A Sure Pathway To Living An Overcoming Christian Life.
Bible Passages – Matthew 7:15-23 | Luke 3:1-9 | Galatians 5:16-23 | Revelations 1:7b, 11b, 17b | Revelations 21:8
The Fruit of The Spirit – Gentleness – Gal 5:22-23: Introduction and Summaries of Parts 1-11
DEFINITION OF GOODNESS
Goodness is the state of being good, kind, virtuous, benevolent, generous, and God-like in life and conduct.
THE GOODNESS OF GOD
What A God of Goodness We Have – There are proofs that our God is Good – in nature, purpose, intent, plans and actions Remember the song – Your Goodness Running Me After.
Are you eager to be good? God is deliberately in seeking out who to show kindness to? Remember – eye of the Lord search to and fro
2 Chronicles 16:9 | Revelation 21:23
DESCRIBING GOD’S GOODNESS (TO MAN)
1. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son – John 3:16
2. Planned his death and suffering with death for us.
3. Plan that he would rise – Isaiah 53.
4. Pray for us – Hebrews 7:25.
5. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
6. Send the Holy Spirit – Acts 1:8.
7. Give us great and precious promises – 2 Peter 1:4.
8. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
9. Made the blood of Jesus available for us – Rev 4:12
10. Made the name of Jesus available.
11. Give his angels charge over us – Psalms 91:11.
12. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
13. Has great destinies prepared for us.
14. Prepared a place for us in heaven and earth – John 14:1-4.
15. Never leaves us nor forsake us Hebrews 13:5.
16.Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
17. Watches over us.
18. He plans to save us to the utmost Jeremiah 11:29
SCRIPTURES ON THE GOODNESS GOD FOR EMPHASIS
Exodus 33:19 | Romans 2:4 | Romans 15:14 | Ephesians 5:9 | Exodus 34:6 | 2 Samuel 7:28 | 1 Kings 8:66 | Psalms 16:2 | Psalms 21:3 | Psalms 23:6 | Jeremiah 31:14.
DESCRIBING GOODNESS – FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT- GOODNESS
My goodness will pass before you.
The Lord is good and his mercies endureth.
The Lord is good to them that fear him and hope in his mercy.
Goodness is a combination of the mercy and kindness- of the Lord, of the spirit of the Lord fill a man, leading and directing a man. God is good and his mercy endures forever is always the complete way of stating the goodness of God in the scriptures, not just the Lord is good. – very instructive, defining and separating. – Ezra 3:11 | Ps 100:5
God is good and He is the light not just light. John 1:1-5
Therefore, there is no darkness in him anything that is not good is darkness
That God is love and loves us are also the basis of His goodness If God is not good He would not have the great idea to create the world, sustain the world and love is the way He does.
YOU AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD
There is the goodness of God that man should have and emulate because he is born of God. John 3:3 | 1 Pt 1:23 | 1 John 3:9 | 1 John 4:7
Anyone that is born of Hod overcomes the world first by the goodness of the fruit of the spirit he has. It is a summary of his actions and in-actions Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. Ps 23:6
This goodness is from within you and generated by the Holy Spirit through your permission and submission.
Remember the song – Your goodness is running after me.
THE NATURE OF BEING GOOD – HAVING THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT – GOODNESS – 1 Cor 13:4-8; Prv 13:22
1. Thinks no evil.
2. Does no evil.
3. Drunk with goodness.
4. Full of it to overflow.
5. Does not want it wasted but reaching and touching others.
6. Looking for opportunities to display goodness.
7. Not happy when he cannot show express goodness.
8. Wants to overwhelm others so that they become good and overflow with goodness.
9. Good without being asked, compelled or forced.
10. It is like an opened and gushing tap of water in your heart.
11. It is about all of you.
EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WITH THE FRUOT OF THE SPIRIT – GOODNESS
Daniel and his friends – Dan 1 3-6
Mary – Lk 1:38 – behold thy handmaid.
Joseph – Gen 50:20
David – Acts 13:22
Paul – 1 Cor 9:16 – necessity is laid upon me.
Barnabas – Acts 4:36
CONCLUSION
This goodness makes you a partner with good Only those filled with goodness give cheerfully and generously to God and others, without expecting something in return ‘The Holy Spirit required your permission and submission to work in you and through you’ – Tayo Abiodun
Topic of Teaching – Your Permission and Submission For without me ye can do nothing.
The holiness of God the Holy Spirit, is humbling. God, Almighty but still requires your permission and submission to live in you, take charge and manifests himself.
