For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Jealousy seems so wrong.
Paul understood how people felt. Though some of them were upset at him for it, he attempted to explain to them that his jealousy was godly. He fought to keep them faithful to just one husband, Christ.
Oh, the allure to love another
- To love a movement
- To love a fellowship
- To love a denomination
- To love a preacher
- To love a college
Paul longed for them to simply love Jesus and what He loves.
- People think it’s folly to love the Lord and not the world.
- People think it’s foolish to believe Jesus uses little independent churches.
- People think studying, preaching, and teaching only the Bible is foolish.
The Christian faith is simple, pure, and altogether lovely when we are faithful to Jesus, the Bible He gave us, and the local church He added us to.
Everything else is complicated, confrontational, confusing, and corrupted.[a]
[a] Or, at the least, corruptible.
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