Jeremiah 12:1-4
“Why do the wicked prosper?” is asked not only by Jeremiah, Job [21:7], and Asaph [Ps. 73], but also by many believers who suffer because of their faithfulness to God.
The wicked treated Jeremiah like a sacrificial lamb [11:19], but he wanted God to slaughter them [v.3]!
Would that have solved the problem?
Questions in Genesis
19:20
Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
20:4
Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?
20:5
Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister, ’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands. ”
20:9
Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done. ”
Questions in Amos
7:5
Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small! ”
7:8
And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos? ”
“A plumb line, ” I replied.
Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
[Message No: 6915]
“Why do the wicked prosper?” is asked not only by Jeremiah, Job [21:7], and Asaph [Ps. 73], but also by many believers who suffer because of their faithfulness to God.
The wicked treated Jeremiah like a sacrificial lamb [11:19], but he wanted God to slaughter them [v.3]!
Would that have solved the problem?
Questions in Genesis
19:20
Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
20:4
Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?
20:5
Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister, ’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands. ”
20:9
Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done. ”
Questions in Amos
7:5
Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small! ”
7:8
And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos? ”
“A plumb line, ” I replied.
Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
[Message No: 6915]
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