Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Sunday, March 14, 2010

John 15:2 Divine Good Production

John 15:2, “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes it away; but everyone bearing fruit, He prunes it in order that it should bear more fruit.” (Divine Good production)

Titus 2:7-8, “In all things show yourself to be an example of Divine Good production by means of, 1) soundness of doctrine, 2) dignified, 3) sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.”

Divine Good is the work performed by a believer in exhale of Bible Doctrine, resident in the soul as a result of the spiritual sustenance of Jesus Christ and Predesigned Plan of God the Father, through the enabling power of God the Holy Spirit.

2 Thes 2:16 ‑ 17, “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, 1) comfort and strengthen your hearts, 2) in every good work and 3) word.”

B. There are three types of good in history.

1. Divine Good, The production of the growing or mature believer.

2. Human Good, The production of evil by an unbeliever or reversionistic believer.

Evil is the thinking of Satan, while human good is the application of that thinking.

Human Good includes a works for salvation, morality for salvation or a keeping of the law for salvation mentality. (Any form of Legalism) Rom 3:27-32; 9:32; Gal 2:16; 3:2-5; 2 Tim 1:9; Titus 3:5

3. Moral Good, The observance of God’s Laws of Divine Establishment. This can be produced by both believers and unbelievers.

C. What we think is good is not always Divine Good.

1. Many times wrong motivation parlays Divine Good into human good.

2. Human good is dead works, which is the function of good deeds done by means of the flesh / Sin Nature.

3. When “Christian service” is fulfilled in the power of your ability, human energy, and personality rather than the power of God, it renders that service to nothing more than human good.

Anything done with wrong motivation or not under the Filling of God the Holy Spirit is human good.

4. What you do under the control of the Holy Spirit is Divine Good, in contrast to what you do in the energy of the flesh which is human good.

D. The contrast to Divine Good is human good, which comes from the O.S.N.

1. Human good is dead works, Heb 6:1.

1. Human good is dead works, Heb 6:1. 2. Human good is not accept- able to God or His Divine viewpoint, Isa 64:6.

3. Human good has no place in the Plan of God or operation grace, 2 Tim 1:9.

3. Human good has no place in the Plan of God or operation grace, 2 Tim 1:9. 4. Human good will not save mankind, Titus 3:5.

5. Human good of the believer will be destroyed at the Bema Seat of Jesus Christ. 1 Cor 3:11-16

6. Human good of the unbeliever is judged at the Great White Throne Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ, and is the basis for indictment of all unbelievers. Gal 2:16; Rev 20:12-15

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Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, March 14, 2010 Divine Good Production, Part 3 Upper Room Discourse, Part 348 Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, March 14, 2010 Tape # Divine Good Production, Part 3 Upper Room Discourse, Part 348 John 15:2-8; Gal 5:16-26; Titus 2:7-8 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010