Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker, Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Wednesday, January
twenty two, twenty twenty four. Nope, I keep getting that wrong,
twenty twenty five. Hello. My name is Elle David Harris.
I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
where we give you God's word every single day, and
today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
study series, God's Love and Justice, and our caption for
today is a question a jealous God. Let me ask
you the question again, is God jealous? What is that about?
We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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then we will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank you
for this day and giving us the opportunity to serve
you and to do your will. Thank You for loving
us and protecting us. Thank you for being jealous over us,
least teach us how to live according to your principles.
Today in Jesus' name, I pray Amen and a man
again a jealous God. There is so much to say
that we will not be able to cover. I just
need to say that to you, but I'm trying to
oversimplify it because I know that we can get caught
up in the weeds and we can actually become misled
by simply studying what the Greek and the Hebrews say
about the terminologies, because we'll find passages where the terminologies collide,
like where the jealousy where God is concerned, the same
word may be used in another place where jealousy from
humans is concerned, and then we get confused. Okay, so
let's not go too far into that. This is it
simply God's jealousy glorifies him and benefits you. So in
whatever version of the or whatever language your Bible is in,
that's what I'm trying to say. Whatever language your Bible
is in, you speak English, you speak Spanish, you speak Dutch,
you speak Korean, the jealousy of God glorifies him and
it benefits you. Human envy or jealousy, you see, that's
a whole different discussion. But human envy and jealousy dishonors
God and doesn't benefit anybody, not for real. The benefits
that people who are unholy envy or unholy jealous those
benefits are fleeting like they expire, you understand. And so
God's jealousy glorifies him and benefits you. Human envy dishonors
God and benefits absolutely nobody. All right, And so let's
go into the Bible my favorite one. My favorite one
is from the book of Exodus. It's in Exodus a
couple of times, but let's go with the one in Exodus,
chapter thirty four and verse fourteen, where the Bible reads,
for thou shalt worship no other God. So God is
speaking to his people, and he is giving them the
invitation to worship him, and that worship brings us into
an experience with God that transforms our lives, so we
can be just like Him, so that we can have
the kind of relationship that extends throughout eternity. You see,
there's no more death, dying, pain, there's nothing that separates
us from God. Like love is the divine and holy
chord that is connecting a to God forever. Like this
is one of the benefits of worship. So thou shalt
worshiping God into the exclusion of anything and anyone else. Okay,
For thou shalt worship no other God for the Lord.
I wish I had the time to drill into the
name that is invoked here, for the name of for
the Lord, excuse me, whose name is jealous, is a
jealous God. So God is giving us the guidelines here,
He's giving us the guidelines. He's saying that our relationship
cannot have other people in it. When I say other people,
I'm saying, just imagine your relationship with your spouse, a
healthy one. I'm saying, a healthy one. Ah, So there
are there is no room for a third party. If
you're a man and you're married to your wife. That
sounded weird. Married to your wife. Of course you're married
to your wife, other wise she wouldn't be your wife. Right.
So I'm married to Simone. There is no room for
Simone to dot Oh, there is no room for another Simone.
There is no room for another woman of romantic interest
in our marriage. Why because God has sealed our marriage,
and this relationship is to reflect the kind of relationship
that Jesus has with his people, Jesus has with the church.
So no other gods in that relationship with the God
who created us, No other woman of romantic interest in
the relationship between myself and my dear wife, Simone of
twenty three great years, you understand. And so God is
giving us what this is. And so this verse highlights
God's jealousy as stemming from his desire for exclusive relationship
and worship and devotion to him rooted in his protective love.
I need you to get this point. His protective love
for his people. See envy and human jealousy is not
protective of anything of value you see okay? In James
Chapter three, verse fourteen. Beginning at verse fourteen the Bible,
the Bible reads, but if you have bitter jealousy and
selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and tell
lies against the truth. This is not wisdom that comes
down from above. It is earthly natural demonic. For where
there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and
every evil practice. I'm thinking that should be clear enough.
Can I just read it one more time? I don't
really need to explain this too much. It says, but
if you have bitter jealousy, obviously that's human and selfish
ambition in your heart, do not boast and tell lies
against the truth. This is not wisdom that comes down
from above, but is earthly natural demonic. But for where
there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and
every evil practice. That is an obvious contrast between earthly
envy and jealousy and what God is. Who God is
as the jealous God. That is saying I am protecting you.
You see, with God's jealousy we are if God forbid.
He is protective of what he's due, what is supposed
to be for him. So what is do and what
is to be for him? Because he created us and
he redeemed us through Jesus's blood, Yes, that means that
he has positioned us so that our love should be
exclusive for him. The kind of love that he desires
from us is exclusive love. But envy is actually covetous.
It is trying to get what it does not deserve.
It is an extreme misuse of what people think they're do.
Some people are envious of other people's things, other people's relationships,
other people spouses, etc. So God's jealousy, remember, glorifies him
and benefits you. Human jealousy doesn't do any of that.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot
live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,