God Is Good

SUNDAY February 7
God Is Good
In the Bible the most profound and absolute sense of “good” is predicated on God alone. Thus, although the term good is used freely in many circumstances, although there are good and bad individuals(Matt. 5:45), although it is possible for Christians to do good works (Eph. 2:10), although everything that God created He pronounced very “good”(Gen. 1:31), Jesus declares that God alone is “good”(Mark 10:18). Only God’s goodness is absolute. All others have degrees
of goodness as measured against this absolute standard.
What do the following texts reveal about how the goodness of God can be revealed in our lives? Exod. 33:19, Ps. 25:8, 86:5, 107:21, Nah. 1:7, Rom. 8:28.  

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God, however, doesn’t just tell us that He is good; He has revealed that goodness to us in numerous ways.
We can see the goodness and love of God in creation. Even in a fallen world, even with sickness, pestilence, and natural disasters, the goodness of God is still revealed in nature.
Think of human relationships, love, concern, caring for others. We are capable of these wonderful and good things only because God created us with the potential for this, and He did so because He is good.
Human sexuality, though, of course, having been perverted in horrific and unimaginable ways, nevertheless at the core reveals the goodness of God and His love for human beings.
What is the greatest revelation of God’s goodness given to humanity? John 14:9; Heb. 1:2, 3.  

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Write down all the ways in which you yourself have come to understand the goodness of God. That is, despite whatever trials you have gone through, how have you come to know for yourself the goodness of our Lord? How can God’s goodness be reflected in your own life? Share your answers with the class on Sabbath.