jealousy include: Envy.
Envy, according to Christianity is a
"deadly sin"
This is your god.
"If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the
Mafia to shame, that's okay, he's God. He can do whatever he wants. Anyone who adheres to this philosophy has had his sense of morality, decency, justice and humanness warped beyond recognition by the very book that is supposedly preaching the opposite."
Dennis McKinsey
Newsletter; Biblical Errancy
2007-06-01 06:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by Stepchild 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Actually, God SAYS in the Bible, "I am a jealous God".
But there's a difference between God's Jealousy and ours. Humans are jealous out of fear of losing someone/something. God is jealous because He doesn't want US to lose out in having a relationship with Him because of some stupid lump of clay or wood.
2007-06-01 06:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God IS a jealous God. Why do you think He made the first commandment "Thou shall have no other gods before me"? As the Creator, He has that right!
WE are not to be jealous / covet, because WE are supposed to trust God to supply our needs and we are to be thankful for the blessings He provides. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away...
2007-06-01 06:33:25 · answer #5 · answered by Romans 8:28 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This phrase is not about sin, it is referring to the fact that God gave the commandment that we should have no other gods before him. In the Bible, when Moses go up the mountain to be with God, one of the instructions he leaves with the Israelites is to have no other gods. Moses is gone for a while and the Israelites get impatient and start making there own idols to worship. This goes over like a fart in church, please excuse the expression.
2007-06-01 06:32:33 · answer #6 · answered by Laura E 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They'd say the rules don't apply to god, only to us. Okay, I can live with that... I can't live with a god that kills everything in sight because some of the people don't know about him and have other gods though. That type of god needs some anger management counseling.
2007-06-01 06:33:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a scary concept.
Imagine if someone said "MY SPOUSE IS A JEALOUS SPOUSE!!!"
People would wonder what is wrong with your spouse and why you married them in the first place.
I don't know if jealousy is a sin but it is definitely a low, base, immature attitude.
2007-06-01 06:33:45 · answer #8 · answered by Alan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've heard of it. Christianity created the concept of god. They gave him a masculine gender and many human traits - because that is what we know. God supposedly loved his children so much that he did not want them worshipping other lesser gods. Hence, My God is a jealous God.
2007-06-01 06:34:49 · answer #9 · answered by kathy s 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
jealousy is a sin? new to me...God is jealous against his children worshipping false gods..he gets grumpy and hates things as well....natural normal feelings even for the super natural creator of the Universe! "behold I have made the earth the man and the beast that are on the ground by My Great Power!" Jeremiah 27:5
2007-06-01 06:31:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