No one is good except God alone.
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.”
Luke 18:19 (ESV)
Jesus is speaking to the rich man.
Note: “Jesus points to a perfect goodness – His own – which the ruler does not yet understand.”
Is this a hint, hint, nod, nod, wink, wink, you know what I mean? Is this Jesus saying, “You call me good therefore you recognize that I am I AM.”?
Is this Jesus merely pointing to the Father? Diminishing Himself?
Why would he say this and why would it be recorded?
A regular, human rabbi could say this as well. It would just mean precisely what it says. A rabbi saying it wouldn’t create a conundrum in my head.
And the author just uses the second half of the verse.
The hardest part for me in writing this blog has been finding an appropriate Bible verse nearly daily. I thought it appropriate to end with one. I like closure – good closure. In the beginning, I searched. Recently, I’ve been cheating – to save time ;). I pick one from the chapter I’ve been reading.
I’ve run into a problem with these last two books, particularly the previous. I am amazed at the number of times I pick a verse I want to use based upon its presentation in the chapter. But then I am stumped by what it actually is in the Bible. I cannot use it "without" or the way the author did. I feel like it has been taken out of context?...
I’m not professing to be the know all, be all. I do not have a divinity degree. I’m the information girl. I am educated in books. If the first line of a book has a simple error in it, there are some who would be done with it. The book is not worthy. I am more the type to watch the train derail. I go looking for more errors and inconsistencies.
Sorry, tangent of the moment.
I am dissatisfied.
My current favorite Christian author is even changing in his blog. He HAD been blogging ideas from his new book. I think it will be about being a Creator. It’s been okay, but where I used to look forward, daily, to his blogs, I have been going back and reading half months at a time …
But I noticed that recently, he has been reading the book of John. And savoring it. I think he is dissatisfied too.
I think it is time to get off the train … but I never DON’T finish a book. Teach me to buy several books at a time! When did I start purchasing books anyway?
Walk away Alissa. Walk away.
(I'm looking for meat. I've found cherry fluff.)
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