Posted on 03/01/2021 11:50:38 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous" (Proverbs 2:20).
Okay, a good man obtains favor of the Lord, but it doesn't say that you get to heaven by being a good man; but I’ll tell you what: You take two lost guys and stand them side by side. They are both 35 years old and one's been a bad man for the last 20 years of his life and once been a good man for the last 20 years of his life, the good man is more likely to have a clear path to getting saved, and becoming converted, then the bad man. He has a lot less to overcome. He has a lot better success in not only becoming a Christian, but prospering as a Christian, after he is saved; and he's not always reaping evil crops right and left.
“The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself" (Proverbs 14:14).
There a verse that ought to make you think. In one regard, you have a bunch of bad men, and all they can think of is bad stuff and all they are filled with is there evil ways; you can see that they're filled with their own ways, at the same time one of the marks of a good man is that is satisfied from himself. He puts in a good week in his labors and sleeps like a baby. His work may not always be the best it could have been, there's always “this could have been done better,” or whatever but a good man is satisfied by the fruit of his own efforts. There is a satisfaction in that life that no amount of toys are going to replace.
On the other hand, people are busy trying to counterfeit the joy and the rejoicing and the peace that comes from serving God, living for God, and generally fearing God. They are trying to replace that with prosperity, with health, with entertainment and the like, and it just doesn't work. It never has worked, and it never will work. There are just too many people running around looking for a counterfeit joy.
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