1. Steve Petch Sunday 17 th April 2011 Life as God Intended Part 18: Goodness Galatians 5 v 22 - 25

2. Question: How do I know I am a Christian?

3. Goodness is … … hard to define … “agathosune” … a made up word

4. Good or evil? Adolf Hitler

5. Good or evil? Mother Teresa

6. Good or evil? Osama Bin Laden

7. Good or evil? George Bush

8. Good or evil? Billy Graham

9. Good or evil? Margaret Thatcher

10. Good or evil? Tony Blair

11. Good or evil? Princess Diana

12. Good or evil? Dave and Pam Lyons

13. Good or evil? Who sets the standard for moral goodness?

14. Good or evil? Your picture here

15. GOOD: Something that has God’s approval GOODNESS: A condition of the heart that results in behaviour that has God’s approval Christian definitions…

16. God is the only source of goodness and the only valid standard of goodness Jesus said: “No one is good except God alone” Mark 10 v 18

17. (Justification) (Regeneration) (Sanctification) God shares his goodness with us … 1.It’s a gift 2.It’s a heart change 3.It’s a process

18. Question: How do I know I am a Christian? 1 John 2v28 – 3v10 “Life as God Intended will be marked by an ever increasing outworking of goodness … a condition of the heart that results in behaviour that has God’s approval.”

19. Steve Petch Sunday 17 th April 2011 Life as God Intended Part 18: Goodness Galatians 5 v 22 - 25