[Candor7]

“Why did God kill people?”>>>>>

Simple, because he is a jealous god.

[matthewrobertolson]

I agree.

But my point here is this: Why don't Protestants apply the same principle today to those in serious sin? (Either by recognizing the Catholic classification of sin, or through some other way -- even a fundamentalist stone-the-adulterers view.)

It can't be that God has changed. There must be a perversion in thinking somewhere.

[FreedomStar3028]

But God is the end all be all of everything. What could he be jealous of? That statement makes no sense.

[daniel1212]

Simple, because he is a jealous god.

That is not simple, as apart from Scriptural understanding, being jealous is easily understood as selfishly wanting attention or possession, which is simply not the case with God who needs nothing, and is always giving, and calls man to love and worship, and trust in and obey above all the only One who is perfect, almighty, all-wise, and can never fail us, which is simply right and what is most beneficial to man.

Thus he is "jealous" like a winning coach with the winning plays would be of his players attention before a key game, when they are distracted or tempted by the opposing team to do things that would lose the game.

Yet with even deeper warrant, and which is no game. But maybe you agree anyway.

[RetiredArmy]

“He” and “God” should be cap H and G when referring to our LORD.