Jealous God (Ex. 20:5; 34:14) (Part 4)

Conclusion: (Part 1)

“God is not jealous like an insecure employer who fears that his employees might get lured away by a better salary elsewhere. God's jealousy is not the reflex of weakness or fear. Instead God is jealous like a powerful and merciful king who takes a peasant girl from a life of shame, forgives her, marries her, and gives her not the chores of a slave, but the privileges of a wife – a queen. His jealousy does not rise from fear or weakness but from a holy indignation at having his honor and power and mercy scorned by the faithlessness of a fickle spouse.”¹ 

“O, if Thou car'st not whom I love

  Alas, Thou lov'st not me.”² 

1Piper, John. “The Lord Whose Name Is Jealous.” http://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-lord-whose-name-is-jealous (accessed 8-23-16)

2Donne, John. Holy Sonnets.