As Cruel As The Grave
By ELDER T. A. DUNN
Suspicious fear or watchfulness, especially the fear of being supplanted by a rival - ....Webster
For jealousy is the rage of a man; therefore he will not spare it in the day of vengeance.--Proverbs 6:34.
For love is strong as death, jealousy is as cruel as the grave; coals thereof are coals of fire; which hath a most vehement flame. Sol. Song 8:6.
Jealousy as is described above is not a very good thing and it certainly cannot be found among the fruits of the spirit. It is of the flesh and it causes a lot of trouble. When the woman bragged on David for his great work it caused Saul to manifest that awful spirit of jealousy and he was determined to kill David.
Hamon because of a jealous heart built a gallow to hang Mordecion and got himself hung. Jealousy in the hearts of men will cause conspiracy, - a plot to two or more persons engaged together for an unlawful or evil purpose.... Webster.
Also read 2 Samuel 15:2; Jer. 1:9, Acts 23:13. Yes, jealousy will cause men to seek the life of the most humble God fearing servant in the Church, but usually it has a rebound and it works quite different to what the jealous hearted character intended for it to do. Jealousy in a man's heart will make him believe he can rise on someone else's downfall, so he goes to work to that end and most usually goes lower himself.
Sometimes men will become jealous of a Church that seemingly the Lord is blessing for there is an outside interest, they have good crowds, they are still in peace and the pastor is laboring to keep them in peace.
They are not taking any stock in the foolishness of passing resolutions of non-fellowship against other churches that does not concern them or is none of their own business and let others do the same and as a result they are getting along having no serious trouble.
Sometimes men get jealous of associations. Because this association is having good meetings and people like to go to them because they use the association to meet together to worship God and to see each other and not try to regulate Church troubles nor pass a lot of foolish resolutions of non-fellowship against other Baptists in other parts of the country, which is far beyond the bounds of an association, for they have no disciplinary power whatever.
Well, if you just keep your eyes open you can detect jealousy every time it sticks its head up for these that possess it try to keep it covered; but they are like the little boy who had something in his hand and told another to guess what it was. He was so afraid someone would see it, he held it so far around behind him the boy saw it on the other side.
For love is strong as death, jealousy is as cruel as the grave; coals thereof are coals of fire; which hath a most vehement flame. Sol. Song 8:6.
Jealousy as is described above is not a very good thing and it certainly cannot be found among the fruits of the spirit. It is of the flesh and it causes a lot of trouble. When the woman bragged on David for his great work it caused Saul to manifest that awful spirit of jealousy and he was determined to kill David.
Hamon because of a jealous heart built a gallow to hang Mordecion and got himself hung. Jealousy in the hearts of men will cause conspiracy, - a plot to two or more persons engaged together for an unlawful or evil purpose.... Webster.
Also read 2 Samuel 15:2; Jer. 1:9, Acts 23:13. Yes, jealousy will cause men to seek the life of the most humble God fearing servant in the Church, but usually it has a rebound and it works quite different to what the jealous hearted character intended for it to do. Jealousy in a man's heart will make him believe he can rise on someone else's downfall, so he goes to work to that end and most usually goes lower himself.
Sometimes men will become jealous of a Church that seemingly the Lord is blessing for there is an outside interest, they have good crowds, they are still in peace and the pastor is laboring to keep them in peace.
They are not taking any stock in the foolishness of passing resolutions of non-fellowship against other churches that does not concern them or is none of their own business and let others do the same and as a result they are getting along having no serious trouble.
Sometimes men get jealous of associations. Because this association is having good meetings and people like to go to them because they use the association to meet together to worship God and to see each other and not try to regulate Church troubles nor pass a lot of foolish resolutions of non-fellowship against other Baptists in other parts of the country, which is far beyond the bounds of an association, for they have no disciplinary power whatever.
Well, if you just keep your eyes open you can detect jealousy every time it sticks its head up for these that possess it try to keep it covered; but they are like the little boy who had something in his hand and told another to guess what it was. He was so afraid someone would see it, he held it so far around behind him the boy saw it on the other side.
From the Writings of the late Elder T. A. Dunn
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