Why Do The Wicked Prosper

Scripture

Why do the wicked prosper, growing old and powerful?

~Job 21:7, NLT

Quote

The LORD gets His best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

~ Charles Spurgeon

I am currently reading IMMERSE {Wisdom section} by Tyndale House Publishing. I love reading scripture portions. As is my custom; I read the Lamentations of Jeremiah first and then Ecclesiastes but I also love Job. I like to read Job is sections. I read one of the speeches made by his so-called friends and then I read Job’s response. Job’s friends have all the answers. They love to spiritualize, pontificate and use catchy cliches. All four of his friends are wise in their own eyes and Job is the only honest one in the group. Job is the scripture’s poster child for integrity. This is probably why I have such admiration for Job, he told truth even when it was counter-cultural. His friends had cut and dried answers to all Job’s problems. According to them, God was judging Job for some particular sin and Job was just too proud and stubborn to admit it. They persistently urged him to confess but Job didn’t know what to confess. As you and I know, God was not judging him for any particular sin, God was using Job to show case his integrity and faith as an example for others to follow.

Job spoke truth. He reminded his friends that reality was in contradiction to their hamartiology {doctrine of sin}. His friends believed that no good or righteous person would suffer because sorrow and suffering were direct results to sin. This is not true. Matter of fact it is the opposite of truth. Jesus, who was perfectly righteous and integrated, yet He suffered the most. Job told his friends that they were wrong: the wicked grow old and prosperous. They seem to be immune from calamity. Job said, “They spend their days in prosperity, and then go to the grave in peace and yet their attitude has been…God go away. We want no part of Your ways. Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey Him?” These people do not pray and they think their prosperity is of their own doing. These people are so evil that they don’t even care about their posterity; so long as they get what they want.

I am genuinely concerned about the threat of Marxism. The master minds behind this movement are well described by Job. They have an insatiable appetite for wealth and power. Their lust for wealth and power is more important to them than the future of their grand children. This brings me to the question that practically every American is asking: “Who is running this country?” We all know, it is not Joe. The man is pathetic and totally incompetent. You can call it the deep state, call it whatever you like but someone is pulling Biden’s strings. The one thing we know is that he is a puppet. I don’t believe he is the mastermind of anything. He did not rig the election. He did not create the virus but someone did and who ever it was does not want to be known. I am telling you folks, there are some evil people who are filthy rich who are pulling the strings and they go to great links to remain anonymous. I can’t tell you who they are but I can tell you what they are: they are Sadducees and their god is wealth and power.

EXTRA

We got word late yesterday that Bob Brechtel has covid and is in Madison Hospital. Our Holly talked to him last night and she says he is better. I also heard that Gregg George has covid but hadn’t been able to confirm. I have a call in to his office but so far, no response. Jackie Styles was promoted yesterday. She is Willard’s mother and a sweet lady who loves Jesus. Her health has been bad for years. I do celebrate her promotion. I think her COLS is Sunday evening.

The REVIVE NOW YOUTH RALLY was a huge success and last night we saw the spill over. We had right at 50 young people for our service. That is more than twice the number of adults. As my good friend Keith would say, “Unbelievable!”

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