GOODNESS
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LOVE
“IT IS THE POWER TO MOVE US TOWARD ANOTHER PERSON WITH NO EXPECTATION OF REWARD”
JOY
JOY IS THE QUIET CONFIDENT ASSURANCE OF GODS LOVE AND WORK IN OUR LIVES. - THAT HE WILL BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT.
PEACE
PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF STRESS BUT THE PRESENCE OF THE SAVIOUR
PATIENCE
THE PATIENCE THAT WE SEE IN GALATIANS IS REFERRING TO PATIENCE WITH PEOPLE. ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY WILL DO THAT WILL BOTHER US OR OFFEND US
KINDNESS/COMPASSION
KINDNESS IS AN ACTION
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SPIRITUAL FRUIT IS WHAT RESULTS IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE ROOT OURSELVES IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
GOODNESS
GOODNESS
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
I WANT TO PAUSE A LITTLE AND GO ON A RABBIT TRAIL HERE
WHAY DOES JESUS MEAN GIVE LIFE?
SLIDE JOHN 10:10
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LIFE IS THE INNER POWER TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
WHAT DOES JESUS MEAN GIVE LIFE?
SLIDE - QUOTING JOHN ORTBERG
LIFE IS THE INNER POWER TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN
THROW A ROCK AND IT SOON STOPS MOVING
PLANT A SEED IN THE GROUND AND SOMETHING HAPPENS -
IT TAKES ROOT
NOURISHMENT
GROWS TO BE FRUITFUL
TO BE SPIRITUALLY ALIVE AND FRUITFUL MEANS TO RECEIVE POWER FROM GOD TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR WORLD
THE WAYS WE RECEIVE LIFE AND VITALITY AND HOW CAN WE BUILD THEM INTO OUR LIFE AND SCHEDULE
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WORSHIP
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LEADING A CAUSE
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QUOTE IRENAEUS
IRENAEUS WROTE:
THE GLORY OF GOD IS A HUMAN BEING FULLY ALIVE; AND TO BE ALIVE CONSISTS OF BEHOLDING GOD
GOODNESS IS:
WHO WE ARE - THE VERY ESSENCE OF OURSELVES
To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power,
so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
GOODNESS DOES NOT EXIST WITHOUT GOD
But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
GOODNESS THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT
for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
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Goodness is righteousness in action. Goodness boldly does what’s right, and encourages others to do good as well.
PS119:
You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
THE WORD GOODNESS MEANS:
WHAT IS EXCELLENT IN CHARACTER OR CONSTITUTION
MORALLY SOUND
goodness in greek
Goodness is agathosune, a Greek word unique to the NT. It does not occur in secular Greek writing. One aspect of this virtue is integrity. It is living and working with consistent, principle-centered behavior. It is being the same person in every situation, rather than being a hypocrite or a phony. It is the idea of “virtue in all circumstances.
aramaic word is TABH (TABUTE)
kindness in greek
The difference between agathosune (goodness) and chrestotes (kindness) is interesting. Agathosunewill correct and rebuke when necessary, whereas chrestotes simply seeks to help. Jesus showed agathosune when he cleansed the temple and drove out the money-changers; he showed chrestoteswhen he was kind to the sinning woman who anointed his feet.
WE DONT ALWAYS THINK THAT BEING GOOD IS ALSO SAY NO AND NOT PUTTING UP WITH COMPROMISE
It’s one thing to know what’s good and talk about what’s good, but it’s another to put it into effect.
King Hezekiah
KING HEZEKIAH WAS 25 WHEN HE STARTED TO REIGN
HIS REIGN LASTED 29 YEARS
brings the people together to celebrate the passover
destroys the idols
and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place.
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So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it as often as prescribed.
Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.
Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God.
And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.
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reinstates the priests
brings the people together to celebrate the passover
destroys the idols
The second step is purity.
The third way we display goodness is through graciousness
generosity
Easton’s Bible Dictionary Goodness
GOODNESS—in man is not a mere passive quality, but the deliberate preference of right to wrong, the firm and persistent resistance of all moral evil, and the choosing and following of all moral good.
forgiving
The second step is purity.
The third way we display goodness is through graciousness
generosity
GOD: He is good because He is morally perfect, gloriously generous and the standard of excellence and righteousness. Every attribute and every action of God is good and produces only good fruit.
This is goodness: understanding what is right and making it happen.
The difference between agathosune (goodness) and chrestotes (kindness) is interesting. Agathosunewill correct and rebuke when necessary, whereas chrestotes simply seeks to help. Jesus showed agathosune when he cleansed the temple and drove out the money-changers; he showed chrestoteswhen he was kind to the sinning woman who anointed his feet.
It’s one thing to know what’s good and talk about what’s good, but it’s another to put it into effect.
This is goodness: understanding what is right and making it happen.