Jesus Said Only God Is Good - Brightlocal News
Jesus points out that only god is good, and he gave the mosaic law to teach the jews how to be holy. Even more likely, jesus is showing the man that if only god is good, the rich young man cannot be. So jesus said to them, truly, truly, i say to you, the son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the father doing.
Jesus said to him, why do you call me good? No one is [essentially] good [by nature] except god alone. When jesus said, no one is good but god alone, he wasn't denying his divinity—he was confronting the rich ruler's shallow idea of goodness and exposing his heart's true loyalty. By declaring that only god is truly good, jesus emphasizes the need for divine grace and the futility of relying on human efforts for salvation. This assertion also subtly points to jesus' own divine identity,.
This assertion also subtly points to jesus' own divine identity,.
