J”—Jealousy:
We learn and teach the Gospel because we are called to be jealous for those we serve. The apostle Paul declared to the Corinthians, I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ (2 Cor 11:2).
Indeed, God himself is a jealous God (Exod 20:5). True love that is covenant based is properly jealous concerning the parties in that covenant. We must keep the true Gospel before the eyes of those whom we teach and serve so that they will avoid what Paul feared for the Corinthians—that is, that they should be deceived by the serpent’s cunning and somehow be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ (2 Cor 11:3).
Deeper acquaintance with the true Gospel will help believers recognize and reject the preaching of another Jesus and a different Gospel (2 Cor 11:4).
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