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Tom F said:

. . . For example, the other night, my son and I were enjoying a great game of tennis on a public court, when a carload of youths drove by and screamed out several expletives at us. We were not bothering them, or for that matter, even paying any attention to them, and yet they felt the need to call us several vulgar names. I told my son at the time that someday God will cast such wicked sinners into hell. It made me think of the many references in the Old Testatment of "the wicked."

Tom F,

One of your references was psalm 73:3 so I thought I would post a small excerpt from an article that I have read please read it to the end. Some here may not agree but I believe it to be true.


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[color:"0000FF"]Psalm 73 [/color] sheds light on one of the most powerful and dangerous temptations that ever threatens to undo the God-fearing man or woman. And what is this temptation? Exactly the notion that the prosperity of the ungodly and the adversity of the clean of heart mean that God is good to the ungodly and not good to Israel, here and now, in this life. That is, the temptation that well nigh causes the believer's complete spiritual collapse is the notion that God blesses the ungodly in this life and, if He does not quite curse the godly, does not bless the godly in this life, or, at least, does not bless the godly as much as He blesses the ungodly. The notion is sheer foolishness and ignorance, bordering on bestial stupidity (v. 22). For a man's earthly life, circumstances, possessions, and conditions must be evaluated in the light of the "end" of his life (v. 17). In all His chastising and plaguing of His elect Israel in this life with circumstances of poverty, troubles, lack, and sickness, "truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart" (v. 1). For He is guiding the God-fearer to glory (v. 24). In contrast, in all His loading of the ungodly with prosperity-the good things of earthly life-God is not good to the ungodly in the sense that He is blessing them. <span style="background-color:#FFFF00">For He is setting them in slippery places; He is casting them down into destruction </span> (v. 18).

Prof. David J. Engelsma


William

PS your link is non-op

Last edited by William; Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:59 PM.