Brookfield Church of Christ
Sep 6 2026 Sun p.m. - Evening Service
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- INTRODUCTIONYou ever wonder why sometimes bad people do better than you?They have no scruples, yet they prosper and do much betterSome may feel that that is unfairTonight we’ll see, from scripture why it only seems that wayThere is a Temptation to Envy or Loose PatienceCheater close dealsLiars get PromotionsThe one who callously humiliates other live in luxuryIt seems like the person without any principles is literally handed a perfect life.At the work place, people climb past you via flattery or manipulationYou stayed late, did things the honest way, worked hard.HomelifePsalmist AsaphA. Proclamation of Praise
Psalm 73:1 ESV Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.B. Declaration of EnvyPsalm 73:2–3 ESV But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.C. Observation of WrongnessPsalm 73:4–12 ESV For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies. They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression. They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth. Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them. And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?” Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in richesD. Invalidation of FaithPsalm 73:13–15 ESV All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children.E. Recognition of TruthPsalm 73:16–17 ESV But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.F. Realization of PositionPsalm 73:18–20 ESV Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.E. Rededication of FaithPsalm 73:21–26 ESV When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.Does Feeling this way Mean You’ve Failed as a Believer?Does this mean that God has stopped working on your behalf?Psalm 37:7 ESV Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!Ecclesiastes 8:11–12 ESV Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.We have to learn to be stillIn a world rewards the loudest reaction and the fastest comeback, stillness can feel like weaknessLamentations 3:25–26 ESV The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Psalm 73:1NIV2011
Psalm 73:2–3NIV2011
Psalm 73:4–12NIV2011
Psalm 73:13–15NIV2011
Psalm 73:16–17NIV2011
Psalm 73:18–20NIV2011
Psalm 73:21–26NIV2011
Psalm 37:7NIV2011
Ecclesiastes 8:11–12NIV2011
Lamentations 3:25–26NIV2011
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