The attributes of God

[ChevyRodeo]

God is perfection, God is a morally excellent, perfect being

God is a jealous God

Can I be jealous and be in good standing? Why did God give the jews the commandment to not covet?

 

[glorydaz]

God is perfection, God is a morally excellent, perfect being

God is a jealous God

Can I be jealous and be in good standing? Why did God give the jews the commandment to not covet?

God is jealous of worship that belongs to Him alone....that's different than the sin of jealousy mentioned in Galatians. When we use the word jealous, we use it in the sense of being envious of someone for something they have or some ability they have that we don't. We're not to want what others have, we're to be content with what God gives us.

Now if someone is jealous of the "attention" his wife is giving to someone else, then he has a little more ground to stand on...IMO.

 

[bigllama]

Just out of curiosity, where does it say that God is jealous?

 

[glorydaz]

Just out of curiosity, where does it say that God is jealous?

Not only is He jealous...His name is Jealous.

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;

Exodus 34:14
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

 

[faithtransforms]

God is jealous in that He wants you all to Himself. Covetousness is lust for worldly things or for things that belong to someone else. You (we) belong to God.