Good
“Good” – Mk.10:18; Ro.5:7?
a. Serving desired end i. Thorough
– n.
describe functional
goodness
j. Safe,
sure
b. a.
Not
ruined
o. describes moral goodness
k. Valid, true
c. Sound
Bountiful
E.g.: “Good” crop – l.
morals??
d. Better than average m. Enjoyable
e. Of high quality
n. Socially correct
o. Moral excellence
f. Discriminating
g. Beneficial
h. Skilled, competent
I. God Wants Us To Be Good
“Meeting a high standard of worth
and merit”
God is absolute goodness. Mk.10:18
 Men are relatively good
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Joseph, Lk.23:50
Barnabas, Ac.11:24
Ac.4 / 9 / 11 / 15
1 Pt.2:18,
good = kind
How to be good?
Mt.12:34-35, four times in two verses
 34, venomous mind → evil
 35 (2:11): heart is treasure chest
How to be good?
Mt.12:34-35, four times in two verses
 34, venomous mind → evil
 35 (2:11): heart is treasure chest
Mt.20:…15, good (generous, 9)
Mt.25:21, 23, good, faithful stewards
Ro.12:9, cling to good
Others, 9-21
Oneself, 12
All, 17
God, 11
Enemy, 17-21
How to be good?
Mt.12:34-35, four times in two verses
 34, venomous mind → evil
 35 (2:11): heart is treasure chest
Mt.20:…15, good (generous, 9)
Mt.25:21, 23, good, faithful stewards
Ro.12:9, cling to good
Ep.4:28, thief learns to share / serve (20)
1 Pt.3:13, burn with zeal…thoroughly
committed to a cause (good)
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3 Jn.11, imitate good, not evil
Not
Diotrephes
But
Demetrius
I. God Wants Us To Be Good
II. Functional Goodness
Cannot Save
Two fathers, good gifts, Mt.7:7-11
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Mt.7:12, therefore (God’s example)…
Mt.7:13-14, tale of two cities
Mt.7:15, Trojan wolf
Mt.7:16-20, not as he appears (Gn.3)
17-18
What makes a
good tree?
19, surprise ending
21-23, only
functional goodness
Mt.15:8-9, 13, masters of disguise
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God planted His Law,
not traditions of men
 Mt.13:24-30
 Mt.23:15
Mt.15:14
Dt.27:18
 14, avoid them
(Nu.16:21)
 1 K.13
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Even sinners love, Lk.6:32-35
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Immoral man . . .
Lk.10
Does favors
Gives money
Caring person
Helps needy
Is this a good man? Only in function
Despise good, 2 Tim.3:3
Yet, “form of godliness” (v.5)
They profess to know God, but in works
they deny Him, being abominable,
disobedient, and disqualified for every
good work – Tit.1:16
Marriage, 1 Pt.3:5-6
Not a drunk
Worker
Likeable
Honest
Functional goodness
God will not judge by
our standard, but His
Cornelius, Ac.10
Ac.11:14
Romans 5:7-8
7For
scarcely for a righteous man will
one die; yet perhaps for a good man
someone would even dare to die.
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We were neither righteous nor good
8But
God demonstrates His own love
toward us, in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.
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Saved by our goodness??