Psa. 37:1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! ² For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

Introduction

Sometimes the wicked prosper:
How does knowing they are rich make you feel toward them?

1. ________________________
2. ________________________

How does it make you feel toward God?

• Why does he let the _______________ get rich? Why does he let the ________________ suffer?
• God isn’t ________________________.

Four main points:

1. What should our attitude NOT be?
2. What happens to the wicked?
3. What about the righteous?
4. What SHOULD our attitude be?

What should our attitude NOT be?
Do not ________________________
Do not ________________________

What happens to the wicked?

 Now
Often the wicked are punished ________________________.

 Later
The real curse of the wicked is after ____________________.

Hell as described in Lk 13; Mt 8, 13, 22, 24, 25

1.  _______________________________
2. Cast into the outer ________________
3. Thrown into the  __________________
4.  _______ and gnashing of __________

What about the righteous?

Rom. 3:10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; ¹¹ no one understands; no one seeks for God. ¹² All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” [...] ²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

We are all _________. We all deserve to be damned to hell.

God’s justice is so great that not only will murderers be sentenced to the curse of hell, but so will _________ and __________.

Rev. 21:8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

1Cor. 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

1Cor. 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Gal. 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us

On the cross, he became a _________________.

He participated in our death and __________ so that we could participate in his life and __________.

Those who trust in Christ are the righteous. Not their own righteousness, but his. They seek after righteousness, they seek his kingdom.

What are the blessings?

 Psalm 37
 Now
 Later

What SHOULD our attitude be?

The point: Don’t be angry or envious

• We have life with _______ and an eternity of ________
• They have a life of _______ and an eternity of _______

What do we do? How does this knowledge affect us?

1. Know your _____________________
2. Be  ___________________________
3. Know that God is ________________
4. Love the _______________________

Conclusion

Instruction from the Word of God brings __________________ and _______________ to the grass and the green herb.

Deut. 32:1 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. ² May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb. ³ For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!