The Goodness of God
- Created by: Grace Lidgett
- Created on: 31-12-12 11:17
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- The goodness of God
- Goodness is what God is = he is morally perfect
- Goodness is what God approves of = he sets standards
- Goodness is what God does = he can't do evil
- Goodness is what God approves of = he sets standards
- Euthyphro dilemma
- Is and action 'good' because God commands it or does God command what is good?
- Human beings are made in the image of God so have the fundamental capacity to know and practise goodness
- Examples
- MIRACLES = In Matthew 14: 13-21 God feeds 5,000 men with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish
- INCARNATION = where God gives his first son who would take away our sins and give us eternal life
- Answered prayers and healings are also examples
- God as lawgiver
- In Exodus 20: 1-17 the 10 commandments are made in which reveals Gods ruling will and his goodness
- The 10 commandments are a gift to live a good life
- In Exodus 20: 1-17 the 10 commandments are made in which reveals Gods ruling will and his goodness
- God as judge
- God will review the lives of those who have lives on earth and some will be rewarded in heaven and others punished in hell
- Adam and Eve were punished for disobeying God
- God is judge but he is also the father = God will be your judge on your last day
- "But it is God who judges; he brings one down; he exalts another" [Psalm 76:7]
- God will review the lives of those who have lives on earth and some will be rewarded in heaven and others punished in hell
- "No-one is good except God alone" [Mark 10:18]
- "The Lord is good" [Pslam 100:5]
- Goodness is what God is = he is morally perfect
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