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To: AppyPappy
Even Jesus said He wasn't good.

All our good deeds are like filthy rags anyway. It's a moot point.

Context Please! Jesus never said he was not Good. He ask " Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God" (see Matthew 19:17, Mark 10:18, and Luke 18:19). This is not a denial of His Goodness, but a question to the man to see if the man understood who Jesus was?

It all relates to another passage of scripture:

Christ asks who others say He is. The response the disciples gave was John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. But it was Peter who could correctly answer the question.

214 posted on 01/26/2005 11:46:55 AM PST by The Bard (http://www.reflectupon.com/)
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To: The Bard

But that still wasn't "good". "Good" is a worldy measurement which means nothing in Heaven. The "good" people will burn in Hell just as the "bad" people will walk the streets of gold. The rich young ruler was "good" in the eyes of the world. If we saw the ruler today, we would call him a "good Godly man".

Peter is a classic example. Peter was a screwup but Jesus looked past that. Peter needed Jesus because he was "bad". The ruler was "good" therefore he didn't need Jesus.

There is no good and bad in Christianity. There is obedience and disobedience.


238 posted on 01/26/2005 11:55:48 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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