Calvary Church
Goodness
Main Idea: In this teaching we’ll learn the importance of allowing God’s goodness to become the theme of our lives and testimony.
Locations & Times
Calvary Church
4700 53rd St, Moline, IL 61265, USA
Sunday 8:30 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
You were created to experience, worship and ultimately reflect God’s goodness through your motivations (love for God and one another) and your actions.
The fall of mankind was rooted in the desire be independent of God. Though human beings can be good they cannot be good on their own.
1. God is GOOD and I am NOT.
A. If there was goodness in our hearts the LAW OF MOSES would have revealed it.
In exodus 19-20 God delivered the 10 commandments to Moses written in stone.
B. If there was WICKEDNESS in God the CROSS would have revealed it.
C. I can be God’s FRIEND but I can never be His EQUAL.
2. I am not the AUTHOR of the moral law therefore I don’t have the right or ability to CHANGE it.
A. Jesus is the MEASURING STICK and I don’t measure up.
B. God is not just GOOD but HE is the only and ultimate GOOD.
C. To feel good and not actually be good is a DANGEROUS spiritual condition.
3. SUBMISSION is the only RATIONAL response to something that is superior to you.
A. REBELLION is the state of the soul that resents God’s GOODNESS and how, when, and to whom He chooses to express it.
B. IDOLATRY is to worship something that makes us feel good but isn’t actually good.
C. JESUS was so good we KILLED Him.
Genesis 4: Cain and Abel
4. EVIDENCE that God’s goodness is operating in my daily life.
A. My TESTIMONY will be about Jesus.
B. FORGIVING will become part of my daily life.
C. I will PRAY for my ENEMIES and mean it.
D. I will be HOPELESS in my ability to be good without the blood Jesus and the infilling of the Holy spirit.
Talk About It
Discussion Questions:
1. Are you trying to live up to God’s standards in your own strength?
2. Have you given up hope in your abilities to find true hope and rest in Jesus?
3. What are the evidences of God’s goodness operating in your daily life?
Next Steps:
• Practice your testimony and share it with a family member or co-worker this week.
1. Are you trying to live up to God’s standards in your own strength?
2. Have you given up hope in your abilities to find true hope and rest in Jesus?
3. What are the evidences of God’s goodness operating in your daily life?
Next Steps:
• Practice your testimony and share it with a family member or co-worker this week.