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Job chapter 20 verses 4 and 5. Do you not know this from of old

since man was placed on earth that the exulting of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless,

but for a moment. This is another one of those places in Job, those many places in Job where one of Job's supposed friends is saying something that is true

and applying it unhelpfully and inappropriately in Job's life saying that his suffering is a result of his wickedness.

At the same time I do want us to step back and think about the truth behind this statement

that the exulting of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment.

In other words, we must always be careful not to be deceived by the temporary pleasures of sin and the temporary

pleasures of wickedness and the temporary pleasures of this world that are fleeting and will not ultimately

last. And when we send, when we turn from God and His ways to our own ways to what we think is better.

We do that not because we think it's going to be worse.

We actually think it's going to be better.

That's the way sin works from the very beginning.

Genesis chapter 3. She saw the fruit. It looked good. It was desirous to her.

It was pleasing to her eye, and she ate, she gave some to her husband.

He thought the same thing he ate because he thought, she thought, this would be good, that's the way sin works I just want to encourage us all

today to be reminded it's not true sin does not lead to pleasure.

The exulting of sin of wickedness is short.

Joy that comes in godliness is only for a moment. It does not last. You want satisfaction that

lasts. You want joy that lasts. You want exulting that lasts. Trust in

God. Pursue God with all your heart, obey God today.

Tomorrow, the next day, this exulting will last forever.

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