The Goodness of God


Is God good? The answer to this question is always a BIG yes.

 Psa 25:8-9 GW  The LORD is good and decent. That is why he teaches sinners the way they should live.  (9)  He leads humble people to do what is right, and he teaches them his way.

Nah 1:7 GNB  The LORD is good; he protects his people in times of trouble; he takes care of those who turn to him.

Rom 2:4 GNB  Or perhaps you despise his great kindness, tolerance, and patience. Surely you know that God is kind, because he is trying to lead you to repent.

Psa 23:6 GNB  I know that Your goodness and love will be with me all my life; and your house will be my home as long as I live.

Psa 31:19 CEV  You are wonderful, and while everyone watches, you store up blessings for all who honor and trust you.

Does God want us to receive good things? The answer to this is always a BIG yes.

Act 14:17 CEV  But He showed that He was there by the good things He did. God sends rain from heaven and makes your crops grow. He gives food to you and makes your hearts glad.

Psa 68:9-10 CEV  When your land was thirsty, You sent showers to refresh it.  (10)  Your people settled there, and You were generous to everyone in need.

2Th 1:11 GW  With this in mind, we always pray that our God will make you worthy of his call. We also pray that through his power he will help you accomplish every good desire and help you do everything your faith produces.

Joh 10:9-11 GW  I am the gate. Those who enter the sheep pen through me will be saved. They will go in and out of the sheep pen and find food.  (10)  A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need.  (11)  "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

Jas 1:17-20 GW  Every good present and every perfect gift comes from above, from the Father who made the sun, moon, and stars. The Father doesn't change like the shifting shadows produced by the sun and the moon.  (18)  God decided to give us life through the word of truth to make us his most important creatures.  (19)  Remember this, my dear brothers and sisters: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and should not get angry easily.  (20)  An angry person doesn't do what God approves of.

In this series we answers the following questions.
  1. Is God goodness automatic or must I position myself to receive His goodness
  2. Why do I not experience God's goodness all the time
  3. What is my part in God's goodness
  4. What is sowing and what is reaping
  5. What is a right and Godly attitude
  6. What must my motivation be in life
  7. How do I speak the word of God
  8. How do I speak righteousness
  9. How do I speak the unseen into the seen
  10. What is faith and how important are my words
  11. How important is prayer
  12. Must I pray everyday
  13. Is it ok to ask God for things and stuff that I need
  14. Why must I praise God
  15. How do I praise God
  16. What will happen if I praise God
I call this series: The Goodness of God

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What does the Bible say about fashion


Joh 19:23-24 CEV  After the soldiers had nailed Jesus to the cross, they divided up his clothes into four parts, one for each of them. But his outer garment was made from a single piece of cloth, and it did not have any seams.  (24)  The soldiers said to each other, "Let's not rip it apart. We will gamble to see who gets it." This happened so that the Scriptures would come true, which say, "They divided up my clothes and gambled for my garments." The soldiers then did what they had decided.

Joh 19:23-24 GNB  After the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. They also took the robe, which was made of one piece of woven cloth without any seams in it.  (24)  The soldiers said to one another, "Let's not tear it; let's throw dice to see who will get it." This happened in order to make the scripture come true: "They divided my clothes among themselves and gambled for my robe." And this is what the soldiers did.

Gen 37:3 ESV  Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.

Exo 28:40 ESV  "For Aaron's sons you shall make coats and sashes and caps. You shall make them for glory and beauty.

From these verses we can clearly see that fashion is very important in the Bible. God wants us to look good. We have a right to look good. In all the above verses the clothing was tailored made for the individual. From the below verse we can clearly see that the way you dress and look can identify your personality.

Mat 22:11-14 ESV  "But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.  (12)  And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.  (13)  Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'  (14)  For many are called, but few are chosen."

Look at Joseph's response when he was called by Pharaoh. He dressed up and made himself presentable.

Gen 41:10-15 MKJV  Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me under guard in the chief of the executioner's house, me and the chief baker.  (11)  And we dreamed a dream one night, he and I. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.  (12)  And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, a slave to the chief of the executioners. And we told him, and he interpreted our dreams to us. He interpreted to each man according to his dream.  (13)  And it happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.  (14)  Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph. And they hurried him out of the dungeon. And he shaved and changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.  (15)  And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and none can interpret it. And I have heard it about you, saying, you can understand a dream to interpret it.

We all know people that are very vain and only focus on their fashion and beauty. This is wrong. We must look the best we can but we must have a relationship with God as well. The inner beauty is very important as well

1Pe 3:2-4 GW  Their husbands would see how pure and reverent their lives are.  (3)  Wives must not let their beauty be something external. Beauty doesn't come from hairstyles, gold jewelry, or clothes.  (4)  Rather, beauty is something internal that can't be destroyed. Beauty expresses itself in a gentle and quiet attitude which God considers precious.

So we must never loose the balance. We must have inner beauty but we must also do what we can to have outer beauty. 

