Pass On To Press On: GOOD

The word good can make you think of several things. Of course when I think of the word good I think of something that tastes good. When I visit back to my classroom days a student that was good acted in the correct manner. When I think of a good life it makes me think of peace and joy. What do you think of when you think of the word good? In dictionary.com the definition of good means: morally excellent, satisfactory, high quality, right, and proper, well behaved.

So with that being said I now ask you, are you a good person or are you a Christian person? Are you just not good on the outside but also on the inside? We know that there are good people that aren’t very Christian and we also know some Christian people that at some times may not be good. If that of being a good person was the only requirement for being a Christian then even the atheist that is good would be a Christian and how would that be? When you think of it this way it makes you think. It may make you even question. Much like the concept of beauty. Pretty is as pretty does, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Just as beauty can conceal what lies on the inside of a person so can a good outside characteristic. A person can be beautiful on the outside, but ugly on the inside just as the good person. But not the Christian, what you see on the outside also lies on the inside.

The lesson here is a person can be good, but not be a Christian. To be a Christian we can’t be separated from God. We need to be connected to Him in everything. We must have accepted Jesus as our Savior. Good works do not lead to salvation. It is those that throw their selves at His mercy, asking for forgiveness. Those that realize that only through Him we are saved.

The message of Jesus wasn’t that we were all good; it was that none of us are good. But He loves us no matter what, He loves us warts and all. It is through Him that we are forgiven and it is only through Him that we are good.

Romans 3:10