08-21-16 - Joy or Jealousy? John 3:22-30

“Joy or Jealousy?”  John 3:22-30

Since Shakespeare’s play “The Merchant of Venice,” we have called jealousy “the green-eyed monster.”  It may be poetic to call it “green-eyed,” but there is nothing poetic about calling it a monster.  Jealousy is a monster and it is the kind of monster by which even believers in Jesus can be conquered.  But John 3:22-30 gives us help in dealing with jealousy.  What does this passage teach us about jealousy?       

I The seedbed of jealousy is c_____________________ (3:22-25).

II The trigger to jealousy is f_______ of t____________ (3:26)

III In the response of John the Baptist we see the k_____ to defeating jealousy:

We need to know that our specific calling is given to us by ________ (3:27).

We need to make sure we are motivated by the r________ g_________ (3:28-29).

We need to know how to find _____ in our unique calling (3:30).