[rjsimmon]

Why do good things happen to bad people?

I know you meant this in jest (at least, I hope so), but my pastor related a grand truth in this light, to wit: This reality is as close to Heaven as the lost will get and as close to Hell as a believer will ever be.

"To show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright... "
-Matthew 5:45

[Gingersnap]

Why do good things happen to bad people?

I know you meant this in jest (at least, I hope so), but my pastor related a grand truth in this light, to wit: "This reality is as close to Heaven as the lost will get and as close to Hell as a believer will ever be.

"To show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright... " -Matthew 5:45 ___________________________________________________________
What an amazingly apt description of the fallen world!

Thanks for posting!