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  THE FIRE OF ENVY
  by John Henry Jowett
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Summary: The sermon 'The Fire of Envy' teaches that envy is a deadly
poison that can only be quenched by the mighty power of God, who
transforms it into goodwill and brings order out of chaos.

Topics: "Destructive Envy", "Spiritual Transformation"
Scripture References: Proverbs 14:30, 1 Corinthians 13:4, Galatians 5:26, Philippians 2:3, James 3:16

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John Henry Jowett delivers a powerful message on the destructive nature
of envy, comparing it to a deadly potion that distorts our moral and
spiritual senses, leading to confusion and chaos. Envy blinds us to
truth, making us see disorder as order and misinterpreting everything
around us. Only God has the power to extinguish the destructive fire of
envy, transforming it into goodwill and replacing confusion with order
and beauty.

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"_Where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work!_"

--JAMES iii. 13-18.

In Milton's "Comus" we read of a certain potion which has the power to

pervert all the senses of everyone who drinks it. Nothing is apprehended

truly. Sight and hearing and taste are all disordered, and the victim is

all unconscious of the confusion. The deadly draught is the minister of

deceptive chaos.

And envy is like that potion when it is drunk by the spirit. It perverts

every moral and spiritual sense. The envious is more fatally stricken
than

the blind. He gazes upon untruth and thinks it true. He looks upon

confusion and thinks it order. Envy is colour-blind. It is like
jealousy,

of which it is a blood-relation. It never sees anything in its natural

hues. It misinterprets everything.

No one can quench the unholy fire of envy but the mighty God Himself. It

is like a prairie fire: once kindled it is beyond our power to stamp it

out. But God's coolness is more than a match for all our feverish heat.

His quenchings are transformations. He converts the perverted and
changes

envy into goodwill. The bitter pool is made sweet. For confusion He
gives

order, for ashes He gives beauty, and in the face of an old enemy we see

the countenance of a friend.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-henry-jowett/the-fire-of-envy/
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