The Goodness of God | La Bondad De Dios
GOD IS GOOD | 🔥‼️
What does it mean to say God is good? Is it a cliche ?
Perfectly good and righteous
the biblical God is good in the moral sense. He is perfectly good and righteous, and there is no evil or sin in him (Psalm 92:15; 1 John 3:2–6). God cannot be unjust, lose his temper, harbor bitterness, envy, lie, or cheat.
Goodness and love overlapping
Secondly, we often see in the Scriptures how God’s goodness overlaps with his love. For example, Psalm 106 begins: “Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” The greatest display that God islove (1 John 4:16) is found in the work of redemption for fallen sinners—though we were underserving, hardened, self-exalting, and self-centered idolaters.
Common grace
This aspect of God’s love and goodness is known as God’s benevolent love or ‘common grace.’ The psalmist declares: “The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you” (Psalm 145: 8–10).
Creation displays the glory of God
Thirdly, the Bible teaches that creation displays the glory of God (Psalm 19:1), including the image of God in humanity—though the image is marred and falls short.
Don’t take it for granted
Like the Psalmist, we should daily ask ourselves, “Who are we, that the Almighty God should care for us?” (Psalm 144:3).