God is great, God is good
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Romans 3:23. All have sinned fall short. God, and thus Jesus, are the only beings free from sin. Seeing as sin is bad, God is the only being hat is good. Even the most devout christian will have sinned at some point. Sin is simply part of what we are, at least as long as we are bound to flesh.
Sure we may do some good, but the point is that evil is always within us and only through God can be overcome it. Doing good and being good are different things, afterall.
Or is your question directed at why Jesus never said he himself is good? Well, Jesus is God. He and the Father are one (Matthew 1:23, John 10:30-33, John 14:9-11, and plenty more). Him saying God is good is essentially the same as him saying that he himself is good.
Sure we may do some good, but the point is that evil is always within us and only through God can be overcome it. Doing good and being good are different things, afterall.
Or is your question directed at why Jesus never said he himself is good? Well, Jesus is God. He and the Father are one (Matthew 1:23, John 10:30-33, John 14:9-11, and plenty more). Him saying God is good is essentially the same as him saying that he himself is good.
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Jesus has actually experienced how God alone is good. So, He tells us this from His own experience. And He says this to help us realize how much we need to depend on God for all which is really good.
And I see there is an issue about if our human free wills on their own have the goodness to make the right choices which God wants. In case we of our own selves do not have such goodness, then we need how God in us is able to have us will and do all which is good; and Philippians 2:13 does say >
"for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13)
This means we are so intimately sharing with God, in order to do whatever He really desires for us to do . . . even at each moment.
So, if I am correct about this, Jesus means how much our Heavenly Father desires to so intimately and personally share with us, all the time, in all our willing and doing.
This would be in His own peace being shared with us, I consider . . . and offer >
"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)
And I see there is an issue about if our human free wills on their own have the goodness to make the right choices which God wants. In case we of our own selves do not have such goodness, then we need how God in us is able to have us will and do all which is good; and Philippians 2:13 does say >
"for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13)
This means we are so intimately sharing with God, in order to do whatever He really desires for us to do . . . even at each moment.
So, if I am correct about this, Jesus means how much our Heavenly Father desires to so intimately and personally share with us, all the time, in all our willing and doing.
This would be in His own peace being shared with us, I consider . . . and offer >
"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)
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Mark 10:18 And Jesus said to him, why callest ME good, there is none good but one, that is God. Is that why he said "the Father is greater than him? John 14:28 ..I go unto the Father: for MY Father is greater than I.
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Right that is why he said ME not good none are good but God, me not God
Mark 10:18 And Jesus said to him, why callest ME good, there is none good but one, that is God. Is that why he said "the Father is greater than him? John 14:28 ..I go unto the Father: for MY Father is greater than I.
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As far as people go at least, I know we are just vessels having both dark, light, and anything else in us therefore we are not good as God since he has all forms of being and becoming whatever he wants but has more control than us in choosing what he wants.
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let's look at the verses:
Luke 18:18-19 (YLT)
And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, `Good teacher, what having done--shall I inherit life age-during?' And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good, except One--God;
Mark 10:13-18 (YLT)
And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them, and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God; verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child--he may not enter into it;' and having taken them in his arms, having put his hands upon them, he was blessing them. And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?' And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One--God;
Matt 19:13-17 (YLT)
Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;' and having laid on them his hands, he departed thence. And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?' And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One--God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'
so obviously Jesus was fully human just as most Christians confess. in conclusion I sense that it is a similar vein of expression as:
Ps 73:1 (YLT)
A Psalm of Asaph. Only--good to Israel is God, to the clean of heart. And I--as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
Luke 10:19-22 (YLT)
lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you; but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.' In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, `I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee. `All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him .'
Matt 23:1-10 (YLT)
Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees; all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not; for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them. `And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments, they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. `And ye--ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director--the Christ, and all ye are brethren; and ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens, nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director--the Christ.
Matt 4:1-4 (YLT)
Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger. And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God--speak that these stones may become loaves.' But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
Luke 18:18-19 (YLT)
And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, `Good teacher, what having done--shall I inherit life age-during?' And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good, except One--God;
Mark 10:13-18 (YLT)
And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them, and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God; verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child--he may not enter into it;' and having taken them in his arms, having put his hands upon them, he was blessing them. And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?' And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One--God;
Matt 19:13-17 (YLT)
Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;' and having laid on them his hands, he departed thence. And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?' And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One--God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'
so obviously Jesus was fully human just as most Christians confess. in conclusion I sense that it is a similar vein of expression as:
Ps 73:1 (YLT)
A Psalm of Asaph. Only--good to Israel is God, to the clean of heart. And I--as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
Luke 10:19-22 (YLT)
lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you; but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.' In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, `I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee. `All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him .'
Matt 23:1-10 (YLT)
Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, saying, `On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees; all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not; for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them. `And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments, they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. `And ye--ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director--the Christ, and all ye are brethren; and ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens, nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director--the Christ.
Matt 4:1-4 (YLT)
Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger. And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God--speak that these stones may become loaves.' But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'
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