Yo Wassup!<\/p>\n
Isn\u2019t snow a wonderful thing? So pretty to look at. Also, a lot of it has a way of bringing us closer together\u2026 in the cabin (so to speak). My tardiness is because my draft was on my work PC. And without further delay\u2026 let\u2019s look at love some more!<\/p>\n
So you know now that love IS patient and kind, right? The Holy Spirit, writing through the Apostle Paul, also tells us what love IS NOT\u2026<\/p>\n
1st<\/sup> Corinthians 3:14b So love IS NOT envious.<\/p>\n Keep in mind that the love Paul is talking about is an action word\u2026 a verb. Love does things and does not do other things. Love does good things and does not do evil things. (Remember the treasure analogy from last week?)<\/p>\n Therefore envy is evil.<\/p>\n Okay\u2026 so now we need to look closer at what envy really is. The ancient Greek word is z\u0113lo\u014d, <\/em>and the definition is: <\/em><\/p>\n 1) to burn with zeal<\/p>\n a) to be heated or to boil with\u2026 hatred, anger<\/p>\n I am fairly certain the word \u201czealot\u201d comes from z\u0113lo\u014d<\/em>. I think it is also helpful to look at Merriam-Webster\u2019s definition for envy\u2026<\/p>\n 1 : painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage<\/p>\n Ahh, now the meaning is coming into clear focus, huh? I am sure all of us have experienced envy at least one time in our life. In high school, I envied the guy who dated the prettiest girl in school. Oh yeah, I definitely wanted to possess what he had. As a high school rock and roller, I envied the band that had the largest following. I most-definitely wanted the cheering crowds and subsequent hallway fame.<\/p>\n But look closer\u2026 With envy comes self-centered pride. You see, in my pride, I came to resent the popular high-school rock bands, convincing myself they were untalented and simply lucky\u2026 untalented compared to me, and lucky as only fools could be\u2026 See how ugly my thinking was in this example? Who am I to be so puffed up and conclude that the Providential hand of God is \u201cluck\u201d? My friend, there is no such thing as luck. Anyhow\u2026<\/p>\n Envy is not loving but hateful. See how envy expresses itself\u2026<\/p>\n Genesis 4:5b Genesis 16:4b Genesis 37:4 John 11:48 Envy IS NOT loving is it? Rather than seek the best for someone even at our own disadvantage, our envy seeks to remove them and take what they have for ourselves. See now the wickedness of envy! If you see envy in your thoughts toward your \u201cloved\u201d ones, however subtle and secret it may be, repent of it now! Starve that cancer that hinders true love. Let love prevail!<\/p>\n **Comments\/ questions\/ testimonies\/ objections most encouraged!<\/p>\n Dear Lord, thank you for this time to consider Your word and Your ways. May our thoughts, words, and deeds bring You glory\u2026 and glory to You alone. \u2013Amen<\/em><\/p>\n Peace, Yo Wassup! Isn\u2019t snow a wonderful thing? So pretty to look at. Also, a lot of it has a way of bringing us closer together\u2026 in the cabin (so to speak). My tardiness is because my draft was on my work PC. And without further delay\u2026 let\u2019s look at love some more! So you know […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11,101,13,12],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","tag-1st-corinthians","tag-bible-study","tag-gospel","tag-love"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2026Love does not envy\u2026<\/p>\n
\nAnd Cain was very angry and his countenance fell.<\/em> (And what did Cain eventually do to Abel?)<\/p>\n
\nAnd when she<\/em> (Sarah) saw that she<\/em> (Hagar) had conceived, her<\/em> (Sarah\u2019s) mistress became despised in her<\/em> (Sarah\u2019s) eyes.<\/em> (And what did Sarah eventually cause to be done to Hagar?)<\/p>\n
\nBut when his<\/em> (Joseph\u2019s) brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.<\/em> (And what did Joseph\u2019s brothers eventually do to him?)<\/p>\n
\nIf we<\/em> (chief priests and Pharisees) let Him<\/em> (Jesus) alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.<\/em> (And what did they eventually do to Jesus?)<\/p>\n
\nJim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"