{"id":1988,"date":"2023-12-11T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T13:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/championsarise.org\/?post_type=blog&p=1988"},"modified":"2023-12-11T13:39:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T13:39:44","slug":"true-goodness","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/crossby.com.br\/championsarise\/blog\/true-goodness\/","title":{"rendered":"True Goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE WORD: \u201cWhy do you call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God ………. With men this is impossible; but with God all things are<\/p>\n\n\n\n

possible.\u201d Matthew 19:17, 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE POINT: The source of all true goodness is the Lord GOD Almighty. Only God is good! True goodness is determined by the source. If the source is God, then it\u2019s truly good. Anything else is not good …….not really. There can be no<\/p>\n\n\n\n

genuine goodness apart from God. Since God alone is perfect, only He can achieve perfect goodness. Humans are not perfect. Thus, human goodness is incomplete; it is never good enough. Human goodness doesn\u2019t last\u2014it\u2019s temporary, it doesn\u2019t satisfy\u2014there is always a need for more, and it\u2019s never good enough\u2014it always needs to be improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some might argue that there are people who do good all the time. That may be true, but according to whose standard? And how good is good? Society has set certain acceptable standards that are deemed good or bad. Actions can be described as either morally or socially good. A person\u2019s actions may look good, feel good and even be considered morally or socially good, but if it\u2019s not God, it\u2019s not good …….. not<\/p>\n\n\n\n

really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genuine goodness is a God thing! Doing good is what God does. That is why it is only fitting for Jesus Christ to be referred to as the \u201cGood Master.\u201d After all, Jesus is God incarnate. Since God is truly good, then Jesus, as God in human form, is also good. We are told that Jesus went about doing good (Acts 10:38). When it comes to doing good, Jesus is the only one who can do a truly good job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE APPLICATION: Doing good is impossible for us as humans. So, what hope is there for any good to come out of your life? Plenty! Since all things are possible for God, God is your only hope of doing anything good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, in order to do good, you must have Christ in your human form. You first need to be sure that you have received Christ. When you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are born again of the Spirit of God. The source of all goodness comes to indwell you. As you allow Christ to live His good and perfect life in you, He will go about doing good through you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, stop trying to do good with your fleshly human efforts. It won\u2019t work! Instead, allow the One who is good\u2014Christ Himself\u2014 to do good through you. Then you\u2019ll be doing good because of \u201cthe Good Master\u201d who indwells you. And that\u2019s true goodness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE PRAYER: \u201cDear Lord Jesus, I thought that because I was doing good, that made me good. But now I realize that the Source of all true goodness comes from You alone. I now confess that any human good which I have achieved is mere filthy rags compared to You. Therefore, I yield myself completely to You so that You can fill me with Your goodness. I trust You to enable me to do good as You live Your life through me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living from the Source,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Lewis & Lue Gregory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.S. HAVE A GOOD ONE – Everyone wants to “have a good one.” And while the phrase is commonly referring to a good day, what we all really want is a good life. The Bible story of the rich young ruler indicates that a good life involves much more than the power, prestige and possessions of this world. Yet, the good life is exactly what Christ offers! Discover The Good Life for yourself. Mark 10:14-24 LISTEN – https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Have-A- Good-One.m4a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TGIM! Thank God It’s Monday GOOD NEWS: Making the simple truth of God\u2019s Word real and relevant for daily living<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1989,"template":"","tags":[17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossby.com.br\/championsarise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/1988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossby.com.br\/championsarise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossby.com.br\/championsarise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossby.com.br\/championsarise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crossby.com.br\/championsarise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/1988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/crossby.com.br\/championsarise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/1988\/revisions\/2005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossby.com.br\/championsarise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossby.com.br\/championsarise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossby.com.br\/championsarise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}