II Kings 17:6-23
I want to talk about a word that could be taken either in a positive or negative way. That is the word: Jealous. The right way to look at jealousy is from a loving perspective. God loves His people so much that he wants to protect them from harm. He brought them up out of Egypt and freed them from the bonds of slavery but now it seems that they would much rather serve other gods than Him. God even calls His people his wife in other O.T. scripture passages. This analogy shows us that God wants a relationship with His people. Why shouldn’t he be jealous?
In the New Testament Christ now calls His people the Church, His Bride. Take a good look at what is happening to His beloved people in this nation and around the world. should Christ be jealous when he sees those he died for wandering away to idolatrous living and serving all kinds of things but Him? To those who fall into this category, I would say, “Come back to Him who bought you with His own blood.”