Timothy Rogers Quote

"We shall have no cause to murmur at their (the wicked) present undisturbed case and their seeming welfare; for their happiness is not real but apparent, and all the goods that are bestowed upon them are but mean and low in themselves, though our erroneous and blind judgments think them to be somewhat great and considerable. ... they ought rather to be looked on as an argument of God's wisdom than as any objection against his providence; for He understands the just value of things, and knows that the best of these worldly goods are bad enough to be thrown away upon the worst of men" (Rogers Trouble of Mind and the Disease of Melancholy Pg. 58).

Psalm 73:3

"For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked (Psalm 73:3).

Paradoxes of the Christian Faith

Here are a few paradoxes of the Christian faith that distinguish the spiritual state of the believer from that of the unbeliever. As relating to sanctification we might find comfort in that the worst Christian is "better" than the best moralist. For the one is sanctified by God while the other is not. The most ignorant believer is more knowledgeable and wise than the worlds leading atheistic erudite. The poorest Christian, though a pauper to this world, is more wealthy than the richest unbeliever. The one will inherit a heavenly kingdom while the other clings to worldly possessions that have merely a temporal value and is not lasting. The most afflicted Christian is more comforted and blessed than the most surreal; the deaf more sensitive to hearing; and the blind more sightful. The hungry and thirsty are more filled; the imprisoned more free; the fatherless visited; the aged renewed; the dying living; the mourning comforted; the despondent comforted; the forsaken not abandoned; the vexed of spirit are at peace; and the guilty guiltless. There is hope for the hopeless and health for the sick. In failing there is success and it is only in being lost that one can be found. It is only in the loosing of one's life that there is the attaining of life.
These are but a few.