9 YEARS AGO
WHEN OPRAH WINFREY QUESTIONS
THE ESSENCE OF GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD

After watching some You-Tube video clips, when Oprah had a discussion with Christians and non-Christians about this passage in the Scripture, it made me think if what she's saying is worth a discussion, knowing she's intelligent enough to fathom this on her OWN.

Let's be honest, not all Christians would understand the true meaning of these passages by just one-reading , that is one of the reasons why we have Bible Studies. To comprehend that God is talking to us when we read the Bible and talking to God when we pray is a two-way communication that sometimes as God-created beings, we falter.

The Holy Bible stated:
"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, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments."
Exodus 20:4-6 (NIV)

'Them' represents idols (idolatry).
This means big and small sculptures of wood, stones, plastic and other sorts that some religions put in their so called altars in which they offer their prayers and worships or it could be a living person whom a lot of people admire or look up to.

Oprah rationalized that God cannot be jealous because to her the jealous word is not Godly, it depicts imperfection. After listening to her words of confusion, it made me sad because I admire her as a person of sensibility, a lady who's intellect is worth listening to and a vessel of inspiration.

In contrary, this is what I believe;
If we are going to base jealousy in human perspective, it will always be rooted from hate, anger, envy, mistrust, insecurity, selfishness and so on. God's jealousy is holy. He doesn't want us to stray away from Him because He knows dreadful things are ahead of us if we become misguided by someone or something else, aside from His perfect love. Imagine our frailty as a human being, how deep does it hurt if the people we love turned their backs on us? A minuscule compared to God's sorrow.

That jealousy character of God is offering comfort not disaster, a warm embrace not a flare of fire and an unconditional love not hate. We must remember, if we take any part of the Bible that is meant for His Holiness and use it otherwise or against Him, God cannot be mocked.

10 years is about to pass and, I am just wondering if Ms. Winfrey is still confused about Exodus 20:4-6. In God I pray. I HOPE NOT!

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