Trey Knowles: Risala 4 – “For I Am Jealous for You”

I am jealous for you because of your unfaithfulness. I long for you to turn away from what destroys you and return to our Father in Heaven, to live in the Spirit of truth. You were once joined to my Father, but you committed adultery and no longer listen. Now I grieve—and in that grief, I burn with jealousy—because of your loyalty to death and destruction.

You have placed yourself into the enemy's hands, and your children are being born into the image of the beast. When you grumble against your current husband—who lies, cheats, steals, and kills, and who makes you dependent on him by overworking and mistreating you—I will not be moved by your complaints.

Who are you to grumble against the very one you depend on—the wicked master whose character you have taken on, whose unlawful spirit you follow, and in whose wars you fight? This is why I am jealous for you. You have chosen the world over my Father.

Have you not read in Scripture: “You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world means enmity with God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.” (James 4:4)

So am I, Trey Knowles, right in saying that I am jealous for you because of your unfaithfulness to my Father in Heaven? Do not even grumble against me, because Musa said:

“You will know that it was the Lord when He gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”

وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ ٱثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًا ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ قَوْمُهُۥٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْغَمَامَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ (7:160)

Surah Al-A'raf (7:160) “We divided them into twelve tribes—each as a community. And We revealed to Moses, when his people asked for water, ‘Strike the rock with your staff.' Then twelve springs gushed out. Each tribe knew its drinking place. We shaded them with clouds and sent down to them manna and quails, saying, ‘Eat from the good things We have provided for you.' They certainly did not wrong Us, but wronged themselves.”

Grace and Peace, Trey Knowles