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Is God, a jealous God? Well,  “Jealousy” by definition is a   resentment against an opponent, vigilance in maintaining or guarding something.  A biblical definition of “jealousy”  is  "apprehensive of loss of exclusive devotion", it’s an intolerance of competition or unfaithfulness"  The bible is very clear when it comes to God and His jealousy.  Why?  God has a passionate desire that things should transpire as He desires, which is always in accord with His character.  "You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God ,..” Exo 20:4-5.  In Deut 4:23-24 we read “Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anyth...

What do we know about God? Well, according to the scriptures w e know that He is……. Omnipotent [all powerful]….(Job 42:2) Omnipresent [everywhere present]….(Ps 139:7) Omniscient [all- knowing]…..(1 John 3:20) Self-sustaining……(Job 12:10) Self-Exist…….(Exo 3:13-14) Sovereign……(Isa 46:10) Great………. (Psalm 104:1) Love…..(1 John 4:8) Just….(Gen 18:25) Wrathful ……(Rom 9:22) Merciful…….(Micah 7:18-20) Truth…..(John 17:17) Holy…….(Isa 6:3) Immutable….(Heb 13:8) Transcendent……..(Heb1:3) See an "Attribute “a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something. The attributes of God are generally a collection of descriptions from Scripture of who God is. An "attribute" can be defined as something God has revealed himself to be.  Perfection “ a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence; the act or fact of perfecting as seen in……..Ps 18:30-31 “This God—his way is perfect…”  They are the...