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Taffi Dollar - How Jealousy Brews Drama

September 10, 2025 | 28:54

Taffi Dollar - How Jealousy Brews Drama
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  • Taffi dollar: so in the bible, jealousy is often portrayed as a
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  • Negative emotion that can lead to destructive behavior.
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  • There are instances where there's rachel and leah, and how
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  • They went through their situation as siblings and as
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  • Sisters, and it led to destructive behavior.
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  • I referenced cain and abel and how there was murder and all
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  • Kinds of things.
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  • So the root of jealousy can be traced to several key things,
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  • Number one, comparison.
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  • Taffi: drama?
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  • Somebody say drama.
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  • It's all around us.
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  • When there's drama in our lives, it puts everything that we value
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  • In jeopardy.
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  • There's so much at stake, as i mentioned and as we prayed a
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  • Minute ago, our country, and we see it on social media,
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  • Television, entertainment, music, it is everywhere.
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  • And so we're gonna look at how jealousy brews drama because
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  • Drama is draining, it is frustrating, it kills and
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  • It destroys.
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  • Now, look at ecclesiastes chapter 4, verse 4.
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  • I'm gonna read from the erv, the easy read version, this morning
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  • As we study on jealousy and how it can breed and birth drama.
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  • It's like a stirring pot, it will stir the pot in so
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  • Many instances.
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  • This is in ecclesiastes chapter
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  • 4, verse 4, it says, "then i
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  • Thought, 'why do people work so hard?'
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  • I saw people try to succeed and be better than other people.
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  • They do this because they are jealous.
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  • They don't want other people to have more than they have.
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  • This is senseless.
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  • It's like trying to catch the wind.
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  • Some people say, 'it is foolish to hold your hands and
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  • Do nothing.
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  • If you don't work, you will starve to death.'
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  • Maybe that is true.
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  • But i say it is better to be satisfied with the few things
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  • You have than to always be struggling to get more."
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  • And so we see here in verse 4 that people do certain things,
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  • Particularly as it relates because they are what?
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  • Somebody say it, jealous, it's okay, say, jealous.
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  • That word jealous means uneasiness or anxiety that stems
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  • From fear of preference being given to another.
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  • It's an uneasiness, it's anxiety that stems from fear of
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  • Preference being given to one another.
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  • And so when we look at this, we see here that the writer writes
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  • How people were trying to succeed and be better than one
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  • Another because they are jealous, they don't want others
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  • To have more than what they have.
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  • And in many instances, this is how jealousy can breed drama
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  • In family.
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  • Now, in genesis chapter 37, we are reminded of a very popular
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  • Biblical story, and it talks about joseph and the fact that
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  • His relationship with his parents, his relationship
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  • Particularly with his father was that which opened the door to
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  • His brothers' dislike of him.
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  • And so it is in families, so it is in relationships, many
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  • Instances that can be the closest to us where the enemy
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  • Will try to come in and cause dissension, cause bitterness,
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  • And every evil work.
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  • Now, let's look at this in genesis chapter 37.
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  • Again, we are reading in the erv, and i think this will help
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  • Us to even see the biblical examples.
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  • There are so many that time will not allow us to get to, we just
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  • Really are just touching the surface this morning.
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  • But nevertheless, i'm sure that even some of you, if you were to
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  • Look deep within your own maybe generation or your own life, you
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  • Can kinda see where the enemy has tried to plant seeds and do
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  • The same type of thing.
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  • Because how many of you know the enemy doesn't do anything new,
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  • He just does it over and over and over again.
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  • And so we see it with joseph's life, that there was this
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  • Uneasiness and anxiety that his brothers had because of his
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  • Relationship and the favor that he had on his life.
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  • And so it says in verse 3, it says, "joseph was born at a time
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  • When his father israel was very old, so israel loved him,"
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  • Referring to joseph, "more than he loved his other sons.
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  • Jacob gave him a special coat," somebody say special coat.
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  • That was because he loved and had a fond feeling for joseph
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  • Than the other boys, and so it says that joseph, or "jacob gave
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  • Him a special coat, which was long and," what?
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  • "very beautiful.
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  • When joseph's brothers saw that their father loved joseph more
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  • Than he loved them, they," did what?
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  • "hated their brother."
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  • So you gotta imagine that they probably disliked him, i'm sure
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  • They were jealous of him.
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  • They were not pleased with the fact that jacob showed so much
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  • Attention and had so much adoration for joseph.
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  • And so the scripture says, "when the brothers saw that their
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  • Father loved joseph more than he loved them, they hated
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  • Their brother."
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  • There it is, we see jealousy.
