God is Good

1. God Is Good
Luke 18 : 18-19
Once a religious leader asked
Jesus this question, “Good
Teacher, what should I do to
inherit eternal life?”’Why do
you call Me good?’ Jesus
asked him. ‘Only God is truly
good.’ (NLT)

2. God Is Good
A) The various natures or
attributes of God :-
1. God is glorious

3. God Is Good
1. God is glorious
- Psalm 8 : 1
You have set Your glory above
the heavens.
- Psalm 24 : 10
The Lord of hosts, He is the King of
glory

4. God Is Good
2. God is holy
- Lev 11 : 44
You shall be holy for I am holy.

5. God Is Good
- Isa 6 : 3
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts ;
The whole earth is full of His glory.

6. God Is Good
3. God is righteous and just
- Psalm 89 : 14
Righteousness and justice are the
foundations of Your throne.

7. God Is Good
- Psalm 97 : 6
The heavens declare His
righteousness, and the people see
His glory.
- Zechariah 9 : 9
Behold, your King is coming to you.
He is just and having salvation.

8. God Is Good
4. God is merciful
- Psalm 119 : 156
Great are Your tender mercies O
LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 30 : 9
For the LORD your God is gracious
and merciful, and will not turn His
face from you if you return to Him.

9. God Is Good
5. God is great and mighty
- Psalm 86 : 10
For You are great and do wondrous
things ; You alone are God.
- Psalm 147 : 5
Great is the LORD and mighty in
power.

10. God Is Good
6. God is faithful
- Psalm 119 : 90
Your faithfulness endures to all
generations.
- Deut 7 : 9
Therefore know that the LORD your
God He is God, the faithful God who
keeps covenants and mercy for a
thousand generations with those who
love Him and keep His
commandments.

11. God Is Good
7. God is wise and all knowing
- Job 12 : 13
With Him are all wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.
- Psalm 69 : 19
You know my reproach, my shame,
and my dishonor; My adversaries are
all before You.

12. God Is Good
8. God is love
- John 3 : 16
For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should
not perish but have eternal life.

13. God Is Good
- 1 John 4 : 8
He who does not love does not know
God, for God is love.

14. God Is Good
B) The dispute of the goodness of
God

15. God Is Good
1. To the unbelievers
a) If God exists , why there is evil?

16. God Is Good
1. To the unbelievers
a) If God is exists, why there is evil?
b) If God is good, why didn’t He
eliminate suffering altogether?

17. God Is Good
2. To the believers
a) If God is good, why am I suffering?

18. God Is Good
2. To the believers
a) If God is good, why am I suffering?
b) There must be still sin(s) in my life?

19. God Is Good
C) What does the Bible says of the
goodness of God?
- Psalm 31 : 19
‘Oh how great is Your goodness which
You have laid up for those who fear You,
which You have prepared for those who
trust in You’.

20. God Is Good
- Psalm 33 : 5
He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the goodness of
the LORD.
- Psalm 34 : 8
Oh taste and see that the LORD is
good, blessed is the man who trust in
Him.

21. God Is Good
- Psalm 86 : 5
For You o LORD are good, and ready
to forgive. And abundant in mercy to
all those who call upon You.

22. God Is Good
- 1 Chronicles 16 : 34
- 2 Chronicles 5 : 13
- 2 Chronicles 7 : 3
- Ezra 3 : 11
Oh give thanks to the LORD for He is
good! For His mercy endures forever.

23. God Is Good
D) Why is it so difficult to
acknowledge that God is truly
good?

24. God Is Good
1. Failure to appreciate what we
already have
- Genesis 3 : 4-5
Then the serpent said to the
woman, ‘ You will not surely die.
For God know that in the day
you eat it, your eyes will be
opened, and you will be like
God, knowing good and evil’.

25. God Is Good
1. Failure to appreciate what we
already have
a) Thinking too highly of
ourselves.

26. God Is Good
- Psalm 144:3
LORD, what is man, that You take
knowledge of him? Or the son of
man, that You are mindful of him?

27. God Is Good
- Phil 2:5-8
Let this mind be in you which is also
in Christ Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, did not consider it robbery to
be equal with God, but made Himself
of no reputation, taking the form of a
bondservant and coming in the
likeness of men……….

28. God Is Good
1. Failure to appreciate what we
already have
a) Thinking too highly of ourselves
b) Doubting the goodness of God.

29. God Is Good
- Rom 1:21
Although they knew God, they did
not glorify Him as God, nor were
thankful, but became futile in their
thoughts, and their foolish hearts
were darkened

30. God Is Good
2. Wrong basis of judgment

31. God Is Good
2. Wrong basis of judgment
a) Personal effort and interest
- Job 13 : 23
Tell me what have I done wrong?
Show me my rebellion and my sin.

32. God Is Good
- Isa 64:6
But we are all like an unclean thing,
and all our righteousness are like
filthy rags.

33. God Is Good
2. Wrong basis of judgment
a) Personal effort and interest
b) Human experience

34. God Is Good
- John 4:20
Our fathers worshiped on this
mountain, and you Jews say that in
Jerusalem is the place where one
ought to worship.

35. God Is Good
- Mark 7:9
Jesus said to them, ‘All too well you
reject the commandments of God,
that you may keep your tradition.’

36. God Is Good
3. When reality clashes with the
truth

37. God Is Good
- Judges 6 : 12-13
And the angel of the LORD appeared
to Gideon and said to him, ‘ The
LORD is with you, you mighty man
of valor!’ Gideon said to him, ‘ O my
lord, if the LORD is with us, why
then has all these happened to us?
And where are all His miracles
which our fathers told us about,
saying ‘ Did not He bring..

38. God Is Good
3. When reality clashes with the
truth
a) Lack of first hand knowledge of
God

39. God Is Good
- Job 42:5
I had only heard about You before,
but now I have seen You with my
own eyes.

40. God Is Good
3. When reality clashes with the
truth
a) Lack of first hand knowledge of
God
b) Failure to know God from His
revealed word

41. God Is Good
- Jeremiah 9:23
Let not the wise glory in his wisdom.
Let not the mighty man glory in his
might. Let not the rich man glory in
his riches; But let him who glories
glory in this, that he understands and
knows Me, that I am the LORD…

42. God Is Good
E) When facing trials and
challenges of life, what is our
response?

43. God Is Good
E) When facing trials and challenges
of life, what is our response?
a) Doubting like Adam and Eve

44. God Is Good
E) When facing trials and
challenges of life, what is our
response?
a) Doubting like Adam and Eve
b) Unbelieving like Gideon

45. God Is Good
E) When facing trials and
challenges of life, what is our
response?
a) Doubting like Adam and Eve
b) Unbelieving like Gideon
c) Faithfully trusting and obeying God
like King David

46. God Is Good
The choice is in our hands