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Sunday 3 July 2016

The Good and Saving God

What are we considering when we consider the goodness of God? His eternal reputation as through all time and before time the one and only good one: His name. The name and reputation which is sometimes invoked against what seems evil so for invoking His name a moniker is used, a token we can call a 'name' too. That token was revealed as YHWH translated with an alternative moniker in scripture to avoid overusing this holy moniker so some translations substitute it with 'The LORD'. Blessed is he who comes in the name of The LORD. Isaiah had a name that became important in the prophecies God gave him because it contained another moniker 'Isa' which would be the basis of a name to be revealed in Israel's future (now past) which is the name of God given to God's son (The Son of Man with God from before time began), embodying the fact that God saves His own, the name we know as 'Jesus' and with this name comes the title revealed as 'Lord'. The highest name and the highest title given by God.
From experience God gives me I know God's archetypal goodness is such that He focuses attention on what is for the good of those few people who truly have His grace and follow Him "Do my prophets no harm" and seeks we do what will benefit and save such people. He saves as part of His being good. He especially saves those who believe in Him and have His grace. His saving goodness extends to those who participate in that goodness too, who are involved in actions that benefit those who have God's grace and those who follow God daily.