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God Is Good

Infinite Blessings Series

October 28, 2018 • Lead Pastor Tim Moen

God is so good... You just cannot contain the reality of the goodness of God!

His goodness towards me... His goodness towards you:
• He saved us!
• His Grace and Mercy are endless!
• He makes all things new!
• He is always with us!

Luke 18:19 Jesus declared it, “No one is good — except God alone”

In 1 John 1:5
“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

When we say... That God is good... What we are saying is that God ALWAYS acts in accordance with what is right, true and good.

Right = Morally good, justifiable or acceptable.
True = Fact, reality, accurate and exact.
Good = to be desired or approved of.
These three attributes are apart of who God is!

Goodness is apart of the nature of God... It is impossible for God to contradict that nature.
Just like Holiness and Righteousness are apart of His nature... God cannot do anything that is UNHOLY or UNRIGHTEOUS... He can’t... Because it is not in Him.

Genesis 50:20
"As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people[a] should be kept alive, as they are today.”

The fact that God is good means that
• He has no evil in Him
• His intentions and motivations are always good
• He ALWAYS does what is right
• The outcome of His plans isALWAYS good!

Psalm 100:5 says, “For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.”

God is Good and...
• He loves you!
• He died for you!
• He wants to forgive you!
• He wants a relationship with you!
• He want to walk with you!
• He wants to help you partner with you!
• He wants you to be with Him in eternity!

Romans 8:31:
“If God is for us, who can be against us?”

Author Max Lacado: “Your parents may have forgotten you, your teachers may have neglected you, your siblings may be ashamed of you; but within reach of your prayers is the maker of the oceans. God! God is for you. Not may be, not has been, not was...but God is! He is for you. Today. At this hour. At this
minute. As you hear this, He is with you. God is for you!”

Evidence #1 - God will graciously give us all things!
Romans 8:32 “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?”

Evidence #2 - No one will bring any charge against us!

Romans 8:33
“Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.”

Evidence #3 - No one will condemn us!

Romans 8:34
“Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.”

Evidence #4 - Nothing will separate us from the love of Christ!

Romans 8:35-39
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

James 4:6 says,
“But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

C.S. Lewis: “According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.” Pride is a state of mind... Or rather... A condition of the heart in which a person has replace the rule of God over his life... With the rule of his own will.

How do you know if you are proud?
• You are always easily offended.
• You always think your way is the best way.
• You have difficulty following the direction or leadership of others. • You are always want things your own way...
• You refuse to align with those who are in positions to lead you.

So because God is GOOD... And because... God is not against you... If you feel the angst between you and God... Check your heart and see if Pride resides there.
Pride is our greatest enemy and humility our greatest friend!

James 4:10 says,
“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.”