Revelation says our Lord is faithful and true. When philosophers talk about God, two overall characteristics are named immediately: God knows everything, and He can do anything. But that description is incomplete. When you hear God has all knowledge, that can scare you—like someone out there has your FBI file. When you hear God has all power, it can frighten you—like someone can always overcome your strengths by producing your kryptonite. This description of God says nothing about what such a God would do with all that knowledge and power. Talking about God as “all knowing” and “all powerful” makes for a fun debate with atheists but left alone they can (at best) cause you to cower before Him. But the God of the Bible—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God I see in the face of Jesus Christ—is a God worth loving and trusting.

So what makes God not only powerful but worthy of our trust? It’s his goodness.

God filters everything through his goodness lens. Our father has no evil intentions. That means that whatever He sends our way comes to us from a God who knows all, can do all, and filters every decision through his complete and total goodness. If he knows about it, he knows it so he can help you with it and bring goodness from it. There is no better guarantee in all the earth.

“Trust me, my child,” our Father says to us.

The sermon today is titled "The God Who Is Trustworthy." It is the third installment in our "Good and Beautiful God" Series. The Scripture reading is from Nehemiah 9:6-33. Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on September 4, 2022. All lessons fit under one of 5 broad categories: Begin, Discover, Grow, Learn, and Serve. This sermon is filed under Begin: A Good God.

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