This is one of the hardest truths to accept, that there is nothing good in me apart from God. Only God is good.
The rich young ruler addressed Jesus as "good teacher" and Jesus said, "Why do you call me good? There is none good but one, that is God."
I think Jesus was asking this because:
- He knew that the man did not really believe that Jesus was God
- He already knew how "good" this man thought he was
How many times do we refer to others as good people? "He was a good man" or "I can't believe my neighbor did something like that! He's really a good man!"
But the truth is that our actions can never make us good. We are born sinful and there is nothing we can do to change that. We are reminded of this over and over in Scripture and yet how easily we forget.
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