Apart from the Holy Spirit, the Bible will utterly fail to penetrate and transform the human heart. With the Spirit of God comes illumination – true understanding of what has been written. Every believer has the Holy Spirit, the One who inspired the writers of Scripture, and without His illuminating ministry to us, the truth of Scripture could not penetrate our hearts and minds.
John MacArthur

HAPPINESS of the Wicked

HAPPINESS of the Wicked

HAPPINESS of the Wicked, The

  1. Is limited to this life # Ps 17:14 Lu 16:25
  2. Is short # Job 20:5
  3. Is uncertain # Lu 12:20 Jas 4:13,14
  4. Is vain # Ec 2:1 7:6
  5. IS DERIVED FROM 5a) Their wealth

    # Job 21:13 Ps 52:7

5b) Their power # Job 21:7 Ps 37:35 5c) Their worldly prosperity # Ps 17:14 73:3,4,7 5d) Popular applause # Ac 12:22 5e) Gluttony # Isa 22:13 Hab 1:16 5f) Drunkenness # Isa 5:11 56:12 5g) Vain pleasure # Job 21:12 Isa 5:12 5h) Successful oppression # Hab 1:15 Jas 5:6 6) Marred by jealousy # Es 5:13 7) Often interrupted by judgments # Nu 11:33 Job 15:21 Ps 73:18-20 Jer 25:10-11 8) Leads to sorrow # Pr 14:13 9) Leads to recklessness # Isa 22:13 10) Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints # Ps 73:3,16 Jer 12:1 Hab 1:13 11) Saints often permitted to see the end of # Ps 73:17-20 12) Envy not # Ps 37:1 13) Woe against # Am 6:1 Lu 6:25 14) Illustrated # Ps 37:35,36 Lu 12:16-20 16:19-25 15) Exemplified 15a) Israel # Nu 11:33 15b) Haman # Es 5:9-11 15c) Belshazzar # Da 5:1 15d) Herod # Ac 12:21-23