Why does good things happen to bad people?????

I had heard this on a christian radio station, but I didn't get to listen to the reason why. Why do people who don't live right and follow Jesus have good things happen to them???? Like the guy who cheats on his wife is rich and has everything or the woman who could care a less about bringing a baby into the world has 5 when another couple would do anything to have just 1 and can not. Is there a scripture or chapter in the bible that i could read to help me understand this????

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Permalink Reply by Jason Claus on November 25, 2009 at 1:41pm

This is something alot of people refer to as common grace. "The lord cause the light to sin upon the just and unjust alike and to rain upon the just and unjust alike." God is a just God, but he doesn't always exact punishment right away. If he did man would we be in trouble. Actually theirs a verse I can't find right now in the N.T. that says God hides his eyes from the sins of the world in order for him not exact justice untill the appropriate time. I think God is a loving God, who even though he is running down the nations on a prophetic clock and he is limiting the boundaries of sin through the presence of the Holy Spirit and the churches light and salt he doesn't deal with every cause and effect. If he did right awy what would be the point in the word saying," it is appointed unto man once to die and then the judgement. This life is a big playing field of accept christ or accept the world. When it boiles down to it the poor in spirit will inherite the kingdom and the peace makers, those that have the Lord. The rest will have to deal with their dicisions then. I for one don't envy the man who will be made to knell with an iron rod in the end days.

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Permalink Reply by CK on December 10, 2009 at 7:18pm

Good topic and a converstation came up between me and a friend about a month ago on this and God revealed this to me. My friend asked that same question and God revealed this to me. You see we can't be worried about what others are doing wrong, we need to focus on what we are doing wrong. All darkness will come to light and we have to leav their wrong doings up to God and let him handle their wrong doings.