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Week 24, Day 5 — Psalm 73

Jeremy Paschall
06/08/25 - Podcast

And now, a minute with the Word…

Solomon wrote, in Ecclesiastes 8.14, “There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous.” But as both Lazarus and the rich man learned (Luke 16.19-31), earthly circumstances do not necessarily reflect spiritual realities; temporal experiences are not always indicative of eternal outcomes. “For,” Solomon explained, in Ecclesiastes 12.14, “God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.” So, as Jesus admonished, in John 7.24, “Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”