“It Is Good” — “It Is Not Good”
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles, uncategorized
“IT IS GOOD”
To Recognize God’s Authority
“I will praise thee for ever, and I will wait on thy name for it is good before thy saints” (Psalm 52:9 KJV; Psalm 54:6 KJV).
To Draw Near
“It is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works” (Psalm 73:28 KJV).
To Sing Praises
“Praise ye the Lord; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely” (Psalm 147:1 KJV; Psalm 92:1 KJV).
To Enjoy Life
“It is good and comely for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him” (Ecclesiastes 5:18 KJV).
To Hope And Quietly Wait
“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord” (Lamentations 3:26 KJV).
To Be Afflicted
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes” (Psalm 119:71 KJV).
“IT IS NOT GOOD”
To Be Alone
“And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him (Genesis 2:18 KJV).
To Plan Wickedness
“He [the wicked in vs. 1] deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil” (Psalm 36:4 KJV).
To Use Violence
“A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way that is not good” (Proverbs 16:29 KJV).
To Be Without Knowledge
“Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good” (Proverbs 19:2 KJV).
To be Deceitful In Business
“Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and false balance is not good” (Proverbs 20:23 KJV).
—Dan Gibson, former preacher for the Montana Street congregation