Living Life in the Word Lesson 17: Goodness
Theme Scripture: Galatians 5: 22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is...goodness." This lesson comes from the United Church of God blog (www.ucg.org). It is written by Don Hooser. The title is The Fruit of the Spirit- Goodness: God's Character and Man's Potential . Be Blessed! Are you suffering an internal spiritual war? If so, that’s a good sign. It’s a sign that you are pursuing goodness, which causes the badness of human nature to fight back. Yes, according to the Bible, badness comes naturally ( Romans 8:7 ). Goodness does not. But God has a wondrous plan to radically transform our character! Though our natural inclination is to defy God in sin, He has determined to help us overcome that nature to live a life of righteousness and goodness. This is possible only through a relationship with Him. As the apostle John explained, “He who does good [as a way of life] is of God, but he who does evil [as a way of life] has not seen God [i.e., has not come to really k...