Gwallard
Puritan Board Freshman
Hello, all,
I'm examining my language, trying to conform it to the Scriptural dictates I see. One of them being "who is good but God alone?" from Mark 10:18, which has caused me to not call my neighbors, "Good, honest people" and the like, and I have rather said they are, "decent people" or the like. However, I have called some Christian people "good," although tentatively, because they are united to the one who is good. However, I am struggling with this, especially because Mark 10:18. Is the predicate "good" (when speaking about people) only to be ascribed to God alone? How have you changed your language, if so, and how have you changed your language because of Scripture in general?
Thanks, brothers and sisters,
Love in Christ
Edit: I am in the Idaho wilderness, I doubt I can answer for a "good" long while.
I'm examining my language, trying to conform it to the Scriptural dictates I see. One of them being "who is good but God alone?" from Mark 10:18, which has caused me to not call my neighbors, "Good, honest people" and the like, and I have rather said they are, "decent people" or the like. However, I have called some Christian people "good," although tentatively, because they are united to the one who is good. However, I am struggling with this, especially because Mark 10:18. Is the predicate "good" (when speaking about people) only to be ascribed to God alone? How have you changed your language, if so, and how have you changed your language because of Scripture in general?
Thanks, brothers and sisters,
Love in Christ
Edit: I am in the Idaho wilderness, I doubt I can answer for a "good" long while.