Are You a Good Person?

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Magenta

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"Why do you call me good?"
Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone."

 

Ahwatukee

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"Why do you call me good?"
Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone."

Greetings Magenta,

Trivia: Do you know what Jesus meant regarding the above verse?
 
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Greetings Magenta,

Trivia: Do you know what Jesus meant regarding the above verse?
This is what Jesus meant,why do you call Me good.Jesus is fully God,and fully man,for He is God manifest in the flesh.

Now we know Jesus is good,so why did He say that.

Jesus was saying why call Me good,for there is one that is good,and that is God,meaning I am only good because God causes Me to be good,giving glory to God why He can go about doing good,and not glory to Himself.

That is because the man appraoched Jesus,not recognizing His deity,but approached Him as a man,so the man Christ Jesus gave glory to God for why He can go about doing good.

If the man would of approached Jesus recognizing His deity,and relating to Him according to His deity,Jesus would of said,you are right,I am good.
 

Ahwatukee

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This is what Jesus meant,why do you call Me good.Jesus is fully God,and fully man,for He is God manifest in the flesh.

Now we know Jesus is good,so why did He say that.

Jesus was saying why call Me good,for there is one that is good,and that is God,meaning I am only good because God causes Me to be good,giving glory to God why He can go about doing good,and not glory to Himself.

That is because the man appraoched Jesus,not recognizing His deity,but approached Him as a man,so the man Christ Jesus gave glory to God for why He can go about doing good.

If the man would of approached Jesus recognizing His deity,and relating to Him according to His deity,Jesus would of said,you are right,I am good.
That is the correct answer. :D

"As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.

The man called him good and Jesus said, "There is none good but God." In other words, If you call me good and only God is good, then realize who you're speaking with.
 

Yonah

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if I be in the Messiah I am not only a good person but a child of the king, and as such I have access to all the promises and provisions as one redeemed and freed from the bondage of sin and death.
 

Mo0448

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I am NOT a good person...for I am flawed and sinful as a broken human being...I am however justified by Jesus Christ...and that's good enough for me! As sanctification is taking over each and everyday :) Praise be to God :) :)
 
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I am NOT a good person...for I am flawed and sinful as a broken human being...I am however justified by Jesus Christ...and that's good enough for me! As sanctification is taking over each and everyday :) Praise be to God :) :)
Amen to that...I am like the guy who beat upon his chest..be merciful unto me a sinner...and or like the dog that licks the crumbs that falls from the master's table....
 

wattie

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Amen to that...I am like the guy who beat upon his chest..be merciful unto me a sinner...and or like the dog that licks the crumbs that falls from the master's table....
Yeah.. occassionally in my walk with Jesus I might have stayed away from a certain kind of sin for a long time.. start feeling like I am a lot freer and praising Jesus for it.. then I start getting the wrong focus and start getting proud of myself for not doing the sin.. what happens?

I would generally fall into THAT VERY SIN. :)

Yeah so I am what they would call a .. 'lower than the belly of a snake.. dirty rotten sinner'..

It's the human condition..

I have been justified by Jesus and forgiven.. that doesn't mean I am good. Only God is good in the right sense of the word 'good'
 
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VioletReigns

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God calls us holy vessels. He put His Spirit in us. That sounds good to me. :) There's no harm in proclaiming that we're the righteousness of Christ. In fact, the more you realize that, the more you'll find yourself living like that. :D
 
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oldthennew

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1PETER 1:13-14-15-16-17.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end,
for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

But as He which has called you is Holy, so be you Holy in all manner of conversation;

Because it is written, Be you Holy; for I Am Holy.

And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work,
pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

we are to no longer walk in the corruption of the 'fallen Adam', but we are to walk in the
righteousness of the 'risen Christ'.....
EPH.2:10.
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,....

the GIFT of our new jouney/new life, is to walk as Paul....
as it is written,
Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ'.......
 
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it is written, our righteousness is described as filthy rags, but Jesus is cleaning us up, and one day we'll be white as snow.
 

Utah

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Better than some, less than others, but not good. Jesus says only God is good, thus I wouldn't dare say I am good. Yet I delight in His saving grace which purifies us. :cool:
 
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Tintin

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If I am good, it's only because Christ lives in me.