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#210383 - 01/13/11 01:26 PM Re: Why do the Wicked Prosper? [Re: yonuh]
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Agree!

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#210852 - 02/03/11 02:04 PM Re: Why do the Wicked Prosper? [Re: jabber]
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I invite you to take a look at the entire Psalm.

Psalm 73 (Contemporary English Version)
(A psalm by Asaph.)
God Is Good

1-God is truly good to Israel, [a] especially to everyone
with a pure heart.

2-But I almost stumbled and fell,

3-because it made me jealous to see proud and evil people and to watch them prosper.

4-They never have to suffer, [b] they stay healthy,

5-and they don't have troubles like everyone else.

6-Their pride is like a necklace, and they commit sin more often than they dress themselves.

7-Their eyes poke out with fat, and their minds are flooded
with foolish thoughts.

8-They sneer and say cruel things,and because of their pride,
they make violent threats.

9-They dare to speak against God and to order others around.

10-God will bring his people back, and they will drink the water
he so freely gives. [c]

11-Only evil people would say, "God Most High cannot know everything!"

12-Yet all goes well for them, and they live in peace.

13-What good did it do me to keep my thoughts pure and refuse to do wrong?

14-I am sick all day, and I am punished each morning.

15-If I had said evil things, I would not have been loyal to your people.

16-It was hard for me to understand all this!

17-Then I went to your temple, and there I understood what will happen to my enemies.

18-You will make them stumble,never to get up again.

19-They will be terrified, suddenly swept away and no longer here.

20-They will disappear, Lord, despised like a bad dream the morning after.

21-Once I was bitter and brokenhearted.

22-I was stupid and ignorant, and I treated you as a wild animal would.

23-But I never really left you, and you hold my right hand.

24-Your advice has been my guide, and later you will welcome me
in glory. [d]

25In heaven I have only you, and on this earth you are all I
want.

26-My body and mind may fail, but you are my strength and my
choice forever.

27-Powerful LORD God, all who stay far from you will be lost, and you will destroy those who are unfaithful.

28-It is good for me to be near you. I choose you as my protector, and I will tell about your wonderful deeds.

Blessings!

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#210856 - 02/03/11 02:27 PM Re: Why do the Wicked Prosper? [Re: Songbird]
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Songbird,
I've read this often and others like it. Some scriptures are so
contradictory. In one place it says to pray for those who do
you wrong, heaping coals on their head, or some such thing.
And in many other places I've read how God protects those who
love Him and He'll right the wrong done to those who love Him. I believe "God is Good"; He's more than Good, He's great, awesome, and wonderful! Thanks for the above post!

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#211438 - 03/07/11 12:16 AM Re: Why do the Wicked Prosper? [Re: jabber]
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I too believe in a fair and just God. I am confused by the teaching of Born Again Christians that say God will forgive
anyone that profess's sorrow and his belief in God at the end of their life. This includes child molesters and killers, and all sort of heinois criminals. In the Catholic church I was taught you suffered for your sins in purgatory and then went to heaven or if bad enough you died and went straight to hell to burn for eternity. How can someone like say Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dawmer or John Wayne Gasey have as much a chance at heaven as someone say like me, who never hurt anyone, human nor animal and has always believed in living a good life; believing in God and his commandments??? Any takers???
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#211963 - 04/06/11 10:18 AM Re: Why do the Wicked Prosper? [Re: chatty lady]
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I don't understand this either. Never have. Never will!

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#212600 - 05/04/11 10:07 PM Re: Why do the Wicked Prosper? [Re: jabber]
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Not surprising to me no one but one person had an snswer for this subject!! Good question just the same.
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#213203 - 06/01/11 04:23 PM Re: Why do the Wicked Prosper? [Re: chatty lady]
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Chatty, maybe God looks at the sinner differently than we do?
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#213205 - 06/01/11 05:04 PM Re: Why do the Wicked Prosper? [Re: chatty lady]
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Chatty, I try to avoid religious discussions with Born Again Christians, so I don't have an answer for you, either.

I believe that there is one God, who goes by all the names the different religions give to Him.

I believe He is just and fair, and that all people can be saved by his Grace. This means we can all be forgiven for our transgressions and atone for our sins. But I am under the impression that the evil people in the world have to do a lot more "atoning" before they can get to Heaven.

Beyond that, I leave the details up to God.


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#213214 - 06/01/11 06:56 PM Re: Why do the Wicked Prosper? [Re: Anne Holmes]
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John 3:16 tells us that Jesus died, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life. It is good news that if we sincerely repent of our wrongdoings and turn away from them, God forgives us.

As I understand what I've read in the Bible, the reward for believing in God will be the same regardless of the amount of time we served Him. If a 10 yr. old gives his heart to Jesus, and lives a Godly life his reward will be the "same" as for the 70 year old who accepts Jesus as a Savior in the winter of his life: Eternal life is what God promised. I hope this helps.

The wicked seem to prosper, but eventually, if there is no repentance, they will perish. We decide our eternal future by the daily choices we make. Let us live with that in mind and be a light and an inspiration to others.
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#213221 - 06/01/11 11:30 PM Re: Why do the Wicked Prosper? [Re: Songbird]
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Parable of the Vineyard Workers; no matter how long one 'works' or in this case, believes, the reward is the same.
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