The Real God - The Goodness of God, Part 1

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Join Chip as he shares a moment in time that changed everything he ever thought about God. Find out what caused the change, and how you can experience the very same thing in your life.

Defining the goodness of God

-Revealed to Moses: (Exodus 33:19; 34:5-7)

Moses’ request: “Show me Your glory.” -Exodus 33:18
God’s promise: “All My goodness will pass before you.” -Exodus 33:19
God’s answer: Exodus 34:5-7

-Packer’s observation:

“Within the cluster of God’s moral perfections there is one in particular to which the term ‘goodness’ points – the quality which God specially singled out from the whole when proclaiming ‘all his goodness’ to Moses, He spoke of Himself as ‘abundant in goodness and truth’ (Exodus 34:6). This is the quality of generosity.”
“Generosity expresses the simple wish that others should have what they need to make them happy.” -J.I. Packer, Knowing God

-Tozer’s definition:

“The goodness of God is that which disposes Him to be kind, cordial, benevolent, and full of good will toward men. He is tenderhearted and of quick sympathy… By His nature He is inclined to bestow blessedness and He takes holy pleasure in the happiness of His people.” -A.W. Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy

-Scripture’s declaration: Psalm 84:11

How does God reveal His goodness to us?

Through NATURAL blessings -Psalm 145:7-9, 16-17
Through SPECIFIC deliverances -Psalm 107
Through HIS SON, Jesus -Romans 5:8; 8:32

How are we to respond to God’s goodness?

REPENT and receive God’s greatest good gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ. -Romans 2:4
SURRENDER your life and future fully to the lordship of Christ. -Romans 12:1
CLAIM God’s promise that you will NEVER miss out on any good thing as long as you live. -Psalm 84:11

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0:00.0	Of all the words that God could use to describe himself, what one word do you think he choose?
0:08.9	While you're thinking about that, I have to tell you that many years ago, a man gave me a thin little book on the attributes of God,
0:16.5	and the one attribute that changed the course of my life is this one word.
0:21.6	Want to find out what it is? Stay with me.
0:23.6	Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.
0:29.6	Our mission is to inspire Christians to be genuine followers of Jesus
0:34.6	and to empower them to be active disciples makers in our world.
0:38.6	Thanks for being with us as we pick up in our series The Real God,
0:42.1	how he longs for you to see him.
0:44.3	Today, Chip begins breaking down the first of seven characteristics God uses to describe
0:49.3	himself through nature, his word, and Jesus.
0:52.8	So if you have a Bible, go now to Psalm 84,
0:55.9	and let's settle in for Chip's message,
0:57.7	The Goodness of God.
1:00.2	I was at a major crossroads in my life.
1:05.0	There was a path that was clearly the will of God,
1:08.3	and there was a path that was clearly not the will of God.
1:12.5	And although sometimes that can be confusing and hard, this was easy.
1:16.4	I knew exactly what God wanted me to do.
1:20.2	And I had enough self-awareness to know that whatever path I took would determine the rest of my life, that the implications were just amazingly
1:33.1	overwhelming. And I knew exactly what to do. But I couldn't get myself to do it. Anybody
1:42.5	been there? For a year, year and a half, went to Bible studies, still read my Bible,
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