Goodness
My God is good (Romans 12:2). Everyone has a system of good and bad, right and wrong, that exists in their lives. In Christianity I think it can be more accurately described as obedience and disobedience to God. God is taught of as being good. Therefore anyone who strives to do good has or has had good shown to them has experienced God. Good can be seen in what it produces, which is more good. Therefore the more good we do the more good we produce. This is why the Bible often uses "fruit" as a metaphor. This is also why I no longer believe in who is right or wrong. If anyone is producing good, even though they do not recognize the source as God, they are showing characteristics of God. We are made in his image, a product of his kind. The other side of course is evil. That which is not in his image, not of his kind. When we choose to do evil we are called enemies of God because it is not of his kind, not in his image. That which is evil creates more evil. That is why Jesus speaks of turning the other cheek. Because revenge against evil produces more evil. The magnificent thing about that which is good is that it can create good from evil, and evil cannot create good because evil does not understand it (John 1:5). That means anything that is the product of evil can be conquered (Romans 8:28).
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