GOD IS NOTHING BUT GOOD

GOD IS NOTHING BUT GOOD I. BLESSINGS, WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE AND GIVE THANKS FOR, LEST TOMORROW WE LOOK BACK AND WISH FOR TODAY. A. WE OFTEN FAIL TO RECOGNIZE “WHERE” THESE GOOD GIFTS COME FROM? B. ALL GOOD GIFTS ORIGINATE FROM OUR “FATHER” IN HEAVEN. C. JAMES 1:17 II. EVERY SINGLE GIFT FITS THE CLASSIFICATION OF “GOOD.” A. ROMANS 8:28 B. GOD IS ULTIMATELY THE SOURCE OF ALL GOOD! C LUKE 18:18-19 III. FROM DAY ONE OF CREATION, EVERYTHING GOD CREATED, RECEIVED HIS STAMP OF “GOOD.” A. GENESIS 1:4,10,16-18,21,25,31 B. NO ONE UNDERSTOOD BETTER THE “GOODNESS” OF GOD, THAN JESUS. C. MATTHEW 7:11 IV. MOST PARENTS AND “ALL” GRANDPARENTS, KNOW AND LOVE TO GIVE “GOOD GIFTS!” A. MOST ADULTS HAVE GRADUATED TO WHERE “GIVING” IS FAR MORE SATISFYING THAN RECEIVING. B. ACTS 20:35d V. EVER HEAR SOMEONE SAY: “I AM SO LUCKY?” A. SUCH STATEMENTS DENY THE FACT THAT ALL GOOD AND PERFECT GIFTS COME FROM GOD OUR FATHER! B. FRIENDS, WE ARE “BLESSED” AND THE RESULT OF A GOOD AND GIVING FATHER. C. JOHN 3:27 VI. SATISFACTION AND FULFILLMENT IN LIFE COMES BY ACKNOWLEDGING WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST AND THAT OUR CALLING IS A GOOD AND HEAVENLY APPOINTED POSITION. A. LUKE 18:19 ROMANS 3:23 EPHESIANS 2:8-9 ROMANS 6:23 B. GOD DOES “NOT” CHANGE, HE IS GOOD “ALL” THE TIME!