Enjoy the Ride

1. God does because He is. 

God does God because He is good.

We don't really worship God.  We worship our concept of God.  

We don't really witness.  We witness our concept of God. 

Psalms 119:68 NKJV

68 You are good, and do good;Teach me Your statutes.

Hebrews 11:6 NKJV

6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

2. What are attributes?

Attribute

A tribute

Tribe

Tribe: the distinct characteristics of a group of people who have descended from one person. 

Some of God's attributes we will have.  

Exodus 34:6 NKJV

6 And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed,

“The Lord, the Lord God, 

merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,

Some we will never have.

I Timothy 1:17 NKJV

17 Now to the King eternal,

immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, 

be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

3. God is good.  

Good looks at all that He does to make sure that it is good.  

When man fell from God's creative goodness, He sent Jesus to ensure His eternal goodness.  

God did not create a messed up world.  We did.     

Genesis 1:4 NKJV

4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:10 NKJV

10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12 NKJV

12 And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18 NKJV

18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21 NKJV

21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25 NKJV

25 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31 NKJV

31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 2:18 NKJV

18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

What is the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message?

Robert Morris, Gateway Church