No one is good—except
God alone. (Mark 10:18)
Jesus taught us that. When he was addressed as “Good Teacher,” Jesus replied, “Why do you call me good? No one is good—except God alone.” It’s one of those Jesus sayings that messes with our notion of who Jesus is. Shouldn’t Jesus say, “No one is good, only Me”? But, that wouldn’t be Jesus, would it?
C.S. Lewis calls our goodness, “a complex goodness.” This side of Glory, there is never unadulterated “good.” Whenever we do good, like give someone a cup of cold water in Jesus name, chances are we have our thumb in it and little bit of human debris trickles down into the cup. I’m thinking of the good people gathered in that group hug on the front porch yesterday morning, and the Psalm “Whenever good people gather, I give thanks to God.” It wasn’t the hug of the innocent, but it was the hug of good people.
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