For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge. (Proverbs 6:34) Jealousy can have a positive connotation - after all, The Lord Himself is a jealous God. Jealous for His people and jealous for the glory that belongs to Him alone. There is this…
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Pro 27:4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? The sin of jealousy is, as the verse above says, particularly destructive. Now, God Himself, we know, is a jealous God. That is, He is jealous for His own glory - idolatry moves Him to a…
Read More1Jn 3:12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.Gen 4:3-5 In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit…
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