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Good & Loving

Explore the attributes of goodness and love through the lens of God's benevolence, kindness, and compassion. Discover how God's immutability and righteousness contribute to His unwavering love for mankind. Understand that everything God does is ultimately good and just, even in times of judgment or discipline.

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Good & Loving

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  1. Good & Loving

  2. Let’s attempt to DEFINE & DEFEND these attributes…

  3. GOOD Kindness Showing benevolence Considerate & Compassionate Showing favor towards Being kind hearted Desiring the best for…

  4. LOVING Having care for… Showing goodwill towards Deep affection for… In the best interest of another Genuine concern for... Preferring another…

  5. Good

  6. When we say that God is Good we do notmean: Moral goodness. God is morally good, flawless in fact. However that specific attribute would be; Holiness & Righteousness

  7. We will look at God’s absolute moral goodness the next time that we are together; when we will look at His holiness and righteousness.

  8. First, when we say that God is Good we mean: His benevolence towards man: The goodness of God is what inclines Him to be kind, loving, gracious, benevolent and full of goodwill towards mankind.

  9. He is tenderhearted and of quick sympathy, and His unfailing attitude toward all moral beings is open, frank, and friendly. By His nature He is inclined to bestow blessedness and He takes holy pleasure in the happiness of His people.A.W Tozer

  10. The whole outlook of mankind might be changed if we could all believe that we dwell under a friendly sky and that the God of heaven, though exalted in power and majesty is eager to be friends with us.A.W Tozer

  11. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. Psalm 145:9

  12. Everygood gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights…James 1:17

  13. Second, when we say that God is Good we mean: Something that God is. Divine goodness, as one of God’s attributes, is not something God wants to be, tries to be, decides to be & is more often than not…

  14. Being good & loving is something that God is and always will be, by His very nature.

  15. How great is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those who fear You, which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You.Psalm 31:19

  16. Third, when we say that God is Good we mean: Something that is immutable. Since God is immutable (unchanging), He never varies in the intensityof His loving-kindness.

  17. He has never been kinder than He now is, nor will He ever be less kind.

  18. Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Psalm 107:1

  19. He is no respecter of persons but makes His sun to shine on the evil as well as on the good, and sends His rain on the just and on the unjust. The cause of His goodness is in Himself, the recipients of His goodness are all His beneficiaries without merit and without recompense.A.W Tozer

  20. Fourth, when we say that God is Good we mean that: Everything God does is good. God does nothing bad. God does nothing poorly.

  21. Everything he does is good, right & proper.

  22. Even when God judges the wicked or punishes sin etc. It is good that sin should be punished… it is good that wickedness be purged.

  23. It would be bad, immoral in fact, for God not to punish or condemn evil etc.

  24. Even when God chastises or purifiesa believer on the pathof sanctification… it is very good.

  25. The LORD is righteous in everything he does; he is filled with kindness.Psalm 145:17

  26. When it appears that God has done something ‘not good’ it is because we lack the knowledge & wisdom of God to understand why it was indeed good.

  27. When it appears that God has done something wrong, something ‘not good’ remember Joseph…

  28. You intended to harmme, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.Genesis 50:20

  29. It is good for God to use elementsof suffering, pain, loss, disappointment etc. to bring about spiritual, eternalgain… this is GOOD.

  30. In fact, if God prevented suffering, pain, loss & disappointment at the forfeiture of eternal spiritual gain…he would cease to be good.

  31. The goodness of God is not simply a theology to be treasured…but a reality to be felt and experienced.

  32. There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

  33. Not long after, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

  34. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

  35. When he came to his senses, he said;

  36. ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him:’

  37. ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’

  38. So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

  39. The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

  40. But the father said to his servants,‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

  41. That is the goodness of God.

  42. …the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him.

  43. In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.

  44. He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.

  45. But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’

  46. Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt.

  47. That is the goodness of God.

  48. Loving

  49. First, when we say that God is Loving we mean that: God is perfectly, fully, instantly everything listed in 1Cor 13:4-8

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