During a conversation with an acquaintance, we were discussing his reluctance to believe in the God of the Bible. When I asked him what was his primary reason for not believing, he told me that he just could not believe in a God who was selfish. He had been taught all of his life that selfishness is wrong, and he was not selfish. How could he worship a God that did not even measure up to the standard that he, himself practiced?

His accusation of God was based on first of the Ten Commandments, “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). He reasoned that if someone wanted to worship a different god, it was selfish of God not to allow that. After all, God even admitted that he was a jealous God, and isn't jealousy a sin?