WHY DO THE WICKED PROSPER? (4 OF 9)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Psalm 73:1-28
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Why Do the Wicked Prosper? (4 of 9)
Series: Life Is Hard but God Is Good
Jeff Schreve
Psalm 73
If you have your Bible, please turn to Psalm 73. We're in a series from the Book of Psalms called Life is Hard, but God is Good. And today, we want to talk about the age-old question that many people have asked over the years. Why do the wicked prosper? Now, I won't ask for a show of hands, but I would imagine many in our audience today have asked that question, maybe, not out loud, but maybe just in your heart. You just don't get it. God, how come it seems like there are people that don't walk with You, don't follow You, don't really have any interest at all in You, and You bless them so much, and then the others that desire to please You, You don't seem to bless them? Why is that, God? Why do the wicked prosper is a question that Job asked God in Job, chapter 21. It's a question that the prophet Habakkuk asked God. He said to the LORD, ''Why do You look with favor on those who deal treacherously? That doesn't make sense, God.'' And even Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, the man that God used in such a great way, he said to the LORD in Jeremiah 12, verse 1, ''LORD, if I argue with You, You are always right.'' Man, that, you can't argue with God. God is perfect, and so God is always right. But he says this: ''But I want to ask You about some things that don't seem right. Why are wicked people successful? Why do people you cannot trust have such easy lives?'' That's a question from Jeremiah.
Now, in the Psalms, you have a guy named Asaph, A-S-A-P-H. He was David's worship leader. He was David's choir director. He is used by God to write 12 of the psalms. You know, David wrote almost half of the psalms. Asaph wrote 12 of them. In one of the psalms, Psalm 73, he asked the same question that Job asked, that Habakkuk asked, that Jeremiah asked, ''What gives, God? I don't understand this, God. Why do the wicked prosper? I mean, they don't pray, but yet they prosper. Th ...
Series: Life Is Hard but God Is Good
Jeff Schreve
Psalm 73
If you have your Bible, please turn to Psalm 73. We're in a series from the Book of Psalms called Life is Hard, but God is Good. And today, we want to talk about the age-old question that many people have asked over the years. Why do the wicked prosper? Now, I won't ask for a show of hands, but I would imagine many in our audience today have asked that question, maybe, not out loud, but maybe just in your heart. You just don't get it. God, how come it seems like there are people that don't walk with You, don't follow You, don't really have any interest at all in You, and You bless them so much, and then the others that desire to please You, You don't seem to bless them? Why is that, God? Why do the wicked prosper is a question that Job asked God in Job, chapter 21. It's a question that the prophet Habakkuk asked God. He said to the LORD, ''Why do You look with favor on those who deal treacherously? That doesn't make sense, God.'' And even Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, the man that God used in such a great way, he said to the LORD in Jeremiah 12, verse 1, ''LORD, if I argue with You, You are always right.'' Man, that, you can't argue with God. God is perfect, and so God is always right. But he says this: ''But I want to ask You about some things that don't seem right. Why are wicked people successful? Why do people you cannot trust have such easy lives?'' That's a question from Jeremiah.
Now, in the Psalms, you have a guy named Asaph, A-S-A-P-H. He was David's worship leader. He was David's choir director. He is used by God to write 12 of the psalms. You know, David wrote almost half of the psalms. Asaph wrote 12 of them. In one of the psalms, Psalm 73, he asked the same question that Job asked, that Habakkuk asked, that Jeremiah asked, ''What gives, God? I don't understand this, God. Why do the wicked prosper? I mean, they don't pray, but yet they prosper. Th ...
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