Comments on: The God of broken-hearted robots http://hewhohaseyes.com/2008/12/15/the-god-of-broken-hearted-robots/ "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does." -- John 5:19 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:46:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ministry Addict http://hewhohaseyes.com/2008/12/15/the-god-of-broken-hearted-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Ministry Addict Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:44:30 +0000 http://hewhohaseyes.com/?p=51#comment-111 “God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.” (Nahum 1:2) But He is not jealous of what people have or what they are able to do. He is jealous because of the love He has for his own people. We might say He is jealous over His people, not of His people - the way a loving and faithful husband would be jealous over anything that would tend to steal his wife’s affection away from him. God loves His people very much. And although we would rather hear about the love of God, we must not ignore the fact that God reserves wrath for the enemies of His people. Did you know that, even though God is love (I John 4:8), He also hates (Psalm 11:5)? Most people, when asked to quickly name the opposite of “love,” will blurt out, “hate.” But this is incorrect. The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference. And our loving and just and jealous God is anything but indifferent. “God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.” (Nahum 1:2) But He is not jealous of what people have or what they are able to do. He is jealous because of the love He has for his own people. We might say He is jealous over His people, not of His people – the way a loving and faithful husband would be jealous over anything that would tend to steal his wife’s affection away from him.

God loves His people very much. And although we would rather hear about the love of God, we must not ignore the fact that God reserves wrath for the enemies of His people. Did you know that, even though God is love (I John 4:8), He also hates (Psalm 11:5)?

Most people, when asked to quickly name the opposite of “love,” will blurt out, “hate.” But this is incorrect. The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference. And our loving and just and jealous God is anything but indifferent.

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