The Problem of Good…

Ever tasted lots of joy from the good in this world when we are so aware that we are sooo bad? If we’re all so bad, and many of us don’t turn back to the one true living God, why is the world so good? We laugh, we dance, we care, we sing, we enjoy creation, we love…. Even strangers love each other.

Canberra man Robert Brown was fishing off the Tathra wharf two years ago when he saw a pram carrying a 15-month-old boy, and four-year-old boy fall into the sea… “Robert acted selflessly and at severe peril of his own life to do his best to help a complete stranger,” link

Why? Why would Robert a complete stranger risk his life to help a father and his two kids from drowning?

Scott Kauffmann in his blog essay “The Problem with Good” highlights 3 possible answers to questions like the above:

Logically, there are three possible answers to the problem of good.

1. “Comic grace”: we’re good enough to save ourselves
2. “Cosmic waste”: goodness outside salvation is an illusion
3. “Common grace”: goodness outside salvation is God’s gift to everyone

… I believe the best answer to the problem of good is common grace. Common grace is one of the most essential, useful, redemptive, and dangerous truths to understand as we interact with the world around us. It helps us understand God, our world, and others.

… Let’s start with some key elements of common grace.

1. God gives immense grace (unmerited favor) to all His creatures, in many ways.
2. God cares about more than just saving individual souls. That is certainly of great interest to Him, but it’s not His only interest. He also cares about restoring His creation to glory through the coming of His kingdom.
3. God is the author of truth, beauty, and goodness wherever – and in whomever – they are found. And they can be found nearly everywhere – in virtually every person, place, situation, or idea that ever existed.
4. Wherever they are found, they can and should be used to point others and ourselves to their source in Jesus.

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