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Why does God let the wicked prosper?
Wealth might also be given to an evil person as a sign of God’s patience, in the eventuality that he will repent and become worthy of his lot. This separates those who are loyal to God from those who allow the wicked to persuade them. The purpose of this is so that those who succeed will receive their reward from God.
What does the Bible say about God’s silence?
God may be silent but he is not absent. Matthew 1:23 says, “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). When you hear God’s silence and feel his absence, trust his presence. God is with us and God is active even when God is silent.
What is God’s response to wickedness?
God’s Answer to Wickedness Human beings are utterly lost in their sin, unable to save themselves. The only answer to wickedness must come from God. But how can a loving God be both merciful and just? How can he forgive sinners to satisfy his perfect mercy yet punish wickedness to satisfy his perfect justice?
What does the Bible say about evil winning?
DEAR R.E.: The Bible promises us that in the end, good will win out over evil, and evil will be defeated — finally and completely. It tells us that “in keeping with (God’s) promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness” (2 Peter 3:13).
What does it prosper a man to gain?
[35] For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. [36] For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
When you look at the prosperity of the wicked?
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills. Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
Why does God keep silent?
The first step when God seems silent: be honest. God wants us to tell him how we feel. Whatever we are feeling – rejected, angry, hurt, grieved – he can take it. Our feelings will not be a surprise. A relationship with God is what sustains us through suffering.
What does the Bible say about spiritual wickedness?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against a spiritual wickedness in high places.
How do you know if you are wicked?
16 Warning Signs Of Evil People
- They enjoy the misfortune of others.
- They have control issues.
- They are habitually dishonest.
- You feel strange around them.
- They mislead you.
- They lack remorse.
- They are cruel.
- They lack responsibility.
Why does God sometimes become silent?
Because God Wants to Grow Your Faith and Depend on Him God could be silent because He wants to grow your faith so that you will keep on praying and not give up. He wants to increase your dependency on Him. In Luke 18 Jesus told a parable about a woman who kept bothering an uncaring judge about getting justice for her from her adversary.
What does the Bible say about not keeping silence?
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him… the wicked.
Is God ignoring job and King David?
In reality, God wasn’t absent or silent or indifferent at all toward Job or King David. It’s just how it felt to them at the time. Nor, in reality, was God silent toward Andrew Peterson or playing hard to get with Rich Mullins.
Is God’s silence how it feels?
“God’s silence is how it feels, it’s not how it is.” Deprivation is in the design of this age. We live mainly in the age of anticipation, not gratification. We live in the dim mirror age, not the face-to-face age ( 1 Corinthians 13:12 ). The paradox is that what satisfies us most in this age is not what we receive, but what we are promised.