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  • "because of this," the scripture says, "they refused to say nice
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  • Things to him."
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  • Because when you have jealousy in your heart, it's hard to be
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  • Nice and say nice things to people, and so they in their
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  • Heart were very displeased and they hated him.
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  • And so we see here as we look over in verse 31 of this same
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  • Chapter, skip down, his father
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  • Saw the coat--i'm sorry, let me
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  • Skip back up, 31 is--i'll read it from here.
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  • "the brothers killed a goat and put the goat's blood on joseph's
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  • Beautiful coat.
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  • Then the brothers showed the coat to their father.
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  • And the brothers said, 'we found this coat.
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  • Is this joseph's coat?'
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  • His father saw the coat and knew that it was joseph's.
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  • He said, 'yes, that is his!
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  • Maybe some wild animal has killed him.
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  • My son joseph has been eaten by a wild animal!'
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  • Jacob was so sorry about his son that he tore his clothes.
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  • Then jacob put on a special--put on special clothes to show that
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  • He was," what?
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  • "sad.
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  • He continued to be sad about it, for his son, for a long time.
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  • All of jacob's sons and daughters tried to comfort him,
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  • But jacob was never comforted.
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  • He said, 'i will be sad about my
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  • Son until the day that i die.'"
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  • And so we see here how, even early on when joseph was born,
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  • And then as joseph matured on in life, that because his brothers
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  • Were not nice to him, because his brothers hated him, disliked
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  • Him, that this situation occurred in joseph's life.
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  • Now, you have to ask yourself, now, what did joseph do?
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  • Was there something that joseph did to bring this on himself, or
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  • Was it just drama that life brought joseph's way?
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  • And sometimes that's what drama does, it will become a part of
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  • Your life unbeknownst to you or separate from anything that you
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  • Know or did.
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  • And so, it was his brothers that were really having a difficult
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  • Time with him.
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  • Now, look over in chapter 50, and let's look at something else
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  • That happened, more drama in the family because of the preference
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  • That was given to joseph.
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  • Chapter 50, verse 17: "he said, 'tell joseph,'" this was
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  • After--well, let's look at verse 15.
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  • This was after jacob had matured and gotten older.
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  • It says, "after jacob died, joseph's brothers were worried.
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  • They were afraid that joseph would still be mad at them for
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  • What they had done years before."
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  • And see, that's the thing, when we plant seeds and we sow and do
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  • Things, you don't have to worry about, you know, praying
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  • Something against your enemy or praying something against
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  • Somebody, people know.
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  • And if nothing else, the enemy will remind them and bring
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  • Things back to their remembrance.
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  • So let's look at verse 15, let's look at that again.
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  • So it says here, "they were afraid that joseph would still
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  • Be mad at them for what they had done years before."
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  • They've still carried that situation with them and still
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  • Were cognizant of it, and "they said, 'maybe joseph still hates
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  • Us for what we did.'"
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  • Let's keep going, "so the brothers sent this message to
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  • Joseph: 'before your father died, he told us to give you
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  • A message.
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  • He said, 'tell joseph that i beg him to please forgive his
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  • Brothers for the bad things they did to him.'
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  • So now joseph, we beg you, to please forgive us for the bad
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  • Things we did to you.
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  • We are the servants of god, the god of your father.'
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  • That message made joseph very sad," and what happened?
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  • "and he cried."
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  • And so it is, we see time and time again that jealousy
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  • Brews drama.
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  • The fact that the siblings in this family felt the way that
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  • They did towards one another, and particularly toward their
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  • Own brother, that preference that was given and the fear that
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  • Joseph is getting something that we want and joseph is getting
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  • Something that we don't have.
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  • And as a result, it created drama within their family.
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  • So in the bible, jealousy is often portrayed as a negative
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  • Emotion that can lead to destructive behavior.
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  • There are instances where there's rachel and leah, and how
  • 00:15:07.453 --> 00:15:11.357
  • They went through their situation as siblings and as
  • 00:15:11.357 --> 00:15:15.594
  • Sisters, and it led to destructive behavior.
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  • I referenced cain and abel and how there was murder and all
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  • Kinds of things.
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  • So the root of jealousy can be traced to several key things,
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  • Number one, comparison, comparison.
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  • Jealousy often arises from comparing oneself to the other.
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  • That's what happened with joseph and his brothers.
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  • They were comparing how the father treated and loved joseph,
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  • And as a result, they were in a position of jockeying and
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  • Striving and all kinds of things and competition.
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  • Now, let's look at this in luke chapter 15.
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  • Luke's gospel chapter 15, a very familiar story here of the
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  • Prodigal son.
