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God Is Good
(Lk18:18-23)

God is good.
His essence is good, and His will, His word and His deeds that come from Him are all good.
Through His own sacrifice, He gives good gifts (Mt7:11) and
To those who do good, He gives the resurrection to life (Jn5:29).

Faith is believing that God alone is good (Lk18:19) and
The life of this faith is imitating Him who is good, and speaking and doing good

The general definition of good and evil in the world is in moral terms:
Good — factors that are good to others;
Evil — factors that are harmful to others.
The Bible, however, speaks of the goodness of God.
Creation was the means to reveal it:
Darkness reveals light, death reveals life, evil reveals good (Is45:7; Rm8:38-39).

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil which causes many doubts is actually
The key to unlock the mystery of the Bible.
Deceived by the devil, Adam ate it, and sin and death entered (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) but
By that, men can now have the same experience as the Son, one of the Trinity
In knowing good and evil, that is, experience death and life (Ge3:22) for
It was done according to the good will of God (Job9:24).

For Adam was created to have the cravings of the flesh (Eph2:3),
He was deceived by the origin of sin, the devil, and sinned (1Jn3:8, 12).
Thus, all men became servants of the devil and the wicked who do evil (Mi7:2-4).

The Law was good doctrine that Israel received (Pr4:2).
If they kept it they were righteous, but the guilty were condemned (Dt25:1).
They lived around the Temple that reminded them this but
They eventually fell because they worshiped idols (2Ki7:11), deceived their neighbors,
Mistreated the widows and the fatherless and did all kinds of evils (Job22:9; Jer9:5)

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would tear down the good words of Jehovah spoken through the angel (Zec1:3) and
He would do according to the Father’s good words spoken through the Son for
He is the good One who was in the bosom of the Father in the beginning (Jn1:18, 46).
His public life that was with the Holy Spirit and power was about doing good, that is,
Healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with Him (Ac10:38).

Anyone who wants eternal life must, not by his own doing a bit of good works (Mt6:2-4; Lk18:18-23),
But by first realizing that he is a sinner through the Law (Rm7:12-18) and
Believe Yeshua, become righteous and follow the good shepherd (Jn10:10-11).

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The Father alone does good to the point of giving the one and only Son;
2) He judged the devil, the thief, the evil one (Jn10:8-9; 1Jn3:8); and
3) For all men He laid down His life to lead them to the good path (Jn10:11).

In the beginning — the Word — the good God — became flesh:
— Laid down His life — the good work only God can do;
— His blood — for all men — gave the best, life (Mt7:11).

He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb who sat on the throne for
Those who are thirsty can come and take the free gift of the river of the water of life (Rev22:17),
Which is still flowing out of the scars on His body (Rev22:1).

The believer is he who was created to do good works (Eph2:10) and
The Holy Spirit lets him who has the blood of Yeshua, the good genes inside him
Have a good conscience, a good heart (He13:18).

The Christian is he who no longer does what is evil (Rm6:12; Eph4:28-29; 1Pe1:14, 4:2) and
Feels uncomfortable about having two shirts, abundant possession (Lk3:11) and
Does good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers (Lk12:33; Gal6:10).
By preaching out of goodwill, he does the best work, the work of saving souls (Php1:15), that is,
The work of leading the souls outside the sheep pen to the good shepherd (Jn10:16).

O Lord,
Selfishness, covetousness, indifference, heartlessness, stinginess…
In the past, I was the worst of all wicked, caring only about myself.
Now, I am concerned for doing good works.
Teach me how could I do good works that please God more.
When leaving this world, let us all be led by the good shepherd and
Go to the river of the water of life! Amen.