This series is call Fashion and the Bible

 In this series I answer the following question
  1. Does the Bible talk about fashion
  2. Can I use a animal products to make clothes
  3. Must a  man and woman use different clothes
  4. Can a woman dress like a man
  5. What is inner beauty
  6. Can I pierce myself and use earrings and nose-rings
  7. What was the first clothes in the Bible
  8. Should a Christian own companies like Facebook
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How do we deal with sin


Mat 5:48 GNB  You must be perfect---just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

This is a BIG statement. God wants us to be perfect. This mean that we can come to a place where we can defeat sin in our lives. We have the power to defeat Satan and the temptation that Satan brings to us, Jesus gives us the greatest key. So how did Jesus overcome Satan?

Mat 4:1-11 MKJV  Then Jesus was led by the Spirit up into the wilderness, to be tempted by the Devil.  (2)  And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterwards hungry.  (3)  And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If You are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.  (4)  But He answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."  (5)  Then the Devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him upon a pinnacle of the Temple.  (6)  And he said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it is written, "He shall give His angels charge concerning You, and in their hands they shall bear You up, lest at any time You dash Your foot against a stone."  (7)  Jesus said to him, It is written again, "You shall not tempt the Lord your God."  (8)  Again, the Devil took Him up into a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.  (9)  And he said to Him, All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.  (10)  Then Jesus said to him, Go, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve."  (11)  Then the Devil left him. And behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

So how did Jesus resist temptation? He stood on the word.

Rom 6:12-14 MKJV  Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.  (13)  Do not yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God, as one alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.  (14)  For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under Law, but under grace.

From this verse we can see that we can get to a place where sin has zero dominion over you.

1Co 15:34 GNB  Come back to your right senses and stop your sinful ways. I declare to your shame that some of you do not know God.
1Co 15:34 GW  Come back to the right point of view, and stop sinning. Some people don't know anything about God. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

So stop sinning and come back to your senses. Sinning is 100% your choice. Get back to the right point of view. The only right point of view is the God's Word.

Joh 14:6 MKJV  Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me.

1Pe 2:21-25 CEV  After all, God chose you to suffer as you follow in the footsteps of Christ, who set an example by suffering for you.  (22)  Christ did not sin or ever tell a lie.  (23)  Although he was abused, he never tried to get even. And when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he had faith in God, who judges fairly.  (24)  Christ carried the burden of our sins. He was nailed to the cross, so that we would stop sinning and start living right. By his cuts and bruises you are healed.  (25)  You had wandered away like sheep. Now you have returned to the one who is your shepherd and protector.

Jesus set us free from sin by dying n the cross. If you except Jesus as your Lord, Shepherd and Protector you can have victory over sin.

In this series we answer the following question
  1. What is sin
  2. Can I have victory over sin
  3. How important is the Word of God in dealing with sin
  4. How importance if the friends that I have
  5. How importance is working in God's kingdom
Victory over sin

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How must we deal with a loss


Joh 10:9-11 MKJV  I am the door. If anyone enters in by Me, he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture.  (10)  The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.  (11)  I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

Pro 15:4 MKJV  A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a break in the spirit.

Pro 18:21 MKJV  Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

Deu 30:15-20 GNB  "Today I am giving you a choice between good and evil, between life and death.  (16)  If you obey the commands of the LORD your God, which I give you today, if you love him, obey him, and keep all his laws, then you will prosper and become a nation of many people. The LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are about to occupy.  (17)  But if you disobey and refuse to listen, and are led away to worship other gods,  (18)  you will be destroyed---I warn you here and now. You will not live long in that land across the Jordan that you are about to occupy.  (19)  I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life.  (20)  Love the LORD your God, obey him and be faithful to him, and then you and your descendants will live long in the land that he promised to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

1Co 15:21-23 GNB  For just as death came by means of a man, in the same way the rising from death comes by means of a man.  (22)  For just as all people die because of their union with Adam, in the same way all will be raised to life because of their union with Christ.  (23)  But each one will be raised in proper order: Christ, first of all; then, at the time of his coming, those who belong to him.

From these verses we can clearly see that God wants us to have good things in life. Death and sorrow only came into the world because Adam sinned and he handed the whole kingdom to satan. But praise Jesus he came and restored to us the eternal life again. But because satan tempted Adam and he fell to the temptation it did usher in the curse and death.

We can resist death as much as we want but in the end death is the reality of us all. We can not escape this in anyway. Everything has a time span. You will die one day. Your business might fail. You car might brake down and many other things that we call death will happen to us all.

I learned not to blame God for these things. He is Good and the only reason why there is death in the world is because of satan and our sin.

In this series I try do make sense of dealing with loss from a biblical view and I answer the following questions.
  1. Is God ever to blame for a loss
  2. Is God good or is God evil
  3. Are we to blame for a loss
  4. Why must I forgive other people
  5. When I grieve must I keep looking back or must I look to the future
  6. What is the importance of my relationship with God
  7. What is my response to the church and church members
  8. What must I do if I fall
  9. How do I define a loss
I call it - How to deal with a loss

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