Title: Suffering and Prosperity
Content Introduction
1. The words of Psalm 73 are words that those who suffer on this earth must always memorize.
The author had to feel a lot of conflict in the way the wicked prosper. Why God's people
Do the wicked prosper without God despite suffering?
2. Still, many people try to associate their faith in Jesus with the problems of the flesh.
The prevailing opinion is that those who believe in Jesus must be different from those who do not.
3. No matter what our hopes and thoughts are, when our reality is far from our hopes
There are many. The Bible answers our questions.
I. The wicked can never prosper (9-11, 14).
A. Assyria and Nineveh had dominion over God's people.
1. It was the domination of the wicked. They tormented Israel in every way.
2. He gave me enough pain to feel as if God did not live, and I felt hopeless
made me feel
3. But God broke the silence and declared the judgment of the wicked. Through the text
Let's look at God's declaration of judgment.
B. Let's not envy the prosperity of the wicked.
1. Those who lamented that the present world is a world in which it is impossible to live without conscience
C. Is that really the case?
2. Even now, observing the word of God to the point of being foolish and setting an example
There are companies that have it. At the last Economic Justice Federation, Korea Glass was selected as the best model company.
was selected as a company, and that company is a company built on the basis of trust.
Let's not forget that there are many unknown companies.
3. Living in moderation and practicing expedients is the first step in success. However, life
are not very short, so we need to watch their end.
4. If anyone denies the existence of God, he or she will live in harmony with those who live properly.
It's okay to be like you. But if you believe in God as the living Father, the moment of the wicked
Do not be deceived by the enemy prosperous.
5. Watching ephemerals who are judged by the law after making a quick payment in an unfair way
is not that difficult. This is the prosperity of the wicked. Is it really the object of envy?
II. Suffering has a meaning (12-13, 15).
A. Suffering is training.
1. If there is no suffering, we will fall into the temptation of pride. That is our human reality.
2. Suffering makes the saints pray. Suffering is the teacher of prayer. There is no suffering.
You cannot pray if you do. Only those who are thirsty will seek water.
3. All great men of faith found God through suffering. Abraham, Jacob, and John
Note that the faith of Sheb, Moses, Joshua, and Job never happened spontaneously.
B. The suffering of the righteous is the basis for judgment on the wicked.
1. Abraham said that his descendants must suffer in the wilderness for 400 years.
I received the message from Nim, and the reason was because of the judgment of the Amorites and the judgment of Egypt.
2. Assyria and Nineveh are vicious peoples who have lived without God.
Thus, while training God's people in indolence and complacency,
showed the example.
3. The destruction of Nineveh was the end of suffering for Judah, and the living God of God for the wicked.
It was a proclamation of
4. There is a meaning in all the sufferings the saints face on earth. Throw away your emotions and stand on the Word
Let's examine God's providence.
conclusion
1. We all want prosperity. No one enjoys suffering.
2. However, let's not forget that in order to succeed, we must go through a process of hardship. invest
Without it, there is no result.
3. The prosperity of the wicked is in the blink of an eye.