Prosperous
Wicked and Plagued Saints
by
David Engelsma
An Exposition
of Psalm 73.
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One of
the most powerful temptations of the believer is to doubt God’s
goodness to him in time of trouble—earthly trouble including
family distress, sickness, and financial hardship. Lending force to the
temptation is God’s apparent goodness to the wicked in their
prosperity—earthly prosperity including a peaceful home,
health, and economic success.
Every
Christian struggles with this temptation at some time in his life. Every
Christian knows by experience that, especially when his trouble is
great, or continues without relief, the temptation threatens his very
faith in God and thus his salvation. The words of the psalmist in Psalm
73:2 are his own: “My feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh
slipped.”
This
temptation and this struggle regarding earthly troubles, as well as the
overcoming of the temptation and victory in the struggle by every child
of God are the profound and grand themes of Psalm 73.
Prosperous
Wicked and Plagued Saints is a commentary on this precious psalm
that applies to stumbling believers and their children, in a practical
way, that gospel-truth which alone holds them up and restores them. This
is the truth of God’s goodness, His gracious and favourable attitude, to his people in their trouble,
as it is also the truth of God’s curse of the wicked in their
prosperity.
In
light of the teaching of Psalm 73, the book takes issue with a theory
about earthly prosperity and earthly woe that, for all its strange
popularity with Reformed and evangelical Christians, only intensifies
the believer’s temptation to doubt in the hour of trouble: the theory
of common grace.
"This little gem of a book ... [is] a faithful exposition of
Scripture, a book for all the saints. Prof. Engelsma takes Scripture
word for word and carefully opens up its meaning with devastating
effect. Verse by verse and phrase by phrase, through just over 100
easy-to-read pages, he shows us how [Psalm 73] totally demolishes the
theory of common grace" (The Reformed Witness).
To
read chapter 1 of this book in German, click here.
To
read chapter 8 of this book in German, click here.
To
read excerpts from chapter 1 of this book in Portuguese, click here.
To
read chapter 2 of this book in Portuguese, click here.
