The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Good and God

I would have to submit that it isn't an "either/or" choice, but BOTH. We are to do good because "good" is the very expression of what God is; i.e., He is holy and thus all that He commands that men do is holy (righteousness). Secondly, we are to do "good" as creatures created in the image of God. We are to be analogs of God, i.e., live out our lives before Him as He intended us to do, thereby reflecting Him in our own being, which is ultimately pleasing to Him. The ultimate and paradigmatic expression of these two principles is seen in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who was the effulgence of the glory of God and consequently obedient; perfectly keeping the law of God.

Just a few biblical texts which exemplify these two things would be, Psa 119, Jh 1:14; Matt 5:48; Phil 2:5-9; 1Pet 1:16; 2Pet 1:4.

In His grace,