JESUS IS GLORIFIED AND TO BE GLORIFIED (16 OF 32)
Scripture: John 11:1-16
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Jesus Is Glorified and To Be Glorified (16 of 32)
Series: John
Patrick Edwards
John 11:1-16
Introduction
How do you define good? In other words, what is good to you and what is not? I bring this up because I find that often when we talk about what is good we get rather subjective. For example, a 'good' birthday gift for my wife, Teresa, would be running clothes and gear. Like a running skirt, she would absolutely love and use. That, however, would not be a 'good' birthday gift me. Neither do I want a running skirt, nor does anyone want to see me in a running skirt. And so, in this case we realize that the word 'good' really has connotations of appropriate and contextual.
Think about this question on a slightly bigger scale, what makes a president or politician 'good' to someone may be very different to someone else. Some in a country thought Barack Obama was a 'good' president; others did not. Some think Donald Trump is a 'good' president; others do not. Some think neither are particularly good presidents. In each case, however, the evaluation of 'good' is based upon how a given president leads in accordance with one's own values and desires. Again, it's kind of subjective.
And so, what I find is that the way we often use the concept of 'goodness' is rather abstract and idiosyncratic. 'What's good for you may not be good for me.' The challenge, however, is that while that may be true in regards to birthday presents, it's not true in other cases, namely in regards to God. You see, when the Bible calls God 'good,' it doesn't mean that God is good because He conforms or fits into some independent standard of goodness, as if there's some universal definition of good and God matches that. No. When the Bible calls God good it means that God is that standard and definition of good. Whatever God is, is good. Thus, The goodness of something is to be measured according to its conformity and closeness to that standard which is God Himself.
The same thing ...
Series: John
Patrick Edwards
John 11:1-16
Introduction
How do you define good? In other words, what is good to you and what is not? I bring this up because I find that often when we talk about what is good we get rather subjective. For example, a 'good' birthday gift for my wife, Teresa, would be running clothes and gear. Like a running skirt, she would absolutely love and use. That, however, would not be a 'good' birthday gift me. Neither do I want a running skirt, nor does anyone want to see me in a running skirt. And so, in this case we realize that the word 'good' really has connotations of appropriate and contextual.
Think about this question on a slightly bigger scale, what makes a president or politician 'good' to someone may be very different to someone else. Some in a country thought Barack Obama was a 'good' president; others did not. Some think Donald Trump is a 'good' president; others do not. Some think neither are particularly good presidents. In each case, however, the evaluation of 'good' is based upon how a given president leads in accordance with one's own values and desires. Again, it's kind of subjective.
And so, what I find is that the way we often use the concept of 'goodness' is rather abstract and idiosyncratic. 'What's good for you may not be good for me.' The challenge, however, is that while that may be true in regards to birthday presents, it's not true in other cases, namely in regards to God. You see, when the Bible calls God 'good,' it doesn't mean that God is good because He conforms or fits into some independent standard of goodness, as if there's some universal definition of good and God matches that. No. When the Bible calls God good it means that God is that standard and definition of good. Whatever God is, is good. Thus, The goodness of something is to be measured according to its conformity and closeness to that standard which is God Himself.
The same thing ...
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