God’s GOODNESS

God as Summum Bonum :Why is God the only treasure

and supreme value?

Latin word:

Summum Bonum

VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfd_1UAjeIA

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Perfect spirit

Perfect spirit

Fullness of truth and goodness

Bring goodness out of negative

God is originally good

Seen through Jesus’ teachings:

Only God is good

A man said to Jesus, “Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit

eternal life?”Jesus then replied to this in a significant way,

“why do you call good? No one is good but God alone…”

(Mk 10:17-18)

Perfect spirit

Treasure

only treasure

Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also beMatthew 6:21

Treasure happiness

only possible with God

Activity

presence of God

happiness will never end

true happiness

• God is the only source of true happiness.Everything on earth are only temporaryand are not meant to remain

• We gain access to overwhelminghappiness as we approach the UltimateGood

• Supreme Good may only be truly foundin God.

THING

VALUE?

Supreme Value

GOD

virtue

hope

(Moral excellence or goodness)