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  • We see another example of siblings and family drama that
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  • Took place in the life of the prodigal son.
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  • Let's look at verse 28, look at
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  • Verse--skip down to verse 28:
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  • "the older son was angry and would not go in to the party."
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  • The father had a son who had left and gone and just disowned
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  • Everything that the father had instilled in him, and then he
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  • Had a young--an older brother who stayed and was there at the
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  • Father's side, and the scripture says, "so the father went out
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  • And begged him to come in."
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  • This was after the prodigal son had returned.
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  • All these years where he was out doing his own thing and living
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  • The life that he wanted to live, and then all of a sudden he
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  • Decided to come back.
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  • And so when he came back, his older brother had serious issues
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  • With him coming back, and so he said to his father, "look, all
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  • These years i have worked like a slave for you.
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  • I have always done what you told me to do, and you never gave me
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  • Even a young goat for a party with my friends."
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  • He had issue with his brother coming back after he had been
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  • Gone so long and he had stayed, and you have to ask yourself,
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  • "well, why did you stay?"
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  • Anyway, we won't go there.
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  • "but then this son," not my brother, but he says, "'but then
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  • This son of yours comes home after wasting your money on
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  • Prostitutes, and you kill the best calf for him!'
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  • His father said to him, 'oh, my son, you are always with me, and
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  • Everything i have is yours.'"
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  • But do you see the comparison there, you see the preference
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  • That the older brother had issue with, his uneasiness, his
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  • Anxiety because he felt like he wasn't preferred and because of
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  • What had happened?
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  • And then as a result, his attitude and everything started
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  • To shift.
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  • So comparison often arises, and we see that people often compare
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  • Themselves with others.
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  • We see that online a lot, comparing their advancements,
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  • Their promotions, their jobs, their possessions.
  • 00:19:27.813 --> 00:19:32.217
  • Feeling like someone else is achieving more can lead to
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  • Jealousy, especially if one feels stuck.
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  • Someone say, i'm not stuck.
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  • And so jealousy often arises from comparing ourselves one to
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  • Another, it also can arise and be traced to relationships.
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  • Comparing romantic relationships, comparing
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  • Friendships or family dynamics can create jealousy.
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  • Seeing others, you may see them online and what seems to be
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  • Perfect relationships or having the sense of things
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  • Being idolized.
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  • We see that all the time in movies, and then as a result
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  • People become jealous, become possessive, and that is another
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  • Way in which jealousy comes in.
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  • Physical appearance.
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  • Society often plays a strong emphasis on physical beauty and
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  • Attractiveness, comparing one's appearance to that of others.
  • 00:20:36.381 --> 00:20:42.854
  • And another way in which jealousy comes in is through
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  • Material possessions, as we just read with the older brother who
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  • Had an issue with the son who had spent all the possessions
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  • That he had.
  • 00:20:57.269 --> 00:20:59.271
  • And so people compare their material possessions, homes,
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  • Cars, clothes.
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  • When someone perceives that others have more or better
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  • Possessions, it can lead to jealousy.
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  • Some of our lives, we grew up and it was like a soap opera,
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  • You know, but thank god for jesus.
  • 00:21:19.825 --> 00:21:25.864
  • Another way in which jealousy comes in is desiring for what
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  • Others have.
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  • Desire for what others have.
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  • Jealousy can stem from a desire for possessions, status, or
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  • Relationships that belong to others.
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  • We know one of the commandments is against coveting one's
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  • Neighbor's possession.
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  • Desires for what others have.
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  • Another way in which comparison comes in is through insecurity,
  • 00:22:01.032 --> 00:22:05.337
  • Jealousy can also be rooted in feelings of inadequacy
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  • Or insecurity.
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  • I'm reminded of miriam and aaron, and how they had issue
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  • With god speaking through moses and them being siblings.
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  • And as a result of them being not chosen to do the things that
  • 00:22:28.894 --> 00:22:34.032
  • Moses did, it opened the door to jealousy and opened the door
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  • To drama.
  • 00:22:39.704 --> 00:22:41.072
  • And miriam said, "well, you know, what's so special about
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  • Moses that god gets to speak through him?"
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  • And some bad things happened to her, she turned white as snow,
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  • Turned into a leper.
  • 00:22:54.186 --> 00:22:55.987
  • And so insecurity, the feelings of inadequacy, reveal and can
  • 00:22:55.987 --> 00:23:03.695
  • Fuel jealousy.
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  • Come into my heart right now, i believe i receive salvation, and
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  • I'm seated at the right hand of god the father, in jesus's
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