The Good Person

Sunday Morning Podcast | The Moody Church

What is a good person? It’s quite an important question. Have you ever felt like you knew someone who seemed like such a good person and then one day, it all came crashing down? Have you ever wondered if you are a good person? Consider these 4 parables that Jesus preaches in the Sermon of the Plain: The Blind Leading the Blind The Speck and the Log The Fruit and the Tree The House Built on a Rock In each of these 4 parables, Jesus offers a critique and a calling, as he teaches us what it means to be a good person. The Blind Leading the Blind Critique: You’re helplessly lost in the dark. You can’t see to save yourself. Calling: I’m here to lead you into the light. If you want to become a good person, you need to step into the light. Jesus is here to lead you into the light. The Speck and the Log Critique: You’re obsessed with the problems of others. A symptom of our spiritual blindness is easily identifying the sins of others while remaining oblivious to our own sins. Calling: I’ll teach you to be responsible for yourself. Take the log out of your own eye, and then you’ll see clearly enough to help others. Because the biggest problem in your life isn’t somebody else, it’s you. The Fruit and the Tree Critique: You’re attempting behavior modification. Behavior flows from being. No amount of behavior modification will change the badness that’s in your heart. Calling: I’m offering you heart transformation. I’m calling you to come to me because I can give you a new heart. If you want to become a good person, you’ll need a good heart. The House Built on a Rock Critique: You’re in for a catastrophic wipeout A storm will come along that’ll expose your lack of foundation, and that “good person” image will collapse. Calling: I’m giving you the blueprint for an enduring life Takeaway: Come to me. Hear my words. Do them. And live!