First, James may mean that the Old Testament says God is jealous for the spirit—our spirit or His Holy Spirit—which He has caused to live in us. If this is the ...

The Scripture speaks in vain in all the passages in which it guards us against such a temper as this, and leads the mind directly to God as the supreme good.

22 нояб. 2000 г. · The Holy Spirit's jealousy longs for fellowship with the spirit that dwells in us. He is jealous of our love.

James identifies the cause of conflict as being pride and self-elevation, or a desire to excel in the midst of one's brothers and sisters in Christ.

30 дек. 2022 г. · The Spirit who has been caused to make His permanent home in us has a passionate desire to the point of envy.

James is arguing that to be a friend of the world is to be an enemy of God, and he is using illusions to OT prophetic language that compare the Israelites to ...

(4-5) A rebuke of compromise and covetousness among Christians. Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?

James 4:5 Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain? &c.] Some think that the apostle refers to a particular passage of Scripture in the Old Testament.

20 мая 2021 г. · The verse may be reassuring us of God's holy jealousy for our spirits, or it may be warning us about our spirits' censurable propensity toward envy.

24 апр. 2019 г. · The Spirit of Almighty God is made to dwell in His children and He yearns for us to repent and obey. This is the greater grace given to those who believe.