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Job chapter 21, verse 7.

Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?

So this is Job speaking in the middle of these interchanges going back and forth with these friends or

better put miserable comforters as he's made clear at different points and

they're saying to Job you are obviously suffering because of wickedness and

sin in you and Job looks at them and says,

what are you talking about? Like look at people who are prospering around me, who are living

and reaching old age and are growing mighty in power and experiencing all kinds of prosperity

in this world who are wicked. And basically, Job is

debunking the ideas of these miserable comforters, these so-called friends of his who are saying

that if you are righteous, you will experience prosperity, and if you are wicked, you will experience suffering.

Job's saying, that's not the way it works in this world.

Yes, we know from different points in Scripture, Old Testament, and New Testament alike,

that there's blessing that goes with obedience to God.

We could talk a ton about that, but we also know that just

because we are obedient to God does not mean everything will go smooth for us in this world. In fact,

Jesus, Paul, all throughout the New Testament, we see very clearly that obedience will oftentimes

lead to suffering in this world. And then you think about, and the psalmist

asked us at numerous points. Like, why, God, why do the wicked prosper? To use language from Job 21-7

here, why do the wicked live and reach old age and grow mighty and power.

There are many wicked people who are godless, who hate God, who prosper in this world.

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