{"id":11556,"date":"2023-09-25T09:02:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T13:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=11556"},"modified":"2023-09-25T09:02:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T13:02:46","slug":"godisgreatgodisgood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2023\/09\/godisgreatgodisgood\/","title":{"rendered":"God is Great\u2026God is Good?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2023 THEME: Victory!<\/h1>\n<h1>Series: The God We Worship<\/h1>\n<h1>TITLE: God is Great\u2026God is Good?<\/h1>\n<h1>Scripture:\u00a0 Romans 8:28-29, 31-32;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James 1:16-18<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>I. SEEING GOD\u2019S GOODNESS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cGoodness, in God as in man, means something admirable, attractive, and praiseworthy.\u201d<br \/>\nPacker<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n\u201cThe goodness of God is what which disposes Him to be kind, cordial, benevolent, and full of<br \/>\ngood will toward men.\u201d Ingram<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God revealed His goodness to Moses. See Exodus 33:12ff<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">God\u2019s goodness is not (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>conditional<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>II. RESPONDING TO GOD\u2019S GOODNESS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">How does God reveal His goodness to us?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. Through (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>natural blessings<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2. Through specific (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>deliverance<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n3. Through (<strong>His Son, Jesus<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nWhat should be our response to His goodness?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1) (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Repent<\/strong><\/span>) of our unbelief and ingratitude.<br \/>\n2) (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Rest<\/strong><\/span>) in His goodness when tough time come.<br \/>\n3) (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Risk<\/strong><\/span>) by stepping out in faith.<\/p>\n<p>Next Week: \u201cThe God We Worship\u201d<br \/>\nTitle: The Good Father- Matthew 6:9; various others<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 THEME: Victory! Series: The God We Worship TITLE: God is Great\u2026God is Good? Scripture:\u00a0 Romans 8:28-29, 31-32;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James 1:16-18 &nbsp; I. SEEING GOD\u2019S GOODNESS \u201cGoodness, in God as in man, means something admirable, attractive, and praiseworthy.\u201d Packer \u201cThe goodness of God is what which disposes Him to be kind, cordial, benevolent, and full of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2023\/09\/godisgreatgodisgood\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11557,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11556\/revisions\/11557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}