When God Gets Personal...with His Goodness

Notes from our sermon yesterday:

Psalm 34:8-9 (The Message)

8 Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see—how good God is.
Blessed are you who run to him.

9 Worship God if you want the best; worship opens doors to all his goodness.

1) In order to understand the full goodness of God we must understand the nature of evil/Satan.

2) Because of the goodness of God we don't experience unrestrained evil in this world.

3) The goodness of God is a constant, never-changing attribute of God. He can't be any more good today than he was yesterday or he will be tomorrow.

4) We need the goodness of God because on our own, we aren't good.

5) Although God is good, he does not force his goodness on anyone.


I also missed posting my notes for a week...here is an update from the 2/1 sermon:

When God Gets Personal...With His Mission

Genesis 12 & 22
Acts 9

1) Believing that God exists doesn't satisfy what God requires of us.

Hebrews 11:6 (The Message)

5-6 By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. "They looked all over and couldn't find him because God had taken him." We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken "he pleased God." It's impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.

2) Our relationship with God is dynamic and changing, not static and status quo.

3) When God gets personal he wants us ALL IN.

4) When God gets personal he requires unconditional obedience.

5) A personal relationship with God is costly. It will cost you something.

6) A true relationship with God beings in worship and doesn't just end in it.