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SERMON FIFTEEN
A GLORIOUS DESCRIPTION OF GOD
God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious: the Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for His enemies. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit.
—NAHUM 1:2-3
NINEVEH knows not God, that God which contends with her, and therefore is here told what a God He is. It is good for us all to mix faith with that which is here said concerning Him, which speaks a great deal of terror to the wicked and comfort to good people. This glorious description of the Sovereign of the world, like the pillar of cloud and fire, has a bright side toward Israel and a dark side toward the Egyptians.
I. HE IS A GOD OF INFLEXIBLE JUSTICE.
A. He Resents the Insults and Indignities of Men.
1. The breadth of His jealousy. He resents the affronts and indignities done Him by those who deny His being or any of His perfections, that set up other gods in competition with Him, that destroy His laws, or ridicule His Word. He is jealous for His own honor in the matters of His worship and will not endure a rival; He is jealous for the comfort of His worshippers; He is jealous for His land and will not have that injured.
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