GOD IS … GOOD
EXODUS 3:1-15
THE NAME OF GOD
HIS NAME IS PERSONAL
HIS NAME IS POWERFUL,
“I AM”
THE NATURE OF GOD –
GOD SELF-EXIST – ASEITY
GOD IS SPIRIT, JOHN 4:24
GOD IS GOOD – EXODUS 3:7-8
PROBLEM
DUALISM/PROCESS THEOLOGY
POSITIVELY;
BENEVOLENT/KINDNESS
“THE GOODNESS OF GOD … IS THE LOVELINESS, BENIGN CHARACTER, SWEETNESS, FRIENDLINESS, KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY OF GOD. GOODNESS IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF GOD’S BEING, EVEN IF THERE WERE NO CREATURE TO WHOM THIS COULD BE MANIFESTED.”
BRAKEL
GOD IS GOOD TO ALL CREATURES, PS.145:9,15-16
MATT.6:26;
GOD IS GOOD TO UNBELIEVERS; MATT. 5:45
(COMMON GRACE)
UNBELIEVERS ARE ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF GOD’S CREATION, ACTS 14:17
GOD IS GOOD TO HIS CHILDREN;
JAMES 1:17; NAHUM 1:7
GOD DELIGHTS IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF HIS CHILDREN, MATT.7:7
GOD IS GOOD IN HIS PLANS FOR BELIEVERS, JER.29:11
GOD IS GOOD TOWARD BELIEVERS IN RESPECT TO HIS PROVIDENCE, ROMANS 8:28
MERCIFUL,