We live in a world that is contaminated by sin. We cannot see any good thing here but still, we have to run after righteousness.
We are called to be separated from the modern age and earth’s traditions. We should love our enemies and pray for them.
In this world, many people envy each other but the scripture says we should show our love when we face such a situation.
We cannot win this world by our strength but we can win people by showing love to them.
To be a real Christian we need to learn how to control our emotions when we are desperate. We must guard our hearts by the word of God which will lead us to forgive people.
James 3:16(KJV)“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work”
Explanation:- Jesus says that only the Holy and righteous people will get a chance to enter his Kingdom. Those who will think for others shall be rewarded.
If we are jealous of each other and compete within ourselves then we will not build up the kingdom of God in our midst.
James 4:2-3(KJV)“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts”
Explanation:- Many times we claim that we pray to the Lord but we don’t get the answers to our prayer. The reason we don’t get answers from the Lord is that we pray the wrong way. We ask things for our own benefits. But the scripture says we should think for others.
Proverbs 14:30(KJV)“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones”
Explanation:- To come before the Lord we need to have a clean heart by which we will be able to worship him. If our heart is clean then all our desires will be spirit-centered.
Ecclesiastes 4:4(KJV)” Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit”
Explanation:- We should not be jealous when our neighbors prosper. God will also bless us according to his timing. If we always think of others then we will not contend with our belongings. We need to pray to God to use us for His Kingdom so that we can be rewarded in heaven.
James 3:14-15(KJV)“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish”
Explanation:- The Bible says that we need to think for others. If we only think for our own then we will fall into God’s judgment.
The wisdom that comes from heaven does not teach us to envy, but it encourages us to care for others.
Proverbs 27:4(KJV)“Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?”
Explanation:- Being a Christian we should not show anger to others because our anger does not bring any righteousness of God. We need to have a gentle heart by which we should come to the Lord to have a fellowship with him.
1 Corinthians 3:3(KJV)“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”
Explanation:- When we receive Jesus we decide to live a Holy life. We reject the demands of our flesh. We must not live for our flesh anymore. We belong to Him who is holy and righteous.
1 Corinthians 10:22(KJV)“Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?”
Explanation:- We should not make God jealous by living a sinful life. once when we were sinners we had no relation with the Lord. He came to us and became our God by giving his life on the cross.
Romans 13:13-14(KJV)“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof”
Explanation:- We should live an honest life and we need to remember that we are the children of holy God.
We are not to walk in sinful acts anymore. People who love to stay in sin will never get out of there. But Christ has opened our eyes so we must not live such sinful life.
Proverbs 6:34(KJV)“For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance”
Explanation:- We would not take any revenge. Because when we receive Jesus in our life as God we decide to change from our previous life, so we need to leave everything in the hands of God as he thinks for us.
Bible Verses For Love Is Not Jealous
1 Corinthians 13:4(KJV)“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up”
Explanation:- If we really love God then we’ll begin charitable works in our midst. If we put God first then we will be able to follow him. The scripture says that God wants his people to be his imitator.
After knowing Jesus we cannot betray each other. But the teachings of Jesus will help us to give up all the evil things to walk in the path of the Lord.
Galatians 5:22-23(KJV)“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law”
Explanation:- We must possess the fruit of the Holy Spirit. It will give us love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness. Apart from these, we will have faith in God, meekness and it will also help us to endure any hardships to overcome temptations. The Lord is good and he loves us so if we surrender our lives then he will give us such fruits of his spirit.
1 John 4:8(KJV)“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love”
Explanation:- If we say we worship the true God but we don’t have love in our hearts then we are deceiving ourselves. God himself is love, one who worships him must have love in his heart for others.
He will have compassion and kindness when others make mistakes. He will be able to forgive his enemies. We can only say that we know God only if we have love in our hearts.
Proverbs 10:12(KJV)“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins”
Explanation:- Only love can cover all the mistakes. But if we allow hatred to grow in our hearts then we will bring divisions among us. We must have a love for others so that people will get to that our God is love. People who do not know God will be aware of him by seeing our works and behaviors.
Romans 13:13-14(KJV)“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof”
Explanation:- Finally we need to equip ourselves with the word of God which will help us to overcome envying and strife from our hearts. We need to prove ourselves holy and worthy to enter into the kingdom of God.
If we walk according to the will of flesh then we will reap evil grains but if we live for our soul then we will collect the grains which will give us eternal life.
