For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
There is a divine jealousy; a jealousy fueled by love for an individual that I have nurtured and encouraged in their walk with the Lord but who has fallen way and accepted another gospel. I must, as Paul was, be fervent in prayer for my brother and his restoration.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 65
Mid-day: 119:17-24
Evening: Psalm 141
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