Christians should not allow entertainment to define their understanding of happiness, romance, modesty, masculinity, success, fulfillment, justice, or anything else. The Word and the Spirit should shape our worldview, not Hollywood. Sadly, however, many Christians today are more affected by the movies they watch than the sermons they hear. They show more enthusiasm for video games or television sporting events than they do for pursuing Christ likeness. They fill their minds with the sounds of talk radio or perhaps the latest hit albums rather than letting the Word of God richly dwell within them. Deep down, they enjoy exploring the pleasures of the world – even if only vicariously – as they watch actors play out scenes in which sinful pursuits are seemingly rewarded with happiness. The irony, of course, is that in real life though the same actors are just as miserable as everyone else, a sobering reality that keeps supermarket tabloids in business.
John MacArthur

AFFLICTIONS of the Wicked

AFFLICTIONS of the Wicked

AFFLICTIONS of the Wicked, The

  1. God is glorified in # Ex 14:4 Eze 38:22,23
  2. God holds in derision # Ps 37:13 Pr 1:26,27
  3. Are multiplied # De 31:17 Job 20:12-18 Ps 32:10
  4. Are continual # Job 15:20 Ec 2:23 Isa 32:10
  5. Are often sudden # Ps 73:10 Pr 6:15 Isa 30:13 Re 18:10
  6. Are often judicially sent # Job 21:17 Ps 107:17 Jer 30:15
  7. Are for examples to others # Ps 64:7-9 Zep 3:6,7 1Co 10:5-11 2Pe 2:6
  8. Are ineffectual of themselves, for their conversion # Ex 9:30 Isa 9:13 Jer 2:30 Hag 2:17
  9. Their persecution of saints, a cause of # De 30:7 Ps 55:19 Zec 2:9 2Th 1:6
  10. Impenitence is a cause of # Pr 1:30,31 Eze 24:13 Am 4:6-12 Zec 7:11,12 Re 2:21,22
  11. Sometimes humble them # 1Ki 21:27
  12. Frequently harden # Ne 9:28,29 Jer 5:3
  13. Produce slavish fear # Job 15:24 Ps 73:19 Jer 49:3,5
  14. Saints should not be alarmed at # Pr 3:25,26
  15. Exemplified 15a) Pharaoh and the Egyptians

    # Ex 9:14,15 14:24,25

15b) Ahaziah # 2Ki 1:1-4 15c) Gehazi # 2Ki 5:27 15d) Jehoram # 2Ch 21:12-19 15e) Uzziah # 2Ch 26:19-21 15f) Ahaz, &c # 2Ch 28:5-8,22