Does Yahweh want us to worship him because he’s insecure and has self-esteem problems?
Christians say their god is a jealous god, so I ask you: what does an all-powerful, all-knowing being have to be jealous of?
Jealous, as in terms of ownership. You either belong to Him or you belong to Satan. He doesn’t want anyone false victim to His adversary.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 12:19 pm
A perfect god wouldn’t need to create humans to worship him. So either he isn’t perfect, or he doesn’t exist.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 12:55 pm
No he loves us all and wants the best.
Isaiah 48:17-18 “I, Jehovah, am your God, the One teaching you to benefit [yourself], the One causing you to tread in the way in which you should walk. 18 O if only you would actually pay attention to my commandments! Then your peace would become just like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 1:07 pm
no because many yahoo employees are homo
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August 3rd, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Deu 5:7 "’You shall have no other gods before me.
Deu 5:8 "’You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Deu 5:9 You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
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August 3rd, 2010 at 2:19 pm
He’s jealous of you and your remarkable intellect and originality.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 3:01 pm
yea thats it. thats what christianity is based on. you nailed it
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August 3rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
You have happened on another inconsistency in the bible. Keep going. There are many more.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Jealous, as in terms of ownership. You either belong to Him or you belong to Satan. He doesn’t want anyone false victim to His adversary.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 4:29 pm
no and it means wanting respect. My Mom wouldnt want me having another mom. She was the best and then she died..STR
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August 3rd, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I’m christian and I’ve NEVER heard of anyone EVER saying he is a jealous God. That is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!
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August 3rd, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Your meaning of jealous is possibly incorrect… our worship belongs to Him alone, because only He is worthy.
Why is God a jealous God?"
Answer: It is important to understand how the word “jealous” is used. Its use in Exodus 20:5 to describe God is different from how it is used to describe the sin of jealousy (Galatians 5:20). When we use the word “jealous,” we use it in the sense of being envious of someone who has something we do not have. A person might be jealous or envious of another person because he or she has a nice car or home (possessions). Or a person might be jealous or envious of another person because of some ability or skill that other person has (such as athletic ability). Another example would be that one person might be jealous or envious of another because of his or her beauty.
In Exodus 20:5, it is not that God is jealous or envious because someone has something He wants or needs. Exodus 20:4-5 says, “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God…” Notice that God is jealous when someone gives to another something that rightly belongs to Him.
In these verses, God is speaking of people making idols and bowing down and worshiping those idols instead of giving God the worship that belongs to Him alone. God is possessive of the worship and service that belong to Him. It is a sin (as God points out in this commandment) to worship or serve anything other than God. It is a sin when we desire, or we are envious, or we are jealous of someone because he has something that we do not have. It is a different use of the word “jealous” when God says He is jealous. What He is jealous of belongs to Him; worship and service belong to Him alone, and are to be given to Him alone.
Perhaps a practical example will help us understand the difference. If a husband sees another man flirting with his wife, he is right to be jealous, for only he has the right to flirt with his wife. This type of jealousy is not sinful. Rather, it is entirely appropriate. Being jealous for something that God declares to belong to you is good and appropriate. Jealousy is a sin when it is a desire for something that does not belong to you. Worship, praise, honor, and adoration belong to God alone, for only He is truly worthy of it. Therefore, God is rightly jealous when worship, praise, honor, or adoration is given to idols. This is precisely the jealousy the apostle Paul described in 2 Corinthians 11:2, “I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy…”
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August 3rd, 2010 at 6:18 pm
He wants you to get a job and stop asking stupid questions.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 6:38 pm
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worship2
How does God want us to worship him?
Love him with our whole heart, mind, soul and strength.
Be kind and modest in walking with our God.
He should be first in our lives, as he created us. And we should trust him, that we will be happy serving HIM.
Satan, quit serving HIM and Satan is not happy. In fact, he wants to kill everyone.
So, Jesus, earth’s new King, soon to take over, will lead all the faithful Christians in the happiest way to live.
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There is good and bad jealousy. When we want what others have ..that is bad. When we want what we rightfully deserve, that is proper.
It is not proper that an angel should want to get the glory and service that belongs to YHWH. The angel, Satan, is a creation. We should not worship the creation.
YHWH is always right, and loves us, and wants us to love him. And this is in our best interest.
Praise Jah! thank you Jesus!
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