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Luke 18 : 18-19Once 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)

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A) The various natures or attributes of God :-

1. God is glorious

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1. God is glorious

- Psalm 8 : 1You have set Your glory above the heavens.

- Psalm 24 : 10The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory

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2. God is holy

- Lev 11 : 44

You shall be holy for I am holy.

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- Isa 6 : 3

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts ; The whole earth is full of His glory.

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3. God is righteous and just

- Psalm 89 : 14Righteousness and justice are the foundations of Your throne.

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- Psalm 97 : 6The 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.

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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.

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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.

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Your faithfulness endures to all generations.

- Deut 7 : 9Therefore 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.

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With Him are all wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.

- Psalm 69 : 19You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all before You.

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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.

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

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B) The dispute of the goodness of God

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1. To the unbelievers

a) If God exists , why there is evil?

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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?

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2. To the believers

a) If God is good, why am I suffering?

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2. To the believers

a) If God is good, why am I suffering?b) There must be still sin(s) in my life?

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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’.

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- Psalm 33 : 5He 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.

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- Psalm 86 : 5

For You o LORD are good, and ready to forgive. And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.

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- 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.

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D) Why is it so difficult to acknowledge that God is truly good?

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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’.

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1. Failure to appreciate what we already have

a) Thinking too highly of ourselves.

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- Psalm 144:3

LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?

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- Phil 2:5-8Let 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……….

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1. Failure to appreciate what we already have

a) Thinking too highly of ourselves

b) Doubting the goodness of God.

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- Rom 1:21Although 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

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2. Wrong basis of judgment

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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.

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- Isa 64:6

But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are like filthy rags.

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2. Wrong basis of judgment

a) Personal effort and interest

b) Human experience

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- John 4:20

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.

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- Mark 7:9

Jesus said to them, ‘All too well you reject the commandments of God, that you may keep your tradition.’

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3. When reality clashes with the truth

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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..

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3. When reality clashes with the truth

a) Lack of first hand knowledge of God

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- Job 42:5

I had only heard about You before, but now I have seen You with my own eyes.

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3. When reality clashes with the truth

a) Lack of first hand knowledge of God

b) Failure to know God from His revealed word

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- Jeremiah 9:23Let 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…

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E) When facing trials and challenges of life, what is our response?

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E) When facing trials and challenges of life, what is our response?

a) Doubting like Adam and Eve

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E) When facing trials and challenges of life, what is our response?

a) Doubting like Adam and Eveb) Unbelieving like Gideon

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E) When facing trials and challenges of life, what is our response?

a) Doubting like Adam and Eveb) Unbelieving like Gideonc) Faithfully trusting and obeying God

like King David

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The choice is in our hands