I don't buy it. I don't think that "good" is something that we can or do comprehend. From a Christian perspective, this is especially true. We always say, "God is good, all the time!"
But what about the times when life sucks? When we lose a friend or a family member. When we're sick. When our heart is broken. When we don't know how we're going to make it through the day.
God is still good.
Good is not a category that God fits into. God IS good. There is no separation between the two. If it is not God, it is not good. If it is God, it is good.....even though it hurts. Even know the pain is unbearable. Even if it kills us. Thats the Gospel, friends. There is so much more than we can see. Our real life is not on this earth. It is elsewhere. What may seem terrible here, is for the benefit of us and the glorification of God in the long run. It's all good.
I really like this. Its so true. Sometimes even as a Christian life sucks. and God is still good and we still love him because we know that all things work together for good and all those other great verses.
ReplyDeleteI don't really get this post. Your first paragraph was you saying we don't and can't understand what good is, but then by the end you had seemed to figure out what it was - God.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if you had said "God is incomprehensible" I would have understood this a little more, but it kind of went over my head. I don't see where your points tie together.
I'm not saying this to bash you and your thoughts, I just have to do a comment and this is my comment...no offense.
I agree with you 100% Jeremy. We will never be able to achieve "goodness" no matter what we do. Because God is Good, they encompass each other. Even if our lives here on earth completely suck it all works towards God's will, which is good.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree. I think this is why I struggle so much with philosophy. I know what the only real good and real truth is. It's Christ. There is no other way to explain it for me. We will never be able to achieve "good," because Christ Himself is the only good.
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