17. Communicable Attributes: Our God is a Jealous God?

Episode Summary

Have you ever felt jealous? I know I have. While that feeling may often result from a corrupted way of viewing our friends and relationships, that sense of jealousy is something God feels too. He is jealous for us. In particular, he does not want us to adore or worship any god other than him. He demands that he be the sole object of our worship.

And what about those times when we do put something else in God's place? How does God respond to that? Well, as uncomfortable as it may be, the Bible indicates that because these things always result in a perpetuation of sin, he hates them and is wrathful against them.

The good news? Jesus dove in front of that bullet to save us. While we should have rightly been the objects of God's wrath, Jesus took all of that wrath on himself. That is what makes the story of Jesus' death and resurrection so compelling: we do not have to believe in a God who doesn't care about the evil of sin. We believe in a God who rightly hates sin but who loves us enough to save us, even at tremendous cost!