Jealousy...
Always thought that that word had a negative connotation. The only line in where it is used for holiness is:
Our God is a jealous god.
But here in Romans, we read that Paul and God are trying to incite the isrealites (and anyone that has fallen away) to become jealous of those that have accepted Christ and is in God's grace and mercy.
So it is okay to be jealous... For the right things. To hunger and thirst for righteousness.
That is the thing we should strive to be jealous about.. Not others fancy car, house or family... But others obedience and walking in step with the Holy Spirit. That is something worth desiring, a life intune with God, grafted into a holy vine.
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