Comments on: Jealous http://newfreethinkers.com/2009/jealous/ Insight from a New Generation Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:09:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Beverly Rigler http://newfreethinkers.com/2009/jealous/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Beverly Rigler Fri, 08 May 2009 13:55:57 +0000 http://newfreethinkers.com/?p=219#comment-1490 Jealous for our attention is seeing it through spiritual eyes if you consider John 15 27....because ye have been with me from the beginning. God has known us always and has waited on us to know Him....so as time goes on in our lives and we do not give Him what is so deserving of Him, the main focus of our being, He has every right to be jealous. He has made every provision available as long as we have breath, what more could we want from God?I have realised as time time goes on that I may catch myself not spending enough time with Him in a day and repenting over it before I go to sleep at night. I find this is His way of correcting me and keeping me close to Him and for that I am happy He is concerned about my attention toward Him. Jealous for our attention is seeing it through spiritual eyes if you consider John 15 27….because ye have been with me from the beginning. God has known us always and has waited on us to know Him….so as time goes on in our lives and we do not give Him what is so deserving of Him, the main focus of our being, He has every right to be jealous. He has made every provision available as long as we have breath, what more could we want from God?I have realised as time time goes on that I may catch myself not spending enough time with Him in a day and repenting over it before I go to sleep at night. I find this is His way of correcting me and keeping me close to Him and for that I am happy He is concerned about my attention toward Him.

]]> By: Philip Hanson http://newfreethinkers.com/2009/jealous/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Philip Hanson Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:47:59 +0000 http://newfreethinkers.com/?p=219#comment-1368 The saying goes that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Every time the nation of Israel (or Judah) started treating God as equal with the pagan gods of the nations around them, they lost the protection and relationship that made them special. In that sense, maybe it makes sense that God is jealous for our attention: He wants us to have the benefits of relationship unspoiled by attitudes and selfishness. The saying goes that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Every time the nation of Israel (or Judah) started treating God as equal with the pagan gods of the nations around them, they lost the protection and relationship that made them special.

In that sense, maybe it makes sense that God is jealous for our attention: He wants us to have the benefits of relationship unspoiled by attitudes and selfishness.

]]> By: Bishop Hanson http://newfreethinkers.com/2009/jealous/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Bishop Hanson Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:46:58 +0000 http://newfreethinkers.com/?p=219#comment-1360 I love your final sentence - that says it all. That's the problem with putting God and true religion in the same category as all the other gods and religions. God won't stand for it. Rather, the other gods can't stand up to it. I love your final sentence – that says it all. That’s the problem with putting God and true religion in the same category as all the other gods and religions. God won’t stand for it. Rather, the other gods can’t stand up to it.

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