There Is None Good but God!





I love The Message Bible.  It reads the way we speak today.  As I have been pondering on doing good while we are suffering, I have been drawn back to the simple teaching of Jesus. He teaches us to be good because our Father in Heaven is good. It is who we are through Him and Peter's teaching on suffering tells us suffering is no excuse to stop doing good.   It sounds very nice to say "follow Jesus step by step" but it's too easy to slip over into our own interpretations of what He considers to be good.  The Word tells us God anointed Jesus of Nazareth who went about doing good. Doing good means to bestow benefits. To give what benefits others.

Here are some Scriptures that reminded me of what Jesus Good is, and of who I am in Him. In His Power I can benefit others at all times.


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Love Your Enemies Matthew 5:38-48

 “Here’s another old saying that deserves a second look: ‘Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.’ Is that going to get us anywhere? Here’s what I propose: ‘Don’t hit back at all.’ If someone strikes you, stand there and take it. If someone drags you into court and sues for the shirt off your back, giftwrap your best coat and make a present of it. And if someone takes unfair advantage of you, use the occasion to practice the servant life. No more tit-for-tat stuff. Live generously.  “You’re familiar with the old written law, ‘Love your friend,’ and its unwritten companion, ‘Hate your enemy.’ I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best—the sun to warm and the rain to nourish—to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus? Anybody can do that. If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that.  “In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.